Miller, influencing trainer and author of UP: Influence, Power and the U Perspective: The Art of Getting What You Want, adds, "The biggest mistake people make is assuming that influencing when you are meeting face to face is the same as influencing when you are interacting virtually. "Now the focus is on managing task, relationships, and technology," says Dennis, who elaborates further in her upcoming book Knowledge Management and E-Learning. Donna Dennis, president of Leadership Solutions Consulting, and creator and facilitator of American Management Association's three-day seminar on Leading Virtual and Remote Teams, says that technology became the main focus somewhere between people's BlackBerries and e-mail, many leaders lost sight of relationships.
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However, virtual meetings aren't ideal for every situation, so knowing when and how to utilize this technology is vital.
While it's unlikely that meeting virtually will completely replace the need for entrepreneurs to meet in person, its ease of adoption and convenience can serve to enhance your business's productivity. As business owners embrace virtual events as a cost-effective method to achieve a myriad of goals, including webinars, training, and conferences, it's important to ensure that effective communication isn't being traded for bottom-line savings. While we're not yet controlling humanoid robots from the comfort of our homes like the characters in the 2009 movie Surrogates, increasingly our daily interactions- both professional and personal- are conducted through virtual means.