William Dodson
William R. Dodson is an author, professional trainer and coach, and keynote speaker.
In September 2021, The Emerald Publishing Group released his fourth book, "Virtually International: How Remote Teams Can Harness the Energy, Talent, and Insights of Diverse Cultures".
He has spoken extensively to groups and companies about:
- technology-driven change strategies
- remote leadership and management
- cross-cultural communications
- international project management issues
- and cross-border investment challenges
Paid corporate speaking engagements have included: Ford Motor Company, TOTAL (French Energy Group), Electrolux, Intel, Boeing, Li & Fung, and others.
Academic lectures have included: University of California, Irvine MBA Program; University of California, San Diego and Irvine MBA Programs; New York University Stern School of Business; IPADE Business School, Mexico City; University of Notre Dame MBA Program; Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, among others.
Articles and books he has published have gained him media interviews on economic, communications, and international management trends. Interviews include: Bloomberg; the BBC; the Guardian Newspaper; Newsweek Magazine; The Economist; Monocle; National Public Radio (NPR); Marketplace (USA), China Economic Review; Shanghai Business Review; the Foreign Correspondents Club (Shanghai).
He advises organizations on designing and rolling out change management initiatives for hybrid organizations that:
✓ Turn Remote Work into Remote WOW!
✓ Build Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Teams that SHINE
✓ Help organizations become Multi-cultural Globe-straddling Super-Powers!
✓ Create Innovative Hybrid Teams that Kick Competitor Butt!
In 2016, he founded Skeptical Robot Studios, a remote-first collaboration of international teams of creators that produce content for and about the Tech sector.
He is a former senior management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, BearingPoint, and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).
William R. Dodson is an author, professional trainer and coach, and keynote speaker.
In September 2021, The Emerald Publishing Group released his fourth book, "Virtually International: How Remote Teams Can Harness the Energy, Talent, and Insights of Diverse Cultures".
He has spoken extensively to groups and companies about:
- technology-driven change strategies
- remote leadership and management
- cross-cultural communications
- international project management issues
- and cross-border investment challenges
Paid corporate speaking engagements have included: Ford Motor Company, TOTAL (French Energy Group), Electrolux, Intel, Boeing, Li & Fung, and others.
Academic lectures have included: University of California, Irvine MBA Program; University of California, San Diego and Irvine MBA Programs; New York University Stern School of Business; IPADE Business School, Mexico City; University of Notre Dame MBA Program; Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, among others.
Articles and books he has published have gained him media interviews on economic, communications, and international management trends. Interviews include: Bloomberg; the BBC; the Guardian Newspaper; Newsweek Magazine; The Economist; Monocle; National Public Radio (NPR); Marketplace (USA), China Economic Review; Shanghai Business Review; the Foreign Correspondents Club (Shanghai).
He advises organizations on designing and rolling out change management initiatives for hybrid organizations that:
✓ Turn Remote Work into Remote WOW!
✓ Build Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Teams that SHINE
✓ Help organizations become Multi-cultural Globe-straddling Super-Powers!
✓ Create Innovative Hybrid Teams that Kick Competitor Butt!
In 2016, he founded Skeptical Robot Studios, a remote-first collaboration of international teams of creators that produce content for and about the Tech sector.
He is a former senior management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, BearingPoint, and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).
How to Turn Remote Work into Remote WOW!
Get your audience amped up about working remotely in energized teams that bring joy and delight to their work days. "How to Turn Remote Work into Remote WOW!" helps online team members:
- get to know one another more quickly than ever before
- builds sustainable relationships that last beyond projects
- helps guide team members to projects and activities that get them where they want to go
- delivers project results that exceed expectations
Virtually International: Out of Many Nationalities, One Culture
The sesion lays out ways that virtual project managers can support productivity and enhance the well-being of geographically distributed team members. Virtually International also explores the cultural dimensions of working with professionals from ethnic, religious, and...
Stop Being So Bossy!: How to Improve Your Remote and Hybrid Leadership Skills
Instead of expecting virtual presenteeism, leaders need to focus on results, not how and what time of the day staff is going about their work.
And instead of relying solely on meetings to communicate and collaborate, leaders must become project managers.
Remotely Well: How to practice wellness in a remote setting and what managers can do to promote it
In 2020, the world of work changed dramatically. Whereas before most of our encounters with coworkers and bosses was face-to-face, now much of it is done remotely. The most popular Internet program that enables video calling is Zoom. The amount of video time that people are doing through Zoom has spawned a new term: Zoom Fatigue. Zoom Fatigue is a real phenomenon, in which people feel exhausted and perhaps a bit irritable after spending a lot of their time meeting...
Time Zoned: How to Manage Remote Work Stress Across Borders
From Seattle, I've to work several nights to make contact with my American collaborator, a professor of international business, in Hanoi. Vietnam.
Nearly every weekday, I'm working with collaborators from New York City through Malaysia and Vietnam and throughout Europe. I am either participating in video conference calls, posting messages on Slack, emailing, or at the computer keyboard producing results.
I've been...
5 Keys to Recruiting Top International Remote Workers
If humans had their choice, they would prefer to work and play with people who look like them, sound like them, dress like them - any feature or habit or intonation that reminds them of them. That was indeed possible before globalization took hold in the 1990s, when the citizens who ran companies began seeding countries other than their own with new factories and satellite offices. The advent of digital technologies took working across borders and cultures several steps further. Remote...
