For work at home professionals, the nature of our “workplace” can be . . . well, a barrier. Traditional work relationships are based on manning a desk or cubicle in an office. Colleagues pool resources to produce, sell and maintain a product or service. When you work at home or on the go, “out of sight, out of mind” can easily prevail. Whether you are a home-based entrepreneur or a telecommuter, you don’t want to be forgotten by clients or colleagues.

I happened across a local magazine article entitled “How Newcomers are Making This a New City.”

The article made me think about the dynamic of adding new members to virtual teams. Whether your virtual “team” is a few service providers who have only you (the client) in common, a group of geographically dispersed help desk or call center representatives or a burgeoning virtual assistant practice, growth can certainly shake things up.

I just finished reading a U.S. News & World Report article entitled “How to Save Your Job.” It was about surviving the recession. I thought, “Isn’t it common knowledge that the best way to survive the massive job cuts and resulting layoffs that our esteemed economists are predicting is to be an asset to your employer?