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.

Simply Virtual is flooded with resumes from people all across the country who want flexibility and desire to make their own rules. It makes the job that much harder, to wade through the many well-intentioned, corporate trained folks who rarely consider how they might feel after cooking under the pressure of isolation, results focused productivity standards and stress that accompanies a typical work at home role.

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.