“Founder Stefanie Heiter publishes master’s thesis: Building Trust in Global Teams.”

“Building on her thesis, Stefanie releases Dynamics of Virtual Teams Workshop. As a one-woman consulting powerhouse, she delivered this workshop, along with custom consulting, worldwide.”

“Recognizing the need for content specific to leadership, Stefanie created her second workshop, The Virtual Leader. She delivered this workshop in-person and virtually to dozens of global and distributed organizations.”

“Energy giants, Haliburton and BakerHuges become certified to deliver The Virtual Leader and Dynamics of Virtual Teams across their global workforces.


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“Microsoft corporation becomes certified to deliver workshops to its largely in-person, but increasingly distributed workforce.
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“Global insurance leader, American International Group certified to deliver workshops to its global workforce.
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“Release of Electronic Body Language workshop.”

“Release of Virtual Meeting and Telecommuter Readiness workshops.”

“Global energy leader, Shell Inc., becomes certified to deliver Bridging Distance workshops.
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“Release of first academically validated leadership & team assessments. Release of The Telecommuter Toolkit .”

“Multinational agricultural sciences company, FMC, becomes Bridging Distance certified.
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“A collaboration with Simmons University led to the launch of first intern program. The graduate student interned virtually from Mozambique.
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“Established intern program for industrial organizational psychology graduate students at Indiana University/Perdue University.
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“Release of Telecommuter Fitness Assessment.”

“National pharmaceutical company, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, becomes Bridging Distance certified.
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“Intern program established for industrial organization graduate students at Valdosta State University.
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“Global healthcare company, Sanofi, becomes Bridging Distance certified.
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“Release of Remote Worker Toolkit, Meeting-ology and Meeting-itis.”

“Intern program established for leadership psychology graduate students at William James College.
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“Research begins into anticipated digital isolation and loneliness in digital workforces. Pre-pandemic.”

“Release of Digital Isolation and Loneliness workshop. Release of free resources to help leaders, teams and organizations remain productive during the swift shift to lockdown.”

“Graduate-level interns accepted from Salem State University’s industrial organization program.
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“Replicated 2019 research to compare pre-pandemic to current state trends around digital isolation and loneliness.”

“Research begins around digital fatigue and burnout trends.”

“Bridging Distance celebrates over 25 years of pioneering the field of hybrid and remote organizational performance.
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