It’s Monday morning, and as you read through the emails, you discover you’ve been tasked with managing a project. Feel like a deer in the headlights? No? Been there and done that, have you?

No worries, either way we’ve got some useful resources that can help you whether it’s your first time out or you just need to knock down the cobwebs and shake off the dust.

I see you just received an invite to be a part of a collaborative project. Hang on, what’s this? A bit of snarl? You’re not leaping for joy? I’m sure you are as excited as Steve Martin in “The Jerk” when he makes it into the phone book and runs about screaming “… I’m somebody now!”

So you’re not quite chomping at the bit and ready to leap out of the starting gate? So you don’t like working on a collaborative projects? Oh dear…

One of the things that the best virtual teams do differently is managing their day-to-day and focusing on the most important stuff day-in and day-out. These virtual teams know how to get things done and avoid distractions like email or cell phones.

If you are managing a virtual team, what you really need to do is help your team find their focus – not add to the chaos. It’s not easy. Getting the right things done can be an uphill battle with all the distractions around us.

Does this scenario sound like your day – full of conflicts, distractions, and demands for time away from project work? Could you use help staying focused? Read on.

When I started working at Teambox three years ago (a decade in startup time), things were very different. We were a small team of four, functioning organically, and doing a little bit of everything. Basically, we didn’t need to follow any specific process to make our customers happy.

Just read a great book on how to improve my daily routines and focus on the things that matter most. The book was entitled – Manage Your Day-to-Day, Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind. It’s a long title, but an awesome book for those struggling with information overload and project collaboration systems that need a little love.

Is there really anyone who doesn’t struggle with this issue? Let’s take e-mail as an example.

In the book, they talk about how companies really have no idea how much time and money they are wasting on the dominant communication vehicle – email. Poor project collaboration and overuse of email wastes time and costs your business lots of money. Let’s explore where the green stuff is going and how to fix the issue.

Looking for some tips for managing your virtual team? Check out these 5 issues that even the best collaboration software can’t fix.

The beauty of utilizing Google Drive for teams in Teambox is its simplicity. I don’t know about you, but I have a goal to have as many simple systems in place for myself and my team in order to ease our daily demands. Teambox’s integration with Google Drive really does make life easier and more efficient.

When I say Google Drive, I’m not talking about the car in the picture below. I’m talking about cloud storage and online collaboration. I want to make your life easier. So, here are a few tips on how you can utilize Google Drive within Teambox.