Making decisions and taking actions require leadership tools to minimize infighting and focus the energy on action.
The Internet has simplified many aspects of life: how we communicate, how we relax, how we work.
But technology hasn't changed human nature, and the dynamics of how we interact online can make it harder to reach a virtual meeting of the minds.
"It can be difficult to get a group of people in a room to agree on a course of action, and those difficulties are compounded when people try to work together online," said Niloufar Salehi, a Stanford graduate student who studies human-computer interactions.
Salehi is a 2014 SAP SGF Fellow.