Global teams face challenges that local ones rarely encounter. A simple project becomes complex when teammates span time zones, cultures, and languages. Approvals take longer, decisions get stuck, and knowledge is unevenly shared. The solution isn’t to pile on more tools—it’s to build a connected workspace where communication, processes, and strategy flow seamlessly across borders. Lark provides exactly that foundation.
Lark Base: structuring cross-border projects
When teams grow globally, it’s easy for responsibilities and progress to get lost in translation. Different countries may track work in different ways, making collaboration inconsistent. Lark Base solves this by offering a single system of record that adapts to each team’s needs. Leaders get visibility across multiple regions, while local teams maintain workflows that make sense for them. This shared structure keeps global projects coordinated and prevents duplication of effort.
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Multiple views: grid, kanban, timeline, and dashboards let teams see work in formats that suit them.
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Advanced fields: capture region-specific details like compliance or language requirements.
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Dashboards: help leaders track global projects without losing detail.
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Permissions: protect sensitive information while enabling transparency where needed.
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Automations: trigger updates and tasks instantly so requests don’t stall across time zones.
As workflows expand across continents, Lark scales alongside them. For many companies, Lark isn’t just a workspace—it’s the CRM app they depend on to keep global teams aligned.
Lark Messenger: conversations across time zones
Communication across borders often breaks down. Messages get buried in email threads, time zones delay replies, and critical updates arrive too late. Lark Messenger changes this by keeping discussions in one connected space. Teams can chat instantly, organize threads around specific decisions, and flag urgent items without relying on late-night calls. Messenger ensures conversations are as fast and clear as the work itself, no matter where people are located.
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24 language translation: break down the communication barriers with instant translation
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One-on-one and Group chats: keep both quick decisions and team-wide updates in flow.
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Threaded replies: prevent conversations from splintering or being lost in the noise.
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Pinned messages: highlight critical decisions for global visibility.
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Buzz notifications: escalate urgent items to the right people, regardless of time zone.
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File sharing: attach proposals, approvals, or reports directly in chat for context.
Lark Calendar: synchronizing across time zones
Scheduling is one of the hardest challenges for global teams. Meetings often exclude someone, deadlines get confused, and time differences create unnecessary tension. Lark Calendar helps by creating shared visibility across regions. Teams know exactly when deadlines fall, who is available, and how recurring approvals fit into the bigger picture. By turning time zones into a managed variable instead of a constant obstacle, Calendar keeps projects aligned.
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Shared calendars: ensure global teams see the same schedules.
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Availability views: reduce scheduling conflicts across time zones.
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Recurring events: streamline repeated cycles like monthly reviews or sign-offs.
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Task sync: ensures approved items appear directly in calendars.
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Permissions: control visibility for sensitive or region-specific schedules.
Lark Docs: co-editing without borders
Documents are at the core of global collaboration. Yet when files are emailed back and forth, versions multiply, context gets lost, and people aren’t sure which copy is final. Lark Docs eliminates this problem by giving teams a single, living space to draft, edit, and finalize content together. Teams in different countries can work in real time or asynchronously, and all contributions are tracked. This keeps global collaboration efficient and trustworthy.
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Real-time co-editing: allows teams on different continents to work together seamlessly.
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Version history: ensures contributions are transparent and recoverable.
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Embedded data: link Sheets, tasks, or approvals for context.
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Comments and feedback: allow asynchronous input without slowing projects.
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Bi-directional links: connect related Docs and projects for easier navigation.
Lark Approval: cross-border processes that move fast
One of the most frustrating parts of global collaboration is waiting for sign-offs. A simple approval can take days if routed through email across time zones. Lark Approval accelerates this by automating workflows and routing requests directly to the right people. Teams capture local requirements, track progress transparently, and sync approvals with other tools. This creates consistency across geographies while keeping work moving quickly.
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Customizable forms: adapt to local requirements and languages.
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Routing rules: ensure approvals always go to the correct reviewer.
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Automated notifications: keep stakeholders informed in real time.
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Base sync: ensures completed approvals are tracked centrally.
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Messenger visibility: makes progress updates transparent to global teams.
With Approval, Lark just proves what modern business process management software should look like: easy to use daily, but robust enough to handle complex organizations.
Lark Minutes: making global discussions actionable
For global teams, meetings often include people from multiple regions, and not everyone can attend live. Even when they do, it’s easy to forget who said what or what was agreed. Lark Minutes solves this by automatically capturing discussions, transcribing conversations, and surfacing the key decisions. This ensures that no matter where someone is located, they can access the context and action items without delays. Meetings stop being a single event and become a lasting, searchable resource.
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Automatic transcription: records conversations with speaker identification.
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Controllable speakers’ speeches: allow you to click speakers’ icons and slide the timeline to pinpoint the key dialogues
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Clip sharing: allows teams to share specific highlights across regions.
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Interactive transcripts: let users jump directly to the part of the meeting they need.
With Lark Minutes, collaboration doesn’t end when the call does. Teams across time zones remain aligned because decisions and next steps are captured clearly, ensuring that nothing gets lost in translation.
Conclusion
Global collaboration is possible, but only if teams have the right systems to support it. Lark removes barriers by structuring work in Base, keeping conversations alive in Messenger, aligning time zones in Calendar, enabling real-time co-editing in Docs, preserving knowledge in Wiki, streamlining approvals, and tying everything back to strategy in OKRs.
For organizations determined to grow across markets, the lesson is clear: collaboration without borders requires tools that move as fast as the business itself. That’s why Lark belongs among the best project management tools: because it doesn’t just connect teams—it enables them to thrive everywhere.
