Managing Remote Teams

Management & Leadership

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Introduction

This Managing Remote Teams training course addresses the unique challenges that are created when managing people in virtual teams. With employment mobility continuously evolving, the task of managing a dispersed and remote workforce can be complex. The success of a virtual team is the responsibility of the team leader, and, if managed effectively, virtual teams can increase productivity, help meet organizational goals and improve the quality of work. However, there are a host of unique challenges that can impact their success. 

Many more employees and employers are identifying the benefits of internet communication, but those benefits also come with several challenges. As businesses embrace these remote trends and engage top talent from different countries, leaders and managers need not only team building and performance skills but tools to help them adapt to working with remote employees, As the manager of a remote team, your job is to nurture, guide and support your team members.

This Managing Remote Teams training seminar provides you with the skills to leverage the benefits of a virtual team while building trust and making connected relationships with your team members.

Objectives

By attending this Managing Remote Teams training seminar, the delegates will be able to:

·         Develop the competencies required of a virtual leader

·         Understand the unique stages of team building for virtual teams

·         Describe and manage the issues that affect communication

·         Understand the conflicts in a virtual team

·         Understand both domestic and global cultural issues

Course Outline

Day One: The Challenge of Managing Remotely

·         What is a virtual team?

·         Myths and Reality in Leading Virtually

·         Critical Success Factors

·         Encourage and Embrace Diversity

·         Overcoming the Culture Iceberg

·         Identify the Right Remote Virtual Tools

Day Two: Leading a Virtual Team

·         Developing Virtual Leadership Competencies

·         Increase Awareness of Your Personality Style and its Impact on Virtual Leadership

·         Effective Leadership Styles

·         Emotional Intelligence

·         Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Team Members

·         Recognize the Differences between the Stages of Building Virtual Teams

Day Three: Helping Your Team Succeed

·         Set Roles & Responsibilities with Remote Workers

·         Developing Team Norms & Expectations Early and Clearly

·         Delegation & Empowerment

·         Create and Sustain Trust among Virtual Team Members

·         Strengthening Team Networks for Improved Performance

·         Increasing Engagement in a Virtual Team

Day Four: Communicating Effectively with Your Team

·         Master Online Communication Skills

·         Disseminating Information

·         Managing Virtual Team Meetings

·         Recognize How Different Technologies Support Virtual Work

·         Manage Conflict among Team Members

·         Understand Fundamental Cultural Differences in Communicating

Day Five: Managing Performance

·         Measuring Team Performance

·         Managing Individual Performance

·         Recognize the Specific Issues and Problems and Find Solutions to Them

·         Effectively Use Tools and Techniques to Support Team Members

·         Individual Action Plans

 

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