Your team members are commuting down a hallway rather than a highway and they are greeting each other with instant messages. When people are siloed, communication can get muddled. It is easy for trust and collaboration to deteriorate. And it can be difficult to tell if employees are tasked with too little - or too much. In this course, we will investigate challenges and solutions for leading remote teams.
This course is designed for all people leaders, supervisors and managers as well as those moving toward leadership and management roles. The concepts and skills are designed to help expand your knowledge, skills and confidence to lead and manage teams in the modern workplace.
This course is from the ready2manage range, which delivers essential personal skills, behaviours and values that will help you and your team to realise its full potential. Topics covered in this course include: Managing from distance; Key strategies for leading a virtual team; Teamwork, Clarity and Performance; Role clarity; Performance; Collaboration and cohesion; Weekly reviews; Feedback - Quarterly / half-yearly reviews; Trust - Vision, mission and culture as important as ever!; Communication and collaboration; Effective listening; Leading collaboration; Connection - beyond communication!; Considerations for written technologies; Communication technologies; Social media; Conducting online meetings.