The aim of this course is to provide attendees with practical guidance in order to support their staff and teams working remotely. There will be an opportunity to consider numerous tools and techniques that will help colleagues tackle the issues and challenges of managing remote teams. This workshop is a blend of sharing best practice with practical exercises where the attendees will share their relevant insights and discuss the implications that is context specific. The gap between the workshops will give participants the time to reflect on the tools, techniques and discussions and consider how they may apply the best practice to their own environments.
Detailed breakdown
Session One: Creating a productive virtual working environment (half day)
- Virtual working pros and cons
- The virtual leader mindset
- Tech benefits and challenges
- Team roles and characteristics
- Using questioning to check levels of engagement
- The five dysfunctions of a team
- Building trust
- Culture: rules vs relationships
Session two: Managing your virtual staff effectively (half day)
- Choosing the right leadership style
- How virtual teams develop; creating a shared vision
- Setting goals and objectives
- Managing meetings
- Structuring a positive conversation
- Delivering effective feedback
- Successful remote delegation
- Creating collaboration
Benefits for the individual:
- Use management tools to achieve great results
- Discover insights into what motivates people
- Avoid the typical management mistakes
- Identify opportunities for quick wins
- Have motivating conversations
Benefits for the organisation:
- A better prepared virtual workforce
- Provision of support and guidance to work remotely
- Robust team working
- Improved productivity
- Focus on health and wellbeing
