Effectively Managing Remote Teams

How this course can benefit you:

This course would benefit any manager who has to support a remote or dispersed team

Duration: 1 Day

Course Objective:

With an increase in dispersed, virtual and remote teams, managers face new challenges in working with their teams from a distance. This course is focused on building and sustaining high performance in a remote team setting

Course Contents:

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Define effective leadership behaviours of remote teams
• Identify what remote team members need and expect from team leaders
• Use a combination of communication channels and methods to support effective team working
• Create and maintain motivation and team spirit within remote working environments
• Use a number of techniques to manage and maximize the performance of remote team members

 Course Outline

• Defining effective characteristics of remote teams
• Identifying the challenges and opportunities of remote working  
• Differentiating between static and remote teams  
• Identifying the behaviours, skills and qualities of highly effective remote team leaders
• Building a high performance remote team
• Understanding the emotional, psychological and physical requirements of remote workers
• Developing and implementing communication systems and processes using technology such as online forums and online virtual meetings
• Creating a virtual environment to motivate the remote team  
• Measuring team performance on an ongoing basis
• Continuing development 

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