Class Length 1 Day
Prerequisites None

Overview

Virtual workers and virtual teams are an essential part of today’s workforce. More than ever, people are using technology to work anywhere, anytime.

There are big benefits to today’s virtual workplace, but there can be big challenges, too. This one-day course focuses on preparing employees for the virtual workplace, creating telework programs, building virtual teams, leveraging technology, and overcoming cultural barriers.

Target Audience

Managers and supervisors that use technology to conduct business in a variety of locations.

The Challenge

  • Not understanding the advantages and disadvantages of virtual teams
  • Selecting the wrong technology tools for the team
  • Poor scheduling and conducting of team meetings
  • Inability to overcome cultural barriers

Our Solution
To Learn to…

  • Create a virtual workplace strategy
  • Develop, implement, and maintain telecommuting programs
  • Build a virtual team and lead them to success
  • Plan and lead virtual meetings
  • Use technology to support a virtual workplace
  • Overcome cultural barriers when leading virtual teams
  • Develop virtual leadership skills

Course Outline

  • Defining the virtual workplace
  • Creating virtual workplace programs
  • Technology tips and tricks
  • Building virtual teams
  • Leading virtual team meetings
  • Working with cross-cultural teams
  • Virtual leadership strategies

Management Workshops

Management Workshops

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Time Management Training

Practical, Personalized, Empowering

Empower your team to boost productivity and achieve workplace success by sending them to our practical time management training, where they will create personalized time mastery action plans.

Time Management Workshops

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Time Management Using DiSC

Insightful, Strategic, Empowering

Help your team gain control of their workload, reduce stress, and work smarter by leveraging our insightful time management training complete with personalized assessments and strategic priority-setting frameworks.

Time Management Using DiSC

A group of employees sitting around a conference table looking over project plans and timelines during an on-site project management training session. The facilitator stands near a whiteboard with project management process diagrams.

Project Management

Strategic, Methodical, Insightful

Drive business growth by leveraging our strategic project management training, where your team will gain the techniques to effectively align, plan, and execute projects for on-time, on-budget delivery.

Project Management Training

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Project Management For Non-Project Managers

Fundamental, Practical, Empowering

Boost project success rates by enrolling your non-PM employees in our fundamental yet practical project management training where they will gain the core techniques to effectively lead assignments while avoiding common pitfalls.

Project Management Training For Non-Project Managers

 

A group of employees gathered around a table with laptops, tablets, and notebooks, learning how to create project plans, schedules, and budgets. The facilitator stands next to a whiteboard filled with project management templates and tools.

Project Management Application

Practical, Methodical, Empowering

Boost your team’s project management capabilities by leveraging our practical training where participants will gain techniques to methodically execute initiatives on time, within budget, and achieve desired outcomes.

Project Management Application

Stress Management

Insightful, Strategic, Empowering

Reduce burnout and boost workplace well-being by enrolling your team in our insightful stress management training where they will gain personalized strategies to recognize triggers, become stress resilient, and proactively manage demands.

Workplace Stress Management Training

Work-Life Balance

Empowering, Insightful, Practical

Guide your team toward improved work-life harmony even amid uncertainty by leveraging our empowering and insightful training where they will assess their situation and create practical experiments tailored to their individual needs and goals.

Work-Life Integration Training

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Managing The Virtual Workplace

Strategic, Tech-Enabled, Cross-Cultural

Lead high-performance virtual teams by sending your managers to our strategic and tech-enabled training focused on utilizing technology, overcoming cultural barriers, and implementing telework programs for remote employee success.

Managing The Virtual Workplace

A group of managers and executives participating in a goal setting training workshop. The facilitator stands by a whiteboard with goal setting frameworks. The participants have laptops and notebooks, actively working on setting goals.

Goal Setting At Work

Strategic, Impactful, Connected

Get everyone moving in the same direction by leveraging our strategic goal-setting training where your leaders will learn to develop connected, impactful goals that tie directly to corporate vision and priorities for organization-wide execution.

Goal Setting at Work Training