Class Length: 1 – 2 Days Prerequisites: None Managing Virtual Teams is available in the following delivery formats: Half-Day Training Workshop, Full Day Training Workshop, Multi-Session Webinar, and Live Virtual Instructor-led Classroom Training
Currently, one of the biggest challenges facing virtual teams is how to successfully work within that team. Teams that are geographically dispersed and primarily meet virtually – via webcast or conference call – present new sets of challenges.
Many team members have difficulty because they can not see what other members are doing. Even the most skilled managers find difficulty in communicating and building a team when there is no physical proximity.
In TrainSMART’s managing virtual teams course, participants will learn practical, easy-to-implement solutions to create a high-performance virtual team. With globalization a reality, this will become an even more common team dynamic.
Mastering the art of working in virtual teams will increase your team’s productivity.
It is even an opportunity to increase the freedom and flexibility of a team that works in the same office!
The Problem
Managers are unclear on the key concepts to successfully managing a virtual team
Virtual teams are unproductive, with a higher-than-usual turnover rate
Friction within the team or between teams
Challenges with virtual teams
Frequent miscommunication or non-communication between team members causes unnecessary stress and re-work
Poor relationships on the team
Our Solution
Define the 5 fundamentals to successfully working with a virtual team
Implement best practices when communicating virtually
Build trust in a virtual team
Motivate and recognize employees on a virtual team
Create an action plan to put virtual team fundamentals into practice
Managing Virtual Teams Course Outline
Discussion – what is a virtual team? why are they critical?
Statistics and Trends on virtual teams
Virtual Teams – Cases of great success and great failure
Build a Strong Team, Starting with You
Gather the Right People
Put Technology to Work
Master the Art of Communication
Build a Sense of “We”
Manage by Results
Building a practical for your virtual team
Target Audience
Those who lead or participate in geographically separate teams
Delivery Options
Managing Virtual Teams is available in the following delivery formats: Half-Day Training Workshop, Full Day Training Workshop, Multi-Session Webinar, and Live Virtual Instructor-led Classroom Training
Need A Virtual Instructor-Led Team Training?
Building Virtual Teams
This virtually facilitated series helps you identify team purpose, maximize strengths, and create a more productive team environment.
The highly interactive, fun team-building activity brings Improv to a virtual environment and incorporates activities that incorporate your company’s core values.
This half-day workshop for intact teams allows the group to create a shared understanding of what great teamwork looks like and how each person can add their unique value.
Learn how to develop an agile mindset, diverge to seek more wild and novel ideas (Stretching what is possible), and teach tools that help reverse the assumptions we impose on ourselves.
Ready to discuss your managing virtual team’s training needs? Schedule a 30-minute call, so we can learn more about each other and determine if we are a good fit. This is a no-obligation consultation. We look forward to hearing from you. Call us at 800-807-8030 ext. 1 or email inquiries@trainsmartinc.com.
Customized Training Makes TrainSMART The Perfect Fit
Our course catalog offers you an easy way to link your organization's needs and goals to TrainSMART performance solutions workshops. All of our workshops are tailored, flexible, interactive and engaging. We use the outlines in this catalog as a starting point to identify the topics and delivery methods that will create the most successful outcomes. Our delivery methods for these workshops include instructor-led classroom, ILT webinars, virtual learning, eLearning, and structured on-the-job training.