Leading Remotely

Managing office employees is difficult enough. Effectively leading a remote workforce is even harder.

Not all that long ago, virtual teams were a rarity in the workplace. Then the Covid-19 pandemic and everything changed. These days, you’d be hard pressed to find any business that doesn’t has some sort of remote or virtual component to their operationsWhether it’s trying to build and maintain a cohesive team, promoting effective group communications, implementing new workflow changes or on-boarding new employees, the simple reality is this: leading employees and teams located in different locations is harder than in-person.

Each type of virtual team (Remote, Matrixed, Virtual or Hybrid) brings its own unique set of challenges. With that in mind, we’ve built our learning content into modules to be able to tailor a learning program to address the virtual challenges unique to you.

Some of our past programs uniquely tailored for our clients have included the following topics:

  • Virtual team group dynamics

  • Building a virtual team

  • Facilitating team trust

  • Role definitions and performance expectations

  • Virtual communication strategies and best practices

  • Team decisions: consensus vs. centralized command

  • The impact of culture on virtual team

  • Common pitfalls: ‘The efficiency paradox’ of virtual teams

  • The ‘semi-virtual team’

  • Collaboration strategies

  • Global HR compliance concepts – virtual/remote workers

  • Collaboration and communication tools tips & tricks


Program Details

Format: Interactive Webinars (Virtual)

Duration: Multiple 1 hour modules - varies on desired scope

Size: 8 - 10 participants per session