Virtual Teams

Increasingly, it is becoming necessary to manage teams from a distance because team members may be far away, or because they report elsewhere except for the current project or task. This is a relatively new challenge for many people and this course addresses the issues and best practice to ensure that team performance does not suffer as a consequence.




Some of the most common issues faced by leaders of virtual teams include:


 How to recognise and celebrate individual performance


 How to ensure clear and effective communication without regular meetings


 How to avoid misunderstandings and delays caused by e-mail communication


 How to develop trust in a virtual team


 How to facilitate teambuilding


 How to access, analyse and manage data




This workshop addresses these and many other problems found with virtual teams.




Outline of the Workshop


 What is different, what remains the same when leading virtual teams?


 The 3D process for keeping communication lines open and effective


 Co-ordinating individual effort, motivating and ensuring consistency


 Providing clarity, maintaining focus, measuring and giving feedback


 Understanding and managing the politics of complex structures


 Developing separated individuals into joined-up teams




Benefits of attending – you will leave the workshop:




 Equipped to understand all the ramifications of leading a virtual team


 Confident in tackling the issues essential to maintain high performance


 Able to manage the challenge of multiple reporting lines


 With the skills needed to develop team members from a distance


 Capable of effectively managing high performing teams in a variety of organisational structures




Who should attend?


Any manager or team leader who has responsibility for the output of a group of staff in the circumstances described above. Particularly managers with regionalised teams, multinational operations, or in a complex structure where ‘solid line’ combined with ‘dotted line’ reporting is common.




Where and when: 28th April.