Leading Virtual and Remote Teams Seminar # 2280

Master new competencies to meet the challenge of leading virtual teams and remote teams.

Leading virtual teams and remote teams requires specific skills. You need to build a team identity and process…balance technical and social systems within your virtual teams…and facilitate the development of long-distance relationships and trust among your virtual teams’ members. Communication takes on a whole new meaning when you’re not face-to-face with your direct reports and team members. You need to understand the channels of communication open to you as a leader of virtual teams or remote teams…and then choose the right channel for the tasks at hand.

How You Will Benefit

• Define and apply a proven and successful process model for virtual teams
  
• Learn how to utilize unique members’ characteristics to promote productivity within virtual teams
  
• Create truly cohesive virtual or remote teams
  
• Build trust in your virtual teams and enhance risk-taking and creativity
  
• Apply effective communication channels to achieve desired team relationships and goals
  
• Become a successful virtual coach

What You Will Cover

• Identifying the roles and concerns you face as a leader of virtual teams or remote teams
  
• Understanding what members of virtual teams or remote teams want from their team leader
  
• How to effectively unify the culture and relationship of virtual teams
  
• Methods to build trust and overcome team-busting behaviors in virtual teams
  
• Understanding virtual communication channels and cross-cultural interactions
  
• Setting performance goals—defining, organizing, communicating and reinforcing
  
• Insights into motivating and recognizing performance of virtual teams and remote teams

Who Should Attend

Managers, directors, project leaders of global virtual teams and remote teams, senior managers and regional team members.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

3 days / 1.8 CEUs
Nonmembers $2,345 / AMA Members $2,095 / GSA $1,794

Schedule

We have 9 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between June 18, 2008 and February 9, 2009.

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