Course description
Virtual Teams: Essential Skills for Managing Virtual Teams
In proximity studies conducted at MIT, Professor Tom Allen has observed that “people are not likely to collaborate if they are more than 50 feet apart.” Considering the current dispersion of colleagues and team members, this does not bode well for high performance teaming, unless leaders and team members can better translate what happens in face-to-face interactions to the virtual world. Indeed, both the soft skills and the tactical skills required to lead, manage and participate in dispersed teams have become increasingly important.
This session looks at the behaviors and best practices that define all cohesive, high performing teams, and then answers the question: how do we do this in the current virtual/hybrid environment?
Participants will learn how to best apply e-collaboration technologies and to effectively manage meetings, align priorities, define roles and responsibilities, manage timelines, and address problems. Participants will also be encouraged to share their experiences of virtual teaming to creatively seek ways to leverage virtual/hybrid work.
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
The program is designed for all levels within an organization. All managers and employees will benefit from this series of short, focused sessions.
Training content
- Adaptive Leadership
- Facilitation
- Influence and Negotiating
- Professional Communications
Course delivery details
Primary: ½-day (3.5 hours)
Certification / Credits
- Discuss e-collaboration technologies and how to increase the amount of collaboration that happens virtually
- Learn how to eliminate multitasking and keep team members engaged in virtual team meetings
- Learn how to create structures, meetings and team interactions that support social connections
- Discuss what tasks need to happen ‘face to face’ vs. any location
- Discuss what tasks need to happen in ‘real time’ vs. ‘convenient time’ to avoid time wasting activities
- Learn how to connect face to face colleagues with working from home colleagues to maintain a diverse and inclusive workplace culture
Why choose Wronski Associates?
Founded in 1984 - Over 35 years of providing innovative and impactful learning and development solutions.
Long lasting client partnerships - Our top ten client relationships average 14 years and our very first client is still a client 36 years later.
Have delivered instructor-led training in 40+ countries on 6 continents, and online solutions in many, many more.
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Wronski Associates
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