Managing Virtual Teams

Managing Virtual Teams
December 1-2, 9am-5pm

Working in a virtual team environment is the reality of business today and companies that leverage the efficiency and effectiveness that can be achieved with virtual teams will achieve a key competitive advantage over companies that do not. This course is not about theory, it will provide you with practical knowledge that you can use to strengthen your ability to lead and increase your team’s efficiency, motivation and results. This course is vendor and product neutral so you will be able to evaluate the options available and select the tools best suited for you and your team to move forward with confidence.
Training Objectives - What you will learn:
* Understand the current trends of organizations moving towards virtual teams and the impacts to an ever changing and often global workforce;
* Understand the opportunities and challenges of working in a virtual organization and develop new ways to manage yourself and others to succeed in this new era of “working virtually”;
* Compare different management styles and approaches and how they are impacted by technology;
* Understand the various team-based and personal technologies available today to support the communication and collaboration needs of virtual teams;
* Effectively use technology to meet and exceed your organization’s goals and objectives while continuing to build strong team relationships for ongoing success;
* Recognize the changes needed to work virtually across new organizational boundaries, inter-generational differences and varying cultural expectations;
* Develop new approaches to manage and motivate your organization, teams, project teams and yourself; and
* Develop next steps to develop or strengthen your virtual team work environment.