Course description

Making a virtue of necessity we can say some of the benefits from having virtual teams can include reduced costs; less frustrating commutes for staff and potentially increased productivity. However, there are potential serious downsides to running virtual teams and these include poor communication, issues with technology, the exposure of poor leadership and management engagement, poor working conditions for staff members and poor productivity.

Managing Virtual Teams Effectively is a one-day online course that aims to help those responsible for managing remote teams to effectively engage with individual and teams, develop and agree appropriate goals and maintain and improve team productivity.

Managing Virtual Teams Effectively will cover the following areas:

Understanding personal and team motivation.
Goals, outcomes, tasks.
Delegation, responsibility and accountability.
Planning effective communications.
Issues management.
Getting to grips with the technology.

Managing Virtual Teams Effectively is a one-day course that will be delivered online from 9:30am-5:00pm on scheduled dates and will be facilitated by a subject matter expert.

Scheduled Dates are: