Virtual Team Management Training
Course 275
2 DAY COURSE

In this Virtual Team Management course, you will learn how to use communication and collaboration tools to effectively lead virtual teams across distances, time zones, organizational separation, and cultural differences. You will also learn to deliver results continuously across multi-site and international environments.

Virtual Team Management Training Benefits

• In this Virtual Team Management Training, you will learn how to:

  • Operate effectively within a virtual and hybrid operating mode by fostering relationships that reinforce team collaboration and identity.
  • Lead the team by creating an environment of trust.
  • Use appropriate communication technologies to facilitate productive teamwork.
  • Operate effectively within a culturally diverse team.
  • Adopt and promote ground rules that improve the effectiveness of the team.

Virtual Team Management Training Outline

Module 1: Adopting a Virtual Team Working Model

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Define the key attributes of virtual working
• Understand the needs of virtual workers
• Develop trust in a virtual environment

Module 2: Leading the Virtual Team

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Adopt lessons from working at home
• Working as an effective virtual team
• Facilitate effective teamwork
• Apply effective virtual project kick-off meetings practices

Module 3: Building and Maintaining a Virtual Team

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Identify the best approaches to communicating and collaborating virtually
• Assess the impact of technology on the quality of the communications
• Make meetings more effective

Module 4: Culture and Distance: Managing the Impact

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Lead team members of different cultural backgrounds more effectively
• Distinguish between the three layers of cultural awareness
• Factor in the impact of distance on team performance

Module 5: Being a Virtual Leader

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Identify key actions a virtual leader can take to enable a team to be more successful
• Establish ground rules to aid team effectiveness and efficiency