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Managing Remote Employees: Skills and Techniques for Virtual Leaders

Managing employees that work from home could be quite challenging for team leaders, regardless of whether they sometimes meet them face-to-face or never see them at all. Our upcoming webinar discusses new tools and techniques to help you be a more effective virtual team leader. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Communication tools that are proven to help virtual teams stay on the same page ·          Strategies to manage performance and keep your team on track ·          Four key success factors that will make or break your remotely located team LEARNING OBJECTIVES You will acquire new tools for managing employees who work from home more effectively.You will learn: • How to regularly stay in touch with team members without them feeling micro-managed • How to keep employees engaged during work from home • A sure-fire method for avo...

Managing the Remote Workforce During Covid-19: Policies, Procedures, and Practices

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OVERVIEW Employers and employees are experiencing one of the biggest challenges in history in how people work. Some have never worked from home—some with spouses, kids, and pets at their desk – assuming they even have a desk at home. Many managers have never managed employees who work from home. The new situation is stressful and may be all-consuming. How should remote teams communicate? How often? How do they have a meeting? What if there are employees that are not used to working with technology? Who pays for computer maintenance? Is there still a need to worry about workplace injury? How flexible should an employee’s work schedule be—is it okay to take a two-hour break in the afternoon and work instead in the evening? Is there a need to edit or create new policies that align with this new work environment, and if so, what types of policies? How to collaborate effectively if your team is remote? The questions are many and sometimes the answers are not easy. Even before the p...

How to Manage Employees Who Are Based at Home and Not Coming to the Workplace

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OVERVIEW Whether your employees are temporary home-workers due to the Corona Virus Pandemic or are out of the office most ofthe time; whether they’re all in the same city or spread around the globe; whether they sometimes meet face-to-face or never see each other; managing these far-flung individuals can present challenges for any manager or team leader. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND There are many scary aspects and challenges of managing remote employees. • Will they do what they’re supposed to do? • How do I know what’s going on? • What if they’re headed in the wrong direction and I’m unaware of it? • Will they become distracted or demotivated? What happens to team spirit? The list goes on and on. This webinar will give you tools and insights to you help quiet these fears and succeed in spite of them. AREAS COVERED • Tips for keeping your remote personnel informed and involved • Motivation techniques that work and those that don’t • Communication...