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Managing and Facilitating Effective Virtual Team Meetings

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OVERVIEW Meetings are essential to team collaboration.  Remote meetings can easily lack intention or structure, which is why attendees perceive them as a waste of time. This webinar covers virtual meetings best practices, topics that will ensure your meetings count and how to avoid remote work pitfalls. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Sometimes you need to schedule a meeting to solve a specific challenge, but in general, it’s good to establish a set of recurring meetings when managing teams remotely in order to  help your team establish a consistent process and align around a shared goal. AREAS COVERED • Laying the foundation for successful virtual meetings with a virtual water cooler • How to encourage conversations to make your meetings more productive • Working with conflicting schedules • Tips for managing a team across 5 time zones and scheduling meetings for all • How to develop an effective meeting agenda and meeting guidelines • Virtual meeting etiquette • R...

Training on Managing and Engaging Remote Employees/Virtual Teams/Telecommuting: How to Keep Teams Connected from Afar

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V irtual team building is more difficult and it becomes harder for informal leaders to emerge tougher to create genuine dialogue, and easier for misunderstandings to escalate. Our upcoming webinar discusses the key techniques that are specific to remote management, including how to supervise across time zones and even cultures. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Develop, implement, and maintain a telecommuting policy ·          Use technology to support a virtual workplace ·          Develop virtual leadership skills LEARNING OBJECTIVES Dealing with real challenges from the virtual workplace Culture and the role it plays on a Virtual Team Communication Challenges Working with time zones Tips for managing remote employees and their performance from a distance Build Relationships with virtual team members and virtual team ...

Managing and Engaging Remote Employees/Virtual Teams/Telecommuting: How to Keep Teams Connected from Afar

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OVERVIEW Work remotely is becoming more of a norm in the tech industry. Various studies have shown that virtual team building is more difficult and it becomes harder for informal leaders to emerge tougher to create genuine dialogue, and easier for misunderstandings to escalate. Leaders must deal with an array of cultural issues that can include differences in business protocol, decision-making, dealing with authority, the concept of time, negotiation styles, and the emotional reactions allowed – or expected – in a business environment. In this webinar you will learn managing remote employees best practices including  how to communicate, establish trust and build strong working relationships . WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND There are a couple key techniques that are specific to remote management. Attend the webinar to learn how to supervise across time zones and even cultures. AREAS COVERED Create a virtual workplace strategy Develop, implement, and maintain tel...

Managing and Engaging Remote Employees/Virtual Teams/Telecommuting: How to Keep Teams Connected from Afar

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OVERVIEW Working remotely is becoming more of a norm in the tech industry. Various studies have shown that virtual team building is more difficult and it becomes harder for informal leaders to emerge tougher to create genuine dialogue, and easier for misunderstandings to escalate. Leaders must deal with an array of cultural issues that can include differences in business protocol, decision-making, dealing with authority, the concept of time, negotiation styles, and the emotional reactions allowed — or expected — in a business environment. In this webinar you will learn managing remote employees best practices including how to communicate, establish trust and build strong working relationships. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND There are a couple key techniques that are specific to managing remote employees/virtual teams/telecommuting. Attend the webinar to learn how to supervise across time zones and even cultures. AREAS COVERED Create a virtual workplace strategy Devel...