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Online meetings may be a normal part of a team’s everyday workflow, but how to make them maximally efficient when all employees are remote can be daunting. Our upcoming webinar discusses essential skills for making virtual team meetings effective which in turn can help your team establish a consistent process and align around a shared goal. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Laying the foundation for successful virtual meetings with a virtual water cooler ·          Tips for managing a team across 5 time zones and scheduling meetings for all ·          How to develop an effective meeting agenda and meeting guidelines LEARNING OBJECTIVES Online meetings may be a normal part of a team’s everyday workflow, but how to make them maximally efficient when all employees are remote can be daunting. This webinar will cover the essential sk...

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...

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 ...

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...

What will be discussed? Working remotely is increasingly becoming a popular arrangement in the tech industry for the several benefits it offers but building a virtual team still remains a difficult task. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to manage remote employees including how to communicate, establish trust and build strong working relationships. What you’ll learn? ·          Develop, implement, and maintain telecommuting policies ·          Overcome virtual team communication challenges and cultural barriers when leading virtual teams ·          Plan and lead virtual meetings LEARNING OBJECTIVES Dealing with real challenges from the virtual workplace Culture and the role it plays on a virtual team Communication challenges in virtual team building Working with time zones Tips for managing remote employees/virtual teams/telecommuting and ...

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...

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. managing remote employees best practices 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 Crea...

Virtual Team Management OVERVIEW More and more organizations are “going virtual,” whether it is an employee who telecommutes, a team of workers in another country, or simply an employee who extends her or his workday by checking e-mail or downloading a document from Dropbox that connects to their phone, iPad, or home computer. Approximately 80% of U. S. workers continue to do business remotely after normal work hours. More and more organizations are incorporating telecommuting and other forms of virtual work into their workforce with great success and reduction in costs. Managing remote employees requires a management mindset change that differs from managing on-site workers. Examining, planning, and implementing legal and contractual issues are not always considered in the same way when managing on-site workers. Failure to address these perspectives is at the organization’s and management’s peril. For example, what technological and management strategies should yo...