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Provided by: Learning Technologies, Inc. Building A Strong Telecommuting Work TeamWorkplace Skills |
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Training
Provided by Learning Technologies, Inc.
Virtual teaming is a complex blend of team, technology, and culture. At its core is the functional team unit, with all of the challenges of a traditional face-to-face environment. This includes: clarity of purpose, goals, roles and responsibilities, communication, conflict management, participative leadership, and most of all, trust. In a virtual environment, these challenges are compounded by distance, technology, and even organizational culture. All too often we make the fatal assumption that technology can overcome the interpersonal challenges of a team environment.
This program focuses on tools and techniques for developing effective virtual teams. This involves a critical balance between team, technology, and culture. Ultimately, this translates to maximizing your resources and using the right tools for the right job. Using industry research to target our most common obstacles, and hands-on involvement to develop critical skills, both teams and individuals walk away with functional tools for managing virtual success.
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Building A Strong Telecommuting Work Team
This program will focus on helping Telecommuting and Virtual Team members:
Build Trust The Key to Making Virtual Teams Work
This is essential since developing relationships in a virtual environment can be challenging.
Create a Common Shared Vision
This is often overlooked, but clarity and alignment between individual goals and overall team goals will prevent many conflicts down the road.
Develop an Effective Communication Plan
An effective virtual team needs to develop a plan for how and when they will communicate. They explore frequency, content, mode, expected outcome, and personal responsibilities.
Heighten Their Awareness of Individual Strengths and Differences
One of the advantages of cross-cultural teams is the diversity they bring. It can also create one of the team s greatest challenges. Finding ways of leveraging their differences and overcoming their frustrations is critical.
Manage Team Related Problems
Telecommuting and Virtual teams must make the most of their face-to-face time together. Key s to success include evaluating success, discussing internal team dynamics, and planning on how to move forward as an effective team.
Cope With Ambiguity and Uncertainty
Discussing how they as a team will overcome the frustrations associated with technology, distance, and culture will help create a foundation for success.
Build Trust The Key to Making Virtual Teams Work
This is essential since developing relationships in a virtual environment can be challenging.
Create a Common Shared Vision
This is often overlooked, but clarity and alignment between individual goals and overall team goals will prevent many conflicts down the road.
Develop an Effective Communication Plan
An effective virtual team needs to develop a plan for how and when they will communicate. They explore frequency, content, mode, expected outcome, and personal responsibilities.
Heighten Their Awareness of Individual Strengths and Differences
One of the advantages of cross-cultural teams is the diversity they bring. It can also create one of the team s greatest challenges. Finding ways of leveraging their differences and overcoming their frustrations is critical.
Manage Team Related Problems
Telecommuting and Virtual teams must make the most of their face-to-face time together. Key s to success include evaluating success, discussing internal team dynamics, and planning on how to move forward as an effective team.
Cope With Ambiguity and Uncertainty
Discussing how they as a team will overcome the frustrations associated with technology, distance, and culture will help create a foundation for success.
About The Training Provider: Learning Technologies, Inc.
Learning Technologies, Inc. - Learning Technologies is a management consulting firm dedicated to helping our clients reach their business goals by leveraging their greatest resource their people. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, Learning Technologies provides customized sales, soft skill training, leadership development, and both indoor and outdoor team building programs. Since our inception in 1991, we have been...
