Managing remote teams

Course Details

How well do you manage your teams from afar?

The advancements in technology and the diversity of the roles that we carry out today means that our teams and those who work with us are rarely co-located. This one day managing remote teams shows you how to get the best from the situation

One of the key challenges for the leaders and managers of today is to overcome the remoteness with which we work and to ensure that our people continue to be supported and valued. This managing remote teams course shows you it is also important to have the correct balance of supervision and control. Too much and people feel stifled and monitored. Too little and people feel undervalued or invisible.

Working with remote teams presents a range of management issues that must be overcome to allow organisations to remain effective.

If you manage remote teams or have remote teams in your organisation, then this one day course could be for you.

Benefits to you

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand what we mean by remote teams and flexible working.
  • Understand the challenges and opportunities of remote working.
  • Understand the needs and expectations of the remote team members.
  • Understand the emotional, psychological and physical requirements of those working remotely.
  • Appreciate the need to implement and develop effective communication processes.
  • Understand how to measure the performance of those working remotely.

Course Contents

  • What we mean by remote teams and flexible working.
  • The challenges and opportunities of remote working.
  • The effective skills and qualities of highly effective dispersed teams.
  • The needs and expectations of the remote team members.
  • The needs and expectations of leaders and managers of remote teams.
  • About and understand the emotional, psychological and physical requirements of those working remotely.
  • About the need to implement and develop effective communication processes.
  • How best to use and avoid certain technologies for working remotely.
  • How to measure the performance of those working remotely.
  • How to manage any necessary change.

Who should attend?

Senior managers, Managers, Sales managers, HR managers