Bridging the Distance
The Challenge
Outsourcing strategies and live-anywhere, top-talent acquisition initiatives are leading to
more and more teams that are geographically dispersed and culturally diverse. Today’s
manager has the added complexity of:
- Managing individuals they may have never seen in person.
- Understanding cultural differences.
- Facilitating collaborative conditions with team members who may be thousands of miles from one another.
- Developing ways to be available to support team members who can’t simply walk into his/her office.
- Measuring productivity and engagement.
The Curriculum
The T-Dev – Managing Virtual Teams course arms executives with the skills they need
to manage teams that sit miles apart and live in very different worlds. They’ll
learn how to:
- Communicate project goals and individual expectations across the team.
- Use technology to stay in touch, provide support and monitor productivity.
- Create an atmosphere of teamwork to foster collaboration regardless of the inability for in-person meetings.
- Set standards for regular contact to keep virtual teams engaged and organizationally aware.
- Better understand the new cultures that are infused into the team and learn the
distinctive characteristics that impact the culturally diverse team members’ behaviors.
Training Options
The T Dev – Managing Virtual Teams course can be delivered to your executive team
as a Transformation Point program -or- we can customize the materials to incorporate them into your broader training and development programs.
