Managing Remote Teams Training Course

Course Aims

This Managing Remote Teams training course will look at the skills, behaviours and approaches for the effective management of a dispersed or remote team.

Course Objectives

By attending this Managing Remote Teams Training Course you will:

• Have examined the 6 steps to managing remote teams
• Understand the barriers to working remotely and how to overcome them
• Appreciate the skills and behaviours required for effective remote working
• Recognise the importance of setting priorities
• Understand the different preferences that individual team members may have and how this affects the team dynamics
• Be more aware of the need for setting common achievable goals

Course Content

Here is what we cover in this Managing Remote Teams training course.

The Barriers to Remote Teams?

• What is a remote team
• What challenges come from managing a remote team

The Skills Needed to Manage Remote Teams

• What are the skills needed to manage remote teams
• The six steps of managing remote teams
• Making sure things get done when not in the office

Operating at a Personal Level

• How to ensure a good relationship is maintained with remote team members
• Maintaining the feel of a team
• Setting personal and team objectives
• Motivating remote team members

Communicating with Remote Team Members

• How to keep in touch with team members
• Picking the best approach to communicate with individuals
• Using technology to stay in touch
• Making sure the team still communicate with each other effectively

 Difficult Situations

• What to do when things are not going well
• How to have performance based conversations remotely
• Keeping up remote team morale

Who Should Attend our Managing Remote Teams Training Course?

This managing remote teams training course is for anyone who has team members that work away from the office.

If you want to:

• Know how to remotely lead and manage effectively
• Overcome some of the challenges and barriers that can exist with remote working
• Reduce the potential for impact on mental health of your remote teams members
• Keep the sense of team despite the face the team is not altogether
• Motivate team members to perform the the right standards when working remotely
• Have a better approach to communication with your remote team

Then this managing remote teams course is for you.

The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.

Online Training Courses

A 1 day online live virtual training course with one of our highly experienced leadership and management development trainers. You also get:

• A highly interactive online experience
• Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
• A digital copy of the course materials from the course
• A digital course certificate

In-Person & Online In-House

A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced trainers at your location or online. You also get

• Course materials for each delegate to take away
• A course certificate
• Reporting on delegate evaluation
• Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

A remote team is where some or all of your team do not work permanently in your office or location. They may be working from home, in another office, on the road or in another country.

We've found that one of the biggest challenges with remote working is a loss of connection the business and brand. Yes, people miss their team members, but we've found for a lot of people they feel disconnected from the company they work for. This can lead to demotivation and can impact on the mental health of team members.

No, we look at a number of different remote working scenarios.

Yes. We have lots of articles about remote working in the remote working section of our blog.