Managing Virtual Teams

Learn how to manage a virtual team made up of remote team members located in different geographies and time zones.

Introduction

• Managing a remote work team
• Prioritizing as a remote manager

1. Building Trust from a Distance

• Providing stability for your virtual team
• Developing team norms and working agreements
• Fostering equality and transparency in a remote team
• Rewarding individual and team wins
• Giving team members the chance to lead

2. Removing Roadblocks to Success

• Giving remote workers the tools to succeed
• Cultivating cross-cultural awareness in a virtual team
• Creating opportunities for in-person team interactions
• Managing in a hybrid environment

3. Nurturing Team Connections

• The manager's role in connecting a remote team
• Maintaining regular contact with your virtual team
• Nurturing relationships with virtual team members
• Thinking like a team

4. Managing Workloads and Deliverables

• Setting clear goals in a remote team
• Providing virtual feedback
• Communicating change in a remote team
• Using tools to foster virtual team collaboration

Conclusion

• Resources to help you manage a virtual team