Virtual Teams: How to get them to Work Effectively
Event Info
Description
The TrainHR webinar is approved by HRCI and SHRM Recertification Provider.
Overview:
Virtual team is the new reality of 21st century workplace. Owing to
the increasing competition in the marketplace, decentralization and
globalization of work processes and advances in information and
communication technologies, companies, to remain competitive, require
flexibility and agility in their delivery of products and services.
Virtual teams play a key role in order to meet these demands. Also these
companies are adopting the virtual team approach to reduce their
operating costs, encourage knowledge sharing among their employees to
promote organizational learning and expand their business hours to 24/7.
Unfortunately, having solid business reasons for implementing a
virtual strategy does not mean that strategy is always going to be
executed well. The problem is that too many companies treat their
virtual teams the same way they treat teams that share the same physical
locations.
In other words, virtual teams may be increasingly popular but they're
not necessarily successful. Large number of HR practitioners as well as
organizational leaders has come to realize that virtual teams are
different from traditional teams. They now must shift their attention
towards devising and utilizing new tools and techniques to manage the
unique challenges posed by virtual and dispersed teams.
Why should you Attend:
Many companies recycle the same guidelines and best practices they use
for their co-located teams and hope for the best. That just doesn't
work. Virtual teams and face-to-face teams are the proverbial 'apples
and oranges' - and leaders who recognize this fact are the ones whose
teams succeed.
Virtual teams regularly fall victim to four pitfalls:
Lack of clear goals, direction, or priorities - Because it is
tougher to communicate with team members who are geographically
dispersed, it is often difficult to keep all team members focused on the
same goals, especially over time
Lack of clear roles among team members- In virtual teams, it is
especially important for members to clearly understand their individual
roles and how their work impacts other team members
Lack of cooperation and trust - Because there's limited or no
face-to-face contact the process of establishing trust and relationships
that lead to group cooperation will be more difficult and can lead to a
silo mentality
Lack of engagement - With virtual teams, people can easily become
bored and "check out" because there is a lack of dynamic face-to-face
interaction and because there are more distractions
Also, research has shown that the leadership style of the team or
project leader has greater effects on the productivity of virtual teams
as compared to that on the traditional collocated teams. It's important
for all the virtual team leaders or managers to revisit their leadership
approach. This webinar will help companies maximize their investment in
virtual teams as well as helps leaders enhance their performance and
effectiveness.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Identify the Nine Critical Success Factors for Virtual Teams to get a Higher ROI
Review the Four Dimensional Model of Virtual Teams: Purpose, People, Link, Time
Do a Reality Check: The Five Advantages and Three Disadvantages of Virtual Teams
Understand and put into Practice the Three Leadership Styles Essential for Virtual Team Success
Discover how to Manage the Social Isolation in Virtual Team; Dealing with out of Sight Out of Mind Challenge
Identify Seven Critical Competencies of Virtual Team Members beyond just Good Technical and Communication Skills
Learn to set up a Virtual Team- Answering two Critical Questions: What do we want to Accomplish? How do we do it?
Who Will Benefit:
CEO's
COO's
VP of Human Resources
Chief Learning Officer
Directors
Project Managers
Operation Managers and Supervisors
Team Leaders
Human Resources Professionals
Instructor:
Marcia Zidle, MS, NCC, BCC is the CEO of
Leaders At All Levels and a board certified executive coach based in
Dallas Texas. She works with executives, management teams and high
potential professionals ON THE MOVE! They want to move up to the next
level – ahead of their competition – into new areas – over and around
obstacles – beyond business as usual – towards a sustainable future.
Event link : http://www.trainhr.com/control/w_product/~product_id=701929LIVE/?channel=chinwag_march_2018_SEO
Contact Details:
NetZealous LLC, DBA TrainHR
Phone: +1-800-385-1627
Email: support
trainhr [dot] com
