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Managing Remote Teams Best Practices

Course Overview

As global corporations shift towards remote work for its proven efficiency, this course reshapes the approach to managing remote teams, acknowledging that remote work is now an enduring reality.

Thia course goes beyond basic knowledge, providing skills to establish effective workflows within teams. Based on scientific findings and proven techniques from leading companies worldwide, participants discover the best tools for fostering productive collaboration, streamlined communication, and efficient time and task management.

In addition to mastering the logistical aspects of remote work, the course takes you into the psychological elements. Addressing issues such as procrastination, motivation, and achieving work-life balance, participants gain valuable insights into overcoming challenges unique to remote environments.

By enrolling, you will:

  • Address the challenges associated with remote working
  • Prepare yourself and your team for rhythmic remote collaboration
  • Develop a robust plan for remote work, ensuring optimal productivity
  • Utilize techniques for effective time, workload, and project management
  • Implement methods for measuring and analyzing remote employee performance
  • Successfully handle psychological and motivational challenges within your remote team.

Join us on this learning journey to successfully manage remote teams in the era of flexible work arrangements.

Who Should Attend

  • Managers of all levels
  • Professionals who want to live a fulfilled life in a modern digitally-disrupted world
  • Anyone who is planning to work and manage remotely
  • Anyone who has already been managing people remotely but wants to know the best practices and tools

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Turn remote working into your secret managerial weapon
  • Explore the main requirements for successful remote working
  • Understand how to ensure that your team is ready for remote working
  • Know what managers should do during video conference calls
  • Protect your work and work of your employees from security threats
  • Delegate and manage tasks among employees efficiently
  • Set up your workplace to improve your productivity
  • Develop a reliable action plan for successful remote working
  • Create a productive and collaborative working environment
  • Become technically aware of all modern tools for effective remote working
  • Set clear expectations for your employees to ensure a positive remote working culture

Course Content

Working remotely: what is it?

  • The workplace revolution
  • The challenges of remote working for managers
  • Dispelling the myths of remote working

Communication and collaboration

  • Why effective remote teams communicate more, not less
  • How to communicate more effectively when you’re working remotely
  • Dealing with technical issues and ensuring that your team is prepared and equipped
  • Communication tools
  • Collaboration tools
  • Project management tools
  • Time management tools
  • When to use specific tools
  • Successful remote meetings
  • When to reach out personally instead of group calls?
  • Security tips for remote workers – protect yourself both online and offline
  • Create a plan of action for staying in touch remotely

Successfully Managing Teams

  • Setting clear expectations with your employees
  • Establishing rules of engagement suited to your team – making your schedules transparent
  • How to include all team members
  • Building rapport with remote colleagues
  • Overcoming challenges of remote work as a manager
    • Lack of face-to-face supervision
    • Lack of access to information
    • Lack of motivation
    • Social isolation
  • Embracing differences in your colleagues and employees
  • Preventing and dealing with psychological issues
  • Understanding and managing conflicts
  • How to delegate tasks in the way they always will be done
  • Measuring productivity and reviewing them on that work
  • Building culture in your remote team

Productivity and motivation

  • The remote manager’s set-up – arranging your workspace
  • How to beat procrastination and get more done
  • Getting Right attitude – how to be prepared psychologically for working remotely
  • Improving self-control, self-awareness, and self-motivation
  • Creating your personal to-don’t list
  • Set your remote working goals

Boundaries and balance

  • What’s the right working environment for you?
  • Dealing with online distractions
  • Setting boundaries with family – How to cope when everyone’s working from home
    • Tips for working from home with a partner/housemates
    • Tips for working from home with children
  • Morning and Evening rituals
  • Taking care of your health and wellness
    • Understanding your peak times
    • Wake up at a consistent time
    • Work in blocks of time
    • Schedule breaks into your day
    • Physical activity
    • Offline time and how to relax
  • Plan your day and week

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Course Code DU1307 Category
Location: Dubai, UAE
Duration: 5 Days
Language: English
Cost: 15,770 SAR
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