Class Description
Managing Virtual and Hybrid Teams
COVID-19 imposed work-from-home requirements on knowledge workers of all kinds and has dramatically accelerated the trend toward a hybrid workforce. While managing full in-office or full virtual teams certainly has its challenges, managing a team containing both types dramatically magnifies the complexities of each and introduces new and challenging issues.
This class highlights the six key challenges of managing a hybrid team, strategies to overcome them, and insights on how to maximize team success.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the Leading Hybrid Teams course, students will be able to:
- Keep virtual employees connected and engaged with their in-office counterparts
- Overcome the communication-based challenges of a mixed employee environment
- Avoid common management mistakes when trying to coordinate in-office / at-home meetings and processes
- Create employee parity between in-office / at-home employees regarding task assignment, training, promotional opportunities, and other related items
Duration:
- Two hours
Class Topics include:
- Future Workplace Drivers and Challenges
- Future Workplace Alternatives
- Virtual Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing
- Hybrid and Virtual Leadership Best Practices
- Virtual Brainstorming Tools (Divergent)
- Virtual Selection and Prioritization Tools (Convergent)
- Virtual Task Assignment
- Using Hybrid Communication Strategies to Your Advantage