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Given the rise of remote and hybrid work, effective virtual collaboration has never been more important. Success requires more than technological solutions – interpersonal skill development is critical, too.
Most people who’ve worked remotely can attest that while virtual teamwork has its pros, it can present unique challenges, such as some people participating more than others, difficulty in dealing with conflict, and trouble developing trust. The new hybrid work model at many workplaces has made leading remote and virtual teams even more complex.
The frustration team members experience is often compounded by technological glitches on calls, connectivity issues, time zone disparities, and team members’ different expectations about comfort and use of technology.
To overcome the challenges of leading remote and virtual teams while taking advantage of the opportunities, organizational leaders must create the right conditions for virtual teamwork to succeed.
When leading remote and virtual teams, it’s important to use technology to communicate and collaborate in real time and to offer virtual team training to develop your people. Effective leadership in virtual teams or hybrid settings requires new skillsets and mindsets to build trust, rapport, and communication.
Train your leaders of remote and hybrid teams to provide extra support, boundaries, and norms to overcome time zone differences. Teams spread across multiple time zones can easily burn out by working long hours to accommodate each other’s schedules.
Above all, facilitating better leadership in virtual teams results in more engaged, productive, and resilient team members who are prepared for future challenges — and a more resilient organization as a whole.
Your leaders must develop key skills during virtual team training:
Prepare your leaders for the unique demands of remote work by equipping them with virtual and remote team leadership skills. We can deliver our world-class, research-backed thinking and content about virtual team training to them — or you can.
We can equip your facilitators to deliver a workshop or internal training on leading remote and virtual teams either online or in person, whichever you prefer:
Let’s talk about how you can leverage this proven leadership program content on leading virtual and remote teams in a custom internal development initiative
Or, we can incorporate virtual team training as part of a larger leadership development initiative for your organization:
Combine with other topic modules and interactive experiences into a customized learning journey for your leaders
Our highly personalized leadership programs prepare leaders to address common challenges with leading virtual teams
Organizations who have partnered with us on leading remote teams training consistently tell us the same thing: their experience with CCL made a significant impact on their culture — and their bottom line.
But don’t just take our word for it — take theirs.
“I really enjoyed the energy and information delivered through this Leading Virtual Teams session. So much detail and guidance to continue to enhance myself and my team! Thank you!”
Virtual Session Attendee
“This entire session was excellent. It provided many good tips and helped to see a much bigger picture, which has been challenging over the past year while I have been focused on individual fires.”
Virtual Session Attendee
Our experts are here to help. Let’s have a conversation about leading remote and virtual teams at your organization and how our remote leadership content could help support your development initiatives.
Given the rise of remote and hybrid work, effective virtual collaboration has never been more important. Success requires more than technological solutions – interpersonal skill development is critical, too.
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Package our research-backed content on leading remote and virtual teams with other proven leadership development topics and solutions for a customized, scalable solution perfect for your organization’s unique needs, context, and culture. Related topics include:
