Remote & Virtual Teams

If this is you

You lead, advise or are part of a remote &/or virtual team.
You recognise that there are some different skills involved in making these teams work
You want to get things done more effectively and at lower cost.
You don't have time for your team members to work it out through long trial and error.
You really want to do something practical to improve the team

Then you need this program

When you lead or work in a dispersed team, you have to overcome barriers of distance, cultural differences and lack of time, whilst maintaining communication through technology.

Remote and Virtual Teams is a unique workshop developed by Global Integration, where we share our expertise gained from working with many of the world's most successful international organizations. It blends more than 20 practical tools with tips, techniques and challenging exercises and ideas to help managers and team members to set up; maintain and develop effective remote and virtual teams.

Three major benefits from attending the workshop are:

Improved team and project kick-off - faster projects and other deliverables, lower costs
Reduced traveling - save time and expense
Improved communication - more effective and shorter meetings and communication through technology

Read more about the business benefits that companies and individuals get from using our training.

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Top 5 Remote & Virtual Team Issues

From our survey of hundreds of Remote & Virtual Teams around the world the top 5 issues are:

We are so busy with the content of what we do we do not spend enough time on the process of how we are doing it.
We don't see each other often enough
The team is the wrong size
The activities of the team are not visible to the rest of the organisation
Not everyone on the team shares the same purpose.

Our Remote & Virtual Teams program provides practical tools, tips and methods for overcoming these problems, and many more.

For a free copy of our booklet "Remote & Virtual Teams" and free tips and information on working internationally please sign up here

What will the program help me do?

Introducing the 3 Dilemmas® of Remote Management and our remote team development process.

The workshop will answer the following questions:

How does time pressure have an impact on group and leadership behavior?
How does remoteness change the balance of task and team?
What is the right balance of control and autonomy in the way we work together?
What causes divided loyalties, and what can we do about them?
Do we need to be a team anyway?
The "Superman Syndrome" - what it is, and how to avoid it?
When to communicate and how often is enough?
How to manage your team when all travel is prevented?
When to fight for budget to get face-to-face, and when is it better to avoid it?
How to stay visible when you're remote - the lessons of refuse collection?
How can I get things done through others when I'm remote and have no line authority
What example are you setting?
Remote Coaching - what's the point? Isn't it just more work, when I don't have the time?
The art of traveling less.... without damaging your career
How to accelerate the transfer of learning throughout dispersed teams

Read what participants say about our training programs.

Benchmark your team against the best

Would you like to know how your remote and virtual team compares with others in the world's best known companies? Our unique database containing over 1200 team members from around the world enables you to benchmark against the best. More details.

To book this program or discuss your specific needs please, call us now