Remote Leadership Toolkit

Remote Leadership Toolkit

Leading remote employees is now a fact of life. Over 80% of teams and 90% of projects have at least one member not physically located with the rest of the group. In addition, a recent study from GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com showed that the number of employees who telecommute more than one day per week increased over 79% from 2005 to 2012.

While the principles of effective leadership and team management haven’t changed, maintaining peak performance and keeping employees engaged when separated by miles, time zones and culture is a tall task for any manager or organization.

Let’s be honest—leadership of others is already hard enough when they are down the hall or on the shop floor. When you add in the challenges of them being remote, it gets harder—and more stressful.

• How do we communicate successfully?
   
• How can we make meetings (that are already painful in person), work using technology?
   
• How do we build the relationships and trust with the team—and help them do that between each other?
   
• How do we present ideas, change and more at a distance?
   
• How do we coach and give feedback successfully?
   
• How do we deal with the unknowns? After all, we can’t see what they are doing, how they are doing it and if they are ever working?

If have ever struggled with even one of these questions, you know what we mean. Leadership is hard...doing it remotely is even harder.

This toolkit includes the following 18 courses:

1. The Unique Aspects of the Virtual Work Environment
   Find out what’s unique about leading within the virtual environment
    
2. Classic Leadership with a Virtual Twist
   Know what additional leadership actions are a must when leading others remotely
    
3. Building Trust in the Virtual Environment
   Shift your mindset to successfully build trust and lead others in the virtual environment
    
4. Managing Remote Teams
   Understand the challenges and obstacles managers face when leading remote teams
    
5. Building Trust with Remote Teams
   Identify what’s required to build trust and communication with your team
    
6. Maximizing Virtual Tools
   ​Increase your ability to use the tools available to manage others remotely
    
7. The Pitfalls of Web-Based Meetings
   Find out why web-based meetings are sometimes painful and ineffective
    
8. Planning a Virtual Meeting
   Know what is required to plan an effective virtual meeting
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9. Leading a Virtual Meeting
   Build the skills required to lead successful virtual meetings
    
10. Getting Ready for Your Virtual Presentation
    Understand the challenges of presenting remotely and what’s required for success
     
11. Web-based Presentation Basics
    Integrate proven practices to ensure great web-based presentations each and every time 
     
12. Communication Techniques for Web-based Presentations
    ​Deliver successful web-based presentations with three essential communication techniques 
     
13. Keys to Remote Accountability
    Build the capabilities to overcome the challenges of holding people accountable remotely
     
14. Collaborative Goal Setting at a Distance
    Learn the keys to setting goals with people who aren’t located with you
     
15. Helping Others Achieve Goals​Learn ways to support people in reaching their short and long term goals
     
16. Coaching Others—The Basics
    Learn how to apply the coaching model to your interactions with others
     
17. Applying Coaching Remotely
    Discover what’s required to coach others remotely
     
18. Giving Remote Feedback
    ​Build the skills required to provide feedback remotely