Virtual Team school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

In this course, students will learn how to effectively reach team goals and communicate in a virtual environment.


Outline :
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of virtual teams
Defining virtual teams
Identifying the types of virtual teams
Serving in virtual teams
Identifying the benefits of serving in virtual teams
Identifying the types of work
Identifying the types of meetings
Conducting an orientation session
Understanding the schedule of a session
Identifying th...

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Today’s global companies conduct business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 6 different continents. Today’s teams do not share an office, floor or even a zip code but cross space, time and cultural boundaries. What are the challenges faced by leaders of these virtual teams? More importantly what are the solutions available to maximize a leader’s effectiveness in allowing these teams to function seamlessly around the clock and around the world.
Participants in this program wil...

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As the world becomes more connected, companies are increasingly using virtual teams. Building high performance virtual teams presents managers with special challenges that are not present in face-to-face teams. In this course students learn how to build, manage, and lead virtual teams. Topics include leveraging talent, group processes, communicating in a virtual world, working in a global environment, motivating culturally diverse groups, negotiating online, and managing conflict. In addition, s...

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Discover the keys to success in planning, researching, budgeting, pricing, and marketing virtual meetings.
You’ll take home the most advanced, comprehensive practical how-to information on program planning and marketing available. Find out the best timeline for planning and marketing webinars, how to do needs assessments and surveys that actually work, how to budget your costs, how to price your webinars, and the most effective ways to promote them. Get information not available anywhere el...

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Teleworkers can be supervised from a distance better than people working down the hall. But supervision of teleworkers is different than for office workers.

Understanding the essentials of supervision is criticial for both teleworkers and supervisors, management and organizational leaders.

Telecommuters boost your organization’s profitability, productivity, financial stability, competitiveness and efficiency. Plus you can recruit the best people regardless of where they live.