Virtual leadership - how to become a successful virtual manager

Benefits

Virtual leadership is a complex topic. In the virtual space shared and negotiable leadership is a much more dominant success factor than in traditional management based on job descriptions, power dynamics and control.

This seminar supports participants in coping with the specific demands and requirements of leadership in the virtual world, to develop the needed skills and to approach the resulting tasks in a success-oriented manner.

Objectives

• stimuli to improve leadership in the virtual world
• understand the influence of dispersion in team performance (effectiveness/efficiency) and the importance of task related processes
• enhance sensitivity for "do´s and don´ts" when leading a virtual team globally
• develop pragmatic procedures and shared rules of conduct
• taking initiative — analyse participant´s own situation in the virtual world, define objectives for improvement and an action plan

Content

• exchange of experiences in the virtual world of leadership
• leading global virtual teams: critical challenges, work process, action, and feedback
• understand the influence of dispersion in team performance (effectiveness/efficiency) and the importance of task related processes
• critical success factors and myths about virtual teams, the Bermuda Triangle of the virtual world
• roadmap to team setup and 3 stages of virtual team development
• forming and developing team identity and performance, creating accountability in a virtual team
• tips for building trust, fostering cooperation and transparency within the team
• leading laterally: shaping solutions without formal authority
• how to cope with divergent management procedures, and to establish a common standard
• how to handle conflict in the virtual environment?
• develop pragmatic procedures and shared rules of conduct: standard communication, e-mail, voice mail, video / web conferences
• creating effective agendas for virtual meetings, and to facilitate meetings appropriately
• tracking spreadsheet to monitor team progress
• taking initiative — analyse the team´s situation, define objectives for improvement and an action plan

Duration 1,5 - 2 days