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Managing Your Virtual Team

Learn how to put your virtual team on the path to success
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Course: On-Demand
Intermediate Provider David Walker  3 Lessons ·  6m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

Managing a virtual team can be very different from managing an in-person team. These lessons will highlight some of those differences, and give you tips on how to manage your virtual team effectively. You’ll learn how to define your team’s roles, monitor their progress, recognize their work, and resolve potential conflicts, all of which will help guide your team to success.

What You'll Learn

  • Define team roles and delegate responsibilities within your virtual team
  • Monitor your team's progress in a way that is comfortable and helpful for both you and your team
  • Recognize and reward your team's achievements while working remotely
  • Resolve potential conflicts among virtual team members
  • Apply tips for managing a virtual team effectively

Key Takeaways

  • Managing a virtual team can be very different from managing an in-person team, and these lessons highlight those differences.
  • Defining team roles and delegating responsibilities helps guide a virtual team to success.
  • Monitoring progress should be done in a way that is comfortable and helpful for both the manager and the team.
  • Recognizing achievements is an effective part of managing remote workers.
  • Resolving potential conflicts is part of leading a virtual team effectively.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You'll learn how to define your team's roles, monitor their progress, recognize their work, and resolve potential conflicts, all of which help guide your virtual team to success.

How is managing a virtual team different from managing an in-person team?

The course explains that managing a virtual team can be very different from managing an in-person team and highlights some of those differences, while giving tips on how to manage your virtual team effectively.

What topics do the lessons cover?

The lessons cover Defining Roles and Resolving Conflicts, Monitoring Progress, and Recognizing Achievement while Working Remotely.

What skills does this course help develop?

It develops skills in distributed team management, team management, team performance management, virtual collaboration, virtual teams, and virtual training.