Employee Relationship Management Complementary Webinar Series
This week I will be presenting a complementary employee relationship management webinar on leading virtual team meetings. The session will focus on specific solutions to the unique leadership in a virtual world issues faced in the virtual workspace, such as: building rapport with virtual team project management members; conducting team meetings with an efficient 4-step process; leading successful conference calls / team meetings and, much, much more. You can find a full description of the webinar below:
Overview
As travel costs skyrocket and budgets are slashed, virtual teams are becoming a fact of life for many managers. When you are called upon to lead employee relationship management on a virtual team, you face challenges that traditional management techniques can’t always solve. Foremost among these is conducting team meetings that occur without the benefit of face-to-face interaction. There is often a gap in the amount of human interaction virtual team members have, and so when coming together in virtual meetings, it is imperative that the human connection is alive and thriving. This Webinar focuses on solutions to the unique leadership in a virtual world issues you face when meeting with team members in a virtual workspace, whether it be multisite, multi-country, multi-time-zone, or all of the above. To effectively engage a virtual team and lead them to high performance, both team leaders and members need to equip themselves with the right skills and tools. This session is designed to give the entire virtual teams project management team effective tools to conduct virtual meetings, build team interaction, and improve remote team interaction and dynamics.
What Will You Learn?
Conducting successful virtual meetings require that you expand your current skill set allowing you to balance new social skills with a technology interface. For example, by attending this Webinar, you’ll discover tactics and approaches for:
• Building rapport with virtual team members, even if you have never met face-to-face
• Conducting a virtual team meeting using an efficient 4-step process
• Tips for using common technology and communication tools
• Tips on recognizing and stopping meeting dysfunction before it causes problems
• Helpful suggestions for ensuring that all members contribute to their full potential
• 10 keys for leading successful conference calls and team meetings
• 8 Guidelines for the host or facilitator in the virtual setting
These in conjunction with author examples and real life interviews (tried and true practices from real virtual teams) will get any audience the tools they need to make each virtual meeting successful.
