Working Successfully in a Virtual Environment

Virtual working is a growing reality in most international organizations today.  Yet collaborating remotely with colleagues, customers, suppliers and partners who are spread across geographies, time zones and cultures brings its own unique challenges, opportunities and frustrations.  The Working Successfully in a Virtual Environment programme enables individuals to perform at the highest level by building the necessary skills to collaborate and communicate effectively in a virtual environment.

Benefits

• Identify best practices for working virtually
• Develop trusting relationships and cooperation across geographies, time zones and cultures
• Make optimal use of available technologies to ensure effective communication
• Recognise the benefits and address the challenges of working in a virtual team
• Apply a model of Six Performance Zones for Virtual Collaboration when working remotely
• Adopt a virtual communication style that promotes common understanding
• Maintain a virtual workplace inclusive of value and style differences

Audience

All individuals who need to build strong working relationships and ensure effective communication working ‘remotely’ with colleagues, customers or suppliers who are distanced from them geographically.

 

Some key topics

• Benefits & Challenges of Working Virtually
• Building Collaborative Advantage
• The Six Cs of Virtual Collaboration
• Achieving Cooperation & Trust
• Motivating Remotely
• Best Practices for Effective Virtual Communication
• Building an Inclusive Mindset Accepting of Style Differences

Methods

The Working Successfully in a Virtual Environment programme is available as a 4 hour interactive virtual classroom session or a one day face-to-face classroom session. Other formats of the programme can be developed and customised to your needs on request.

e-coaching options are also available to support individual improvement implementation through follow-up telephone or web-conferencing sessions.

For further information or to book a session please contact us at enquiries@tmaworld.com

Key concepts for this programme are taken from TMA World's new book on global and virtual collaboration 'Where in the World is My Team?', by Terence Brake. Visit www.whereintheworldismyteam.com to find out more, and visit Terence’s entertaining and frequently updated blog on the same subject at http://virtualteamwork.blogspot.com.