COMMUNICATION SKILLS & TOOLS FOR VIRTUAL TEAMWORK

Virtual Team Building

Communication Skills and Tools for Virtual Teamwork

Building virtual teams can be challenging. Learning effective virtual communication skills allows for a quicker ramp up and helps avoid challenges faced when working and communicating remotely.

Getting the job done means bringing together the right people, your employees with the greatest expertise, regardless of where they live. Many employees today work in virtual teams and participate in virtual relationship building for at least part of their job. Working on virtual teams allows workers to be more flexible, tap into worldwide talents, and increase productivity.

This research-based course on virtual relationship building provides insights and best practices from successful virtual teams. These insights and best practices enable quicker ramp-up and allow attendees to successfully mitigate the challenges that come from working and communicating remotely. Attendees will learn how to establish effective communication methods and practices for virtual teams when to apply specific tools and methods, and the best practices for working with virtual teams through this fast-paced course.

Connecting Virtually Course Objectives

  • Understand the challenges of communicating with virtual teams.
  • Learn how to connect with others on your virtual teams, how to connect team members to the company, and how to be a conduit to effective virtual relationship building by building trust among team members.
  • Learn tips for using technology tools to enhance communication with virtual teams. Consider the pros and cons of different technology as well as best practices in implementing tools to use for virtual teams.
  • Use case studies to apply best practices in using virtual team technology and virtual relationship-building to real-life examples including meetings, day-to-day interaction, and deadline-driven challenges.

Benefits for the Individual

  • Awareness of communicating techniques and tools to use with virtual teams
  • Understanding of how technology can play a role in virtual team communications
  • Virtual relationship building skills in building teamwork and trust among virtual teams
Benefits for the Organization

  • More effective, productive virtual teams
  • Reduced turnover among employees working virtually
  • Improved skill development and motivation among virtual team members
  • Improved morale among global virtual teams

Who Should Attend ?

Anyone who is part of a virtual team who would like to benefit from the improved results, teamwork, and productivity that can be obtained through learning to communicate and work together remotely.

Duration of the course:

Half Day (4 hours)

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