Overview/Description
Today's telecommunications technologies have given new freedoms to businesses worldwide. No longer do employees need to be in the same facility, the same state, or even the same country to communicate effectively. Today, employees can interact instantaneously across the greatest of distances, enabling teams of co-workers to coordinate their efforts virtually and without ever having to meet face-to-face.
Such freedom, however, carries a price. Employees must make an effort to ensure their messages are clear and understood, and managers must decide upon policies to ensure precise, timely communication. Without such stringent practices, virtual teams quietly dissolve, leaving members isolated, frustrated, and their work and goals unfulfilled.
The Leading High-performance Virtual Teams Simulation is designed to help managers and team leaders overcome communication problems so as to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of their virtual teams. Over the course of the simulation, participants will practice a series of team leadership skills, encompassing the objectives of combating isolation, adding context to virtual communications, managing virtual communications, assessing team performance, appraising team effectiveness, coaching your team to succeed, optimizing team performance, and sustaining high performance.
The Leading High-performance Virtual Teams Simulation comprises three scenarios and is based on the SkillSoft series "High-Performance On-site and Virtual Teams." Throughout the simulation links are provided to the following SkillSoft courses: team_01_a03_bs_enus and team_01_a04_bs_enus.
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Target Audience
Managers, team leaders, supervisors, directors, and group leaders