A highly interactive training course on

Leading and Creating Virtual Teams

Engaging and Empowering Others in the Virtual Workplace
Coventry Academy -  Leading and Creating Virtual Teams
5
Days

Course Schedules

 Online
 22-26 Sep 2025
 $3,950

Training course overview

Organizations are increasingly recognizing the advantages of remote working, accelerated by the onset of COVID-19. Are you prepared to lead effectively in this modern landscape of heightened remote, virtual, and dispersed teams? Do you possess the requisite skills, knowledge, and methods to excel as a 'Virtual' Leader?

The rise of homeworking, virtual teams, and dispersed workforces has proven to be a smarter and more efficient approach, contributing significantly to organizational success. Benefits such as reduced overhead costs, access to global talent pools, and evidence of heightened productivity underscore this shift. With COVID-19 further solidifying these trends, remote and dispersed management is becoming the new norm, facilitated by advancements in SMART communication technology.

Coventry Academy's highly interactive Online training course is tailored to equip leaders with essential skills, knowledge, and insights to effectively lead, manage, and foster remote, homeworking, virtual, and dispersed teams. It offers essential development for those managing remote workers or looking to future-proof their leadership capabilities. By participating, you will gain the confidence and expertise to lead virtual teams successfully, harnessing the benefits of remote work for organizational successThis development is crucial for those currently managing or anticipating management of remote and dispersed teams, ensuring they are well-prepared to navigate and excel in this evolving work environment.

What are the goals?

By attending this Coventry Academy online training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the Different Approaches to Leadership With Virtual, Remote or Dispersed Teams
  • Influence and Build Working Relationships to Engage and Build Rapport Remotely
  • Apply Techniques to Lead Change and Manage Problems Effectively in a Virtual Environment
  • Demonstrate Performance Enhancing Techniques in Virtual Environments
  • Apply Coaching and Mentoring to Develop Others Remotely
  • Increase Performance of Virtual, Remote, and Dispersed Teams

Who is this training course for?

This Coventry Academy online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit those leading or managing homeworkers, virtual, remote or dispersed teams – or those who need to ‘future-proof’ their leadership development:

  • Senior Managers and Business Leaders
  • Managers
  • Project & IT Managers
  • Sales / Commercial / Marketing Managers
  • HR Managers
  • Team Leaders

Course Outline

Day One: Virtual Leadership and Teams: Leading Remotely
  • Organisational benefits of virtual, remote and dispersed working
  • Defining the characteristics of Virtual Teams
  • The need to work and lead virtually: VUCA, Pandemics and Disasters
  • Changing face of Leadership to Virtual Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence and its impact on Virtual Leadership
  • Virtual Leadership Assessment (leadership profile) and review
Day Two: Influence & Engagement in a Virtual Environment
  • Communication problems of virtual teams and remote working
  • Mastering interpersonal communication in a virtual environment
  • Gaining influence without being there: the Influence model
  • Using media technology to build rapport & working relationships
  • Conducting On Line meetings: controlling the virtual meeting
  • Handling conflict situations remotely
Day Three: Leading Change & Managing Problems in a Virtual Environment
  • Change models and theories
  • The human side of change: personal change curve
  • Leading change remotely: factors and strategy
  • Dealing with problems remotely (people and task)
  • Applying creative problem strategies in the virtual workplace
  • Health and Safety considerations of remote working
Day Four: Team Building & Managing Performance Remotely
  • Remote and dispersed working: is it for everyone?
  • Understanding Virtual Team Dynamics
  • Motivation and the individual
  • Managing others performance remotely
  • Planning, organising and objective setting in the virtual environment
  • Delegating and controlling tasks in the virtual environment
Day Five: Virtual Development Options of Individuals
  • Importance of individual development
  • Methods in developing your team remotely
  • Coaching and mentoring: models and principles
  • How to conduct remote Coaching and Mentoring
  • Developing the team to the next stage
  • Action Plan and Next steps

The certificate

  • A Coventry Academy e-Certificate will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the online training course

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