Effectively Leading Virtual Teams

Leading Virtual Teams – Trainings-Goal:

Modern communication technology has fundamentally changed the corporate environment. Team members working together on a joint project no longer need to be based at the same location. At the same time, businesses concentrate on their core competencies and outsource all other activities to third party providers. As a result, members of project teams not only find themselves at geographically different locations, but also belong to separate and independent organizations. In many companies, the virtual team has completely replaced the traditional team.

This opens a wealth of opportunities. At the same time, leading virtual teams and virtual project management, but also presents major challenges for the members and leaders of virtual teams. Only those who understand how to harness the opportunities and master the challenges will lead their projects and teams to success.

This training “Leading Virtual Teams”aims to improve the participants´ approach to the opportunities and challenges they encounter in the virtual world and in virtual project management. Participants will develop communication-, team building-, organization- and project management techniques designed for effectively leading virtual teams.

Target Group:

All who wish to improve and optimize their communication-, organization- and management skills in the virtual business environment.

Leading Virtual Teams – Training Content:

• Understanding the virtual business environment
• Feeling at home in the virtual world
• Harnessing opportunities and mastering challenges
• Communication options in the virtual team
• Effective virtual meetings
• Team building in the virtual environment and leading virtual teams
• Targeted use of technology
• The virtual project manager´s toolbox / virtual project management
• Tracking progress from a distance
• Conflict management from a distance
• Transcending functional, corporate and national boundaries
• Succefully integrating external partners
• Dealing with fluctuation and change

Training Methodology:

• Systematic and comprehensive development of training content
• Activities and exercises supporting the training content
• Training & coaching on participants´ projects
• Focus on Best Practices
• Exchange of experience
• Two-day open seminar

Trainer Profile:

During fifteen years of leading global virtual teams in different companies, the trainer has experienced first-hand the many opportunities as well as the various challenges associated withpresented by the virtual business environment, with virtual project management and with leading virtual teams. Based on this experience, she enhances the training content with many practical examples and recommendations for immediate daily practice.