Description
Being promoted is great. But stepping up from the role of colleague to team leader comes with its challenges - especially in a virtual environment where you may not even have the opportunity to meet your team members face-to-face It is challenging to step up from being a colleague to being a team leader. In this session, you’ll learn the tools to become a strong leader who can take on the demands of virtual team leadership with strong communication skills, innovative approaches, and strategies that motivate.
Who needs to do this:
Team leaders, supervisors, and first-time managers in need of practical tactics to adopt as they move into their new leadership role of a virtual team.
What you’ll learn:
- Develop the behaviors that you need to have a positive impact on your team.
- Learn to implement these 5 key micro-skills:
- Be Goal-oriented to set personal and team goals
- Become a Relationship builder to build open rapport
- Set out to be a Big picture thinker to evaluate and review the progress of your team
- Be a Positive promoter and a conscious role model
- Adopt the habits of a Delegator and follow-up and monitor that tasks get completed.
- Set a plan for your first 7 days and your first 3 months in your new role
Table of Contents
- Course overview
- Define leadership
- #1: Be a positive promotor
- #2: Build relationships
- #3: Big picture thinking
- #4: Develop goal orientation
- #5: Delegate
- Develop a plan
- Set yourself up for success
What you'll learn
- Demonstrate effective communication strategies to lead virtual teams successfully.
- Apply goal-setting techniques to align team objectives with organizational goals.
- Implement delegation skills to efficiently distribute tasks and monitor progress.
