Managing a team can be challenging enough in person. Since the restrictions introduced as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, managers across the world are faced with the additional challenge of doing it all online. This programme will help managers prepare for these additional challenges.
Working with remote teams comes with a lot of the classic obstacles of obstacles of manager life – but it also presents some rather interesting new ones.
Description
Some of these obstacles will separate simple team managers from true leaders. Organisation and guidelines are more important than ever – but so is being supportive, understanding, and resilient. This programme will help managers prepare for these additional challenges.
Course content
The course will cover the following:
- The main drivers for remote or virtual working
- The options available to you as a manager
- Deciding what work to do where, which covers:
- Individual and collective work – how do we perform our task
- Asynchronous and synchronous working -when and how do we need to coordinate with others
- Star group and spaghetti team working – how do we organise collectively for coordination or collaboration
- Managing yourself and in particular:
- Managing boundaries and transitions between home and work, and work life balance
- Designing your pattern of work – practical strategies to both sustain productivity and manage renewal
- Managing your own wellbeing when working from home
- Managing boundaries and transitions between home and work:
- Managing role transitions
- Setting boundaries in space
- Setting boundaries in time
- Designing your most productive and sustainable working patterns:
- Sustainable productivity
- Knowing the rhythms of your day
- Chunking your work
- Seeking flow
- How to manage your own wellbeing when working from home which focuses on four areas of wellbeing:
- Physical
- Emotional
- Mental
- Spiritual
- The importance of socialising in the work context
