Remote Working – A Virtual Learning Programme

Who Would Benefit

If you work from home or manage anyone that works from home then this programme is designed to help you to be at least as productive as your office-based colleagues if not more productive.

Course Description

This virtual learning programme has been developed to help organisations, managers and teams who are facing unprecedented business disruption and who need to maintain business continuity.

This programme of three webinars can be accessed from a laptop, desktop or mobile phone and is supported by individual workstreams and action plans and support documentation including top-tips checklists.

CPD Points: 6

Course Category: Virtual Learning Programmes

Learning Outcomes

Help you build a personalised working strategy
Improve your communication when working remotely
Improve your understanding and expectations of working as part of a remote team
Improve your knowledge of using technology
Help you build resilience and coping strategies

The Programme Includes:

Webinar 1 - Team & Managers

Welcome and Introduction
The 70/20/10 principle for self-directed learning
Objectives and learning stages - 3 webinars plus 2 projects
Supporting resources – managing the process remotely
Preparation and goal setting
Flexible working and working from home guidelines
Setting up structured lines of communication
Establishing expectations boundaries and responsibilities

Individual Assignment

Each participant to set out a daily work plan and daily communication plan
Managers to consider their communication plan for the team and individuals

Webinar 2 - Team & Managers

Feedback from individual learning sets and webinar #1
Using the telephone and web platforms to establish powerful alternatives to face-to-face meetings
Following up meeting - best approaches
Do you need an ‘accountability partner’?
Developing personal resilience
Looking after your mental health
Work /home life balance - establishing personal guidelines and boundaries

Individual Assignment

Each participant to scope out their personal ‘rule book’
Managers to consider how to balance team and individual needs.

Webinar 3 - Leading a Team of Remote Workers

The good news is that leading a remote team has a lot in common with leading any other type of team. However, if you are used to managing by watching what people are doing, there will need to be a shift in mindset for you and your team.

Feedback from individual learning sets and webinar #2
Never managed remotely before? What are your fears and hopes?
Key points to doing it successfully
Learning to let go - communication is key
The importance of explicit ‘Communication Agreements’
Direction - not intrusive supervision
Using software to improve collaboration, meeting and workflow capabilities
Time to start narrating your work and actions
Technology: ideal for both formal and informal communication
Provide training and support
Work-Life: integration and separation
Q & A
Final action planning as individuals, teams and managers