Motivating Across Boundaries

The Managerial Balancing Act

Managers today often find themselves balancing the need for getting the job done quickly, perhaps with fewer people, with the need for cultivating working relationships that span barriers of time, distance, and culture, to name just a few. For many managers, this is unfamiliar territory that requires a new way of thinking about how to lead people. If this situation sounds familiar, The Virtual Leader® workshop is for you.

The workshop builds skills in two areas vital to the success of a virtual team: distance management and team leadership. By combining theory with experiential exercises, participants develop the skills required to meet the demands of the constantly changing global work environment.

The Virtual Leader® is not a static event but a process that begins with a detailed pre-workshop assessment, followed by two days of training. As a follow up, the facilitator consults on issues identified in the workshop — providing a practicum on your virtual management skills.

Benefits to Managers

• Concrete strategies for overcoming obstacles to virtual management
• New skills and tools required to lead across boundaries
• The ability to match technology to communication needs
• Increased commitment through awareness of potential cross-cultural tripwires
• Positive relationships as a result of setting compatible expectations.

What Managers Will Learn

• The distinction between traditional and virtual leadership skills, competencies, and attitudes needed to motivate workers across boundaries
• Strategies to overcome or lessen the challenges to managing virtually
• All factors critical to success
• How to match leadership style to the stages of the virtual team life-flow model
• How to integrate multi-cultural considerations into thinking and decision making
• How to assimilate elements of trust into professional relationships