Leading Virtual Teams
Course Specifications
Course number: 088748
Software: N/A
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
You have the general leadership skills you need to lead
a team. You may even have successfully led a team. Now, though, you’ve
been asked to lead a virtual team. In this course, you will develop the knowledge
and skills you need to lead a high-performance virtual team.
Course Objective: You will practice skills and apply principles for leading virtual
teams so your team can achieve high-performance status.
Target Student: This course is intended for team leads, managers, and first-time
managers with no virtual team experience.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this course are general team leadership
skills.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- A Pentium® III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh®
Intel-based or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor.
- At least 512 MB of RAM.
- A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit
color display.
Platform Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Professional
or Home Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.4 (or higher).
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Professional
or Home Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.4 (or higher).
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (or higher), Mozilla®
Firefox® 2 (or higher), or Apple® Safari® 2 (or higher), with
pop-up blocking turned off.
- Adobe® Flash® Player 8 (current version recommended).
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- put together a virtual team poised for success.
- create a virtual work environment that supports vteam culture.
- respond to external influences so vteam contributions are
relevant and understood.
- ensure vteam success so the team can achieve its potential
for high performance.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Putting Together a VTeam
- Topic 1A: Establish VTeam Priorities
- Topic 1B: Obtain
VTeam Resources
- Topic 1C: Identify Cultural Differences
- Topic 1D: Establish VTeam Culture
- Lesson 2: Creating
a VTeam Work Environment
- Topic 2A: Choose Technology
- Topic 2B: Train a VTeam
- Lesson 3: Responding
to External Influences
- Topic 3A: Be a VTeam Ambassador
- Topic 3B: Manage Reactions to External Sources of Change
- Lesson 4: Ensuring VTeam Success
- Topic 4A: Manage VTeam Performance
- Topic 4B: Celebrate VTeam Success