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