How to Be an Effective Remote Manager
How to Be an Effective Remote Manager
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Managers of remote teams face unique challenges, but they also have unique opportunities to help their team thrive. In this course, executive coach Mitch Simon shares his advice for leaders who oversee remote teams. Mitch starts by enforcing the importance of fun in a remote workplace, and for allowing natural conversation to take place. you'll learn the significance of setting a tone and gathering the right people together, along with the importance of being vulnerable with your team by way of transparency and empathy. Mitch also highlights some classic leadership missteps such as micromanaging, avoiding conflict, and hiding details from your team. He closes by outlining the importance of creating safe spaces where your team can take risks, give and receive feedback, and learn along the way. After this course, you'll feel equipped to lead with confidence in a remote environment.
Syllabus
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Hosting a dinner party A meeting should be treated the same way you approach a dinner party. 3m
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Meeting warm-ups When in person, conversations naturally happen as meetings kick off, and with virtual meetings, it's important to compensate for this. 3m
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Getting your team energized The fastest way to lose people's attention online is with meetings that don't have three crucial elements. 3m
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Spending time celebrating Celebrating small wins is a proven method for helping teams achieve goals faster. 3m
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Cameras on, everyone! Engagement comes from body language and facial expression. 3m
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Recognizing mood Humans are emotional beings with a logical brain, and they need to connect both logically and emotionally to get maximum engagement. 3m
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Right people in the room Having the right people in the right room create the best space for innovation and decision making. 2m
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Fostering transparency Transparency is key to building trust and faith within your team. 3m
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Showing vulnerability Vulnerability is closely tied to results, and thus, it's important to be vulnerable. 3m
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Allowing for empathy Remote team members can't be together physically, and they need to know that they are cared for even when they are not there. 3m
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Repairing broken promises When remote, the quickest way to lose trust is to break promises. 3m
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Sharing priorities Making priorities visible showcases that team members care about the outcomes, which allows you to spend more time on how you deliver and how you feel. 3m
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Avoiding Remote Conflict Conflict is unavoidable, even when your team isn't together in person. 3m
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Denouncing micromanagement People can't complete deep work when their bosses and team members are interrupting them in the middle of it. 3m
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Increasing trust Building trust when people are "off-campus" is empowering and has people want to do their best work. 3m
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Sharing failures With remote teams, it is harder to learn from being around others, so it is important that team members are quick to share failures and learnings. 3m
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Celebrating your shortcomings It is vital when teams are separate to demonstrate a growth mindset, which means you should embrace celebrating your failures. 3m
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Welcoming feedback Creating a space where team members feel they can share their thoughts, good or bad, is important to building trust and keeping your team engaged. 3m
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Leaving time to learn When your team is separated, it's important that you do your part to help those around you continually learn and improve. 3m
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Managing effectively Thanks for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Mitch Simon
Mitch Simon, J.D., M.B.A., a former technology executive, is the founder of The Simon Leadership Alliance, named as a top ten corporate training company in San Diego. Mitch coaches Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 Executives and their teams to achieve the #1 or #2 position in their industry through team coaching, experiential leadership development, and dynamic leadership and strategy retreats.His training programs, focused on building strong teams throughout a company, are dedicated to transforming the thinking and actions of his clients through experiential learning, vulnerable conversations, active participation between sessions, and improvisation to lock in new skills. His multi-year programs many times attract over 50% of the workforce of a particular company, as his programs are dynamic, engaging, and life-changing.
Mitch Simon
Founder and Business Coach, Simon Leadership Alliance
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How GoSkills helped Chris
I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.
