Virtual Team Building Activities to Cultivate Culture Remotely
Virtual Team Building Activities to Cultivate Culture Remotely
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
With the increasing shift to remote and hybrid work environments, it is critical that organizations adapt and find novel ways to build a culture of trust and collaboration. In this course, HR expert Amber Vanderburg shares strategies to effectively integrate team building activities into your organization. Amber begins the course by discussing how you can make team building activities more personalized to better fit your teams and team members. She then goes on to share how to create balanced team building experiences that will appeal to more of your team members. Finally, Amber shares strategies to evaluate the success of your team building activities and seamlessly integrate ongoing team building activities into your organization. After watching this course, you'll be ready to implement virtual team building activities to cultivate a positive company culture remotely.
Syllabus
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Safety in virtual team building When determining the best team building activities for your team, first take a moment to assess the team dynamics. 4m
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Determine your goals You should decide the goal of your team building as you determine your team building activity. 3m
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Recognize virtual resources Assumptions of resources in virtual training can be both a benefit and a detriment in engaging effective team building activities. 3m
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Consider your environment Consider your team's makeup and if there are animals, kids, city traffic, or other factors in the environment that could be considered. 3m
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Include your organization Personalize your team building to enhance organizational values. 4m
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Time for team building Virtual team building operates on a different timetable than an all day in-person event. 4m
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Competition and teamwork Some team members may equate team building to games and competition - which may be exciting to some people and dreaded for others. 4m
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Brain balances Keep in mind that there are two major approaches to team building and games - fast and slow thinking. 3m
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Micro vs. mega opportunities Team building should not only be a quarterly or annual event. 3m
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Balance talents Teams have different personalities, interests, skills, and abilities. 4m
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Personality tests and share Personality tests can be a helpful tool to increase collaboration and build stronger relationships among your team members. 4m
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Share stories Creating an environment of storytelling within your team can strengthen relationships and help cultivate a culture of collaboration. 4m
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Challenges and triumphs Some team building initiatives will be successful, others may be more of a learning experience. 4m
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Communication team building Communication is one of the biggest requests in virtual team building success metrics. 4m
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Debriefing your team building How do you know if your team building has been successful? 3m
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Self organizing groups You do not have to be the person that organizes all team building initiatives. 3m
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Relationship building Team building is not a one time event. 2m
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Next steps Congratulations on finishing this course! Now, you're ready to integrate ongoing team building activities in your remote or hybrid team. 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Amber Vanderburg
Amber Vanderburg is a multi-award-winning businessperson, keynote speaker, author, and founder of the international learning development company, The Pathwayz Group. This global organization has guided over 750,000 learners across more than 70 countries on action-focused leadership and team development journeys. Amber's background in talent development includes roles as the only female, only American, and only blonde football coach for the Adidas Gameday Academy and Paris Saint Germain Academy in Bangalore, India. She has authored top-reviewed online courses for platforms such as LinkedIn Learning, Lecturio, and PluralSight, and served as the HR Director for Paradigm Shift Leadership.
In 2022, she released her first business adventure book, "Uniquely Better," which delves into building higher team performance. Vanderburg holds an MA in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Oklahoma and is passionately on a quest to find the world's best ice cream.
Amber Vanderburg
Businessperson, Coach, Speaker
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