Remote Leadership Course Overview
Leading remote employees is now a fact of life. Over 80% of teams and 90% of projects have at least one member not physically located with the rest of the group. A recent study from GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com showed that the number of employees who telecommute more than one day per week increased over 79% from 2005 to 2012—and that trend has only accelerated since then, particularly with the rise of hybrid and fully remote work models.
While the principles of effective leadership and team management haven’t changed, maintaining peak performance and keeping employees engaged when separated by miles, time zones, and culture is a tall task for any manager or organization. Simply applying traditional office management techniques to remote teams doesn’t work. This comprehensive Remote Leadership training toolkit gives your managers the specialized skills to effectively lead their employees who work remotely, covering everything from building virtual trust and managing remote teams through conducting virtual meetings, delivering web presentations, setting goals across distance, and providing remote coaching and feedback.
Remote Leadership Course Content
Learning Track 1: Introduction to the Remote Leader (3 courses)
The Unique Aspects of the Virtual Work World – What’s unique about leading in virtual environments, challenges of distance and technology, differences from traditional management
Classic Leadership with a Virtual Twist – Essential leadership actions for remote management, adapting leadership principles for distance, maintaining leadership effectiveness virtually
Building Trust in the Virtual Environment – Shifting mindset to build trust remotely, trust-building strategies for distributed teams, overcoming distance barriers to trust
Learning Track 2: Create and Manage Remote Teams (3 courses)
Managing Remote Teams – Challenges and obstacles of remote team management, maintaining team cohesion across distance, communication strategies for distributed teams
Building Trust with Remote Teams – Requirements for building team trust virtually, fostering open communication remotely, creating psychological safety from distance
Maximizing Virtual Tools – Using available technology effectively, video conferencing best practices, collaboration platform optimization, avoiding technology overload
Learning Track 3: Leading Effective Virtual Meetings (3 courses)
The Pitfalls of Web-Based Meetings – Why virtual meetings often fail, common mistakes in remote meetings, engagement challenges in web-based settings
Planning a Virtual Meeting – Requirements for effective virtual meeting planning, agenda development for remote meetings, pre-work and preparation strategies
Leading a Virtual Meeting – Skills for facilitating successful virtual meetings, engaging remote participants, managing technology and content simultaneously
Learning Track 4: Delivering Great Web Presentations (3 courses)
Getting Ready for Your Virtual Presentation – Understanding virtual presentation challenges, technical preparation requirements, content adaptation for remote delivery
Web-based Presentation Basics – Proven practices for web presentation success, visual design for virtual audiences, managing Q&A remotely
Communication Techniques for Web-based Presentations – Three essential communication techniques, voice modulation and pacing for virtual audiences, maintaining energy and engagement
Learning Track 5: Remote Goal Setting and Accountability (3 courses)
Keys to Remote Accountability – Overcoming challenges of holding people accountable remotely, clear expectation setting across distance, tracking progress virtually
Collaborative Goal Setting at a Distance – Setting goals with geographically distributed team members, ensuring alignment without face-to-face interaction, documenting goals effectively
Helping Others Achieve Goals – Supporting remote employees in reaching goals, removing obstacles from distance, celebrating achievements virtually
Learning Track 6: Remote Coaching and Feedback (3 courses)
Coaching Others—The Basics – Applying coaching model to remote interactions, coaching vs. managing distinction, developing coaching mindset
Applying Coaching Remotely – Requirements for effective remote coaching, overcoming distance limitations in coaching, building coaching relationships virtually
Giving Remote Feedback – Skills for providing feedback from distance, balancing positive and constructive feedback remotely, documentation of remote feedback discussions
