Efficient Remote Team Management

How to successfully organise remote work in the company and save money without losing productivity

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What you will get:

Learn about the transition to remote work.
Define the qualitative pros and cons of working remotely.
Find out how to set tasks and track their progress remotely.
Explore different approaches to staff management.
Analyse the main issues arising in remote communication.

About this course

In 2020, the pandemic forced many companies to transfer employees to teleworking. The forced measure has every chance of becoming the new norm according to all trend forecasts. According to a survey conducted by PwC among CEOs from around the world, 78% of them agree that remote collaboration will stay for a long time.

Teleworking gives companies more flexibility and provides employees with freedom. However, it requires new approaches to management. So, how do you transfer the company to a remote mode and continue to effectively manage the team without losing productivity? What do you need to organise teleworking? You will find answers to these questions in our new online course.

During the training, you will understand how to set up workflows in a way that benefits your business and employees. You will learn how to properly plan work, study how to communicate with employees and discover how to demonstrate that you care about them. The acquired knowledge and skills will help you cost-effectively transfer your team to a remote workmode and achieve better results as a team!

Course structure

Lesson 1. Pros and cons of teleworking

17:27 min
3 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

In this lesson, we will analyse the challenges and benefits of working remotely. In addition, you will study different formats of teleworking and get tools for remote team work, as well as a step-by-step plan that will help you organise teleworking in the company.

Lesson 2. How to manage tasks

13:39 min
3 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

The organisation of employee teleworking often leads to many problems. Since you can't discuss tasks face to face, it is not always clear what employees are doing, at what stage of the task they are, whether they are overloaded or duplicate each other's work. In this lesson, you will learn how to organise teleworking correctly. You will understand how to track progress, distribute workload, avoid confusion in workflows, and align team goals with company goals.

In the additional materials, we will teach you how to implement OKR in a company and how Impact Mapping, a graphic planning tool, works.

Lesson 3. How to regulate work

11:40 min
2 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

Teleworking implies independence. But not every person possesses self-discipline; at home, they can be lazy. In this lesson, you'll learn how to make sure that remote employees are busy with tasks during working hours, and not surfing the Internet for their enjoyment.

In addition, you will study an example of an employee monitoring policy and find out how to conduct a performance review.

Lesson 4. How to improve communication

11:31 min
2 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

In this lesson, you'll learn about the communication challenges that inevitably arise in teams working remotely. We will teach you techniques to help you communicate.

In the additional materials, you will find a memo for employees with the rules of remote communication. Moreover, you will be able to analyse an example of a team communication plan.

Lesson 5. How to bring a team together outside the office

9:47 min
3 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

During the transition to teleworking, employees stop communicating as much, and this negatively affects the work of the entire team. In this lesson, you'll learn how to deal with the estrangement of remote employees and build a team that works as one.

Lesson 6. How to hire teleworkers

12:29 min
3 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

It's time to talk about how to recruit new people to this team and help them become part of the team without problems and stress. In this lesson, you will find out what qualities are important for employees working remotely and how you can assess them.

Lesson 7. How to manage conflicts

10:40 min
2 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

In this lesson, you will learn how to resolve conflicts in a distributed team in stages, and what measures will help prevent their occurrence.

Lesson 8. How to deal with employee burnout

12:56 min
2 additional material
1 quiz
1 case

Teleworkers often experience burnout. But how do you identify a burned-out employee from a distance? How can you help them get through a difficult period?

What measures will help prevent burnout of remote team members? You will find answers to these questions in this lesson.