Leading and Creating Virtual Teams

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Leading and Creating
Virtual Teams

Engaging and Empowering Others
in the Virtual Workplace

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
09-13 Feb 2026Paris - France$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
Online sessions
DateVenueFee
21-25 Sep 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

The rapid expansion of remote work, virtual teams, and dispersed arrangements has proven to be a smarter and more efficient approach for achieving organizational success. Benefits such as reduced overhead costs, access to global talent, and enhanced productivity are evident. With VUCA world making this shift imperative, many organizations are adopting these methods as the new norm. The advancement of SMART communication technologies further facilitates effective management of remote and dispersed teams.

This Leading and Creating Virtual Teams training course equips participants with essential skills, knowledge, and insights to effectively lead, manage, and cultivate remote, telecommuting, virtual, and dispersed teams. It is essential development for leaders managing remote workers or seeking to 'future-proof' their leadership capabilities.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the different approaches to leadership with virtual, remote or dispersed teams
  • Influence and build working relationships to engage and build rapport remotely
  • Apply techniques to lead change and manage problems effectively in a virtual environment
  • Demonstrate performance enhancing techniques in virtual environments
  • Apply coaching and mentoring to develop others remotely
  • Increase performance of virtual, remote, and dispersed teams

Designed for

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit those leading or managing homeworkers, virtual, remote or dispersed teams – or those who need to ‘future-proof’ their leadership development:

  • Senior Managers and Business leaders
  • Managers
  • Project & IT Managers
  • Sales/Commercial/Marketing Managers
  • HR Managers
  • Team Leaders

The Course Outline

Day One: Virtual Leadership and Teams: Leading Remotely
  • Organisational benefits of virtual, remote and dispersed working
  • Defining the characteristics of Virtual Teams
  • The need to work and lead virtually: VUCA, Pandemics and Disasters
  • Changing face of Leadership to Virtual Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence and its impact on Virtual Leadership
  • Virtual Leadership Assessment (leadership profile) and review
Day Two: Influence & Engagement in a Virtual Environment
  • Communication problems of virtual teams and remote working
  • Mastering interpersonal communication in a virtual environment
  • Gaining influence without being there: the Influence model
  • Using media technology to build rapport & working relationships
  • Conducting On Line meetings: controlling the virtual meeting
  • Handling conflict situations remotely
Day Three: Leading Change & Managing Problems in a Virtual Environment
  • Change models and theories
  • The human side of change: personal change curve
  • Leading change remotely: factors and strategy
  • Dealing with problems remotely (people and task)
  • Applying creative problem strategies in the virtual workplace
  • Health and Safety considerations of remote working
Day Four: Team Building & Managing Performance Remotely
  • Remote and dispersed working: is it for everyone?
  • Understanding Virtual Team Dynamics
  • Motivation and the individual
  • Managing others performance remotely
  • Planning, organising and objective setting in the virtual environment
  • Delegating and controlling tasks in the virtual environment
Day Five: Virtual Development Options of Individuals
  • Importance of individual development
  • Methods in developing your team remotely
  • Coaching and mentoring: models and principles
  • How to conduct remote Coaching and Mentoring
  • Developing the team to the next stage
  • Action Plan and Next steps

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

In Association With

Aztech
Copex
Coventry
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