Leading Virtual Teams: Managing People at a Distance October 8, 2008

Mastering the Fine Points of Managing Your
Distributed Team

As travel costs skyrocket, virtual teams are becoming the standard way of doing business.

Leading a distributed team presents challenges that traditional management techniques can’t always solve. You need to learn new approaches to manage across functional and geographic boundaries and in many cases overcome obstacles of culture and language.

Success comes when you expand your current skills to build a collaborative work environment without benefit of face-to-face interaction. Learning to balance new social skills with technology proves to be the key.

This Webcast focuses on solutions to the unique issues you face when managing in a virtual workplace, whether it be multisite, multicountry, multitime-zone, or all of the above.
What You’ll Learn:

What does it mean to “lead at a distance” and what are the benefits of virtual teams?

For a full hour, we’ll explore these questions so that you’ll gain insights that can help you better grasp and manage the dynamics of your virtual team, including:

* Understanding the problems and opportunities of working in a virtual team
* Lessons learned from global organizations such as Volvo, Shell, and the US Army
* What you can do today to improve your virtual team leadership, including how to have good virtual meetings.

This program includes Q&A session — where we will address specific questions asked by members of the audience!

While attending the Webcast is FREE, reservations are required. Register Now! or call 1-877-566-9441.

About the Presenters:

Jessica Lipnack is CEO and co-founder of NetAge, a Boston-based consulting company that specializes in virtual teams and collaboration. A globally recognized expert, she works with companies around the world to improve their collaborative capabilities. With industry expert Jeffrey Stamps, she is co-author of six books on this topic, including Virtual Teams: People Working Across Boundaries With Technology, The Age of the Network, and Networking.

Webcast Details:

Date of Event: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Time: 12 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Eastern
Fee: Complimentary
Meeting Number: 17241 - 00001

Official Website: http://www.amanet.org/events/leading-virtual-teams/