Managing the Virtual Workforce

Live teleconference & webinar on Tuesday, August 17th at 2:00 PM

Most managers have employees located in another building, state or even country. And there’s another 50 million Americans that work remotely from home. While technology has helped, the reality is that most leaders struggle to manage virtual employees and teams. Because many of the typical leadership techniques just don’t work in virtual and remote settings.

In this teleconference called Managing the Virtual Workforce, we’ll show you the latest techniques for leading geographically-dispersed teams and employees. You’ll learn specific communication routines (including what questions you should always ask), how to keep employees disciplined (even when you can’t see them), and how to build trust from miles away. We’ll also teach you which personality types work best in remote settings, and what leadership adjustments you need to make to be successful in virtual settings.

This 60-minute session will show you:

  • How to transmit your corporate culture to employees that never get to see your corporate headquarters
  • How a free tool from Google can help you hold your virtual employees accountable (and make them more productive)
  • Which personality types (e.g. introverted, extroverted, etc.) make the best remote employees (HINT: it’s not what you think)
  • How to assess virtual employees’ job performance and measure their progress
  • Why you should NEVER ask “How’s it going?” to remote employees
  • 3 attitude adjustments that leaders must make to successfully manage the virtual workforce
  • 3 tools that build trust with remote employees (even when you never see each other)
  • The one question that you must ask at every virtual meeting to avoid being blindsided by people disagreeing with you behind your back
  • Learn the pros-and-cons (and creative uses) of the latest technologies (social media, wikis, blogs, etc.)
  • 3-step process for delegating large projects that gives you frequent progress checks (but without any micromanaging)
  • 2 keys to keeping remote employees disciplined and productive
  • A specific weekly communication regimen that keeps virtual employees connected and aligned



    • PRICING:
    This 60-minute interactive session is $249 $199 only for the first 100 registrants. You can invite as many colleagues as you’d like to listen in on a single phone line via speakerphone. You will also get slides to download before the session.

    DATE & TIME:
    This 60 Minute LIVE Teleconference is being held on Tuesday, August 17th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. 24 hours before the event, you will receive an email with detailed instructions for calling in and downloading handouts.

    THE FACULTY:
    Mark Murphy, Chairman & CEO of Leadership IQ
    Mark Murphy is one of the country’s leading management experts. Mark has lectured at Harvard Business School, Yale University, and more. His clients include Microsoft, IBM, GE, MasterCard, Merck, AstraZeneca, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins, and hundreds more.

    Mark leads one of the largest leadership studies ever, and his groundbreaking work has appeared in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and many more. He has also appeared on ABC’s 20/20, CBS News, Fox Business News and NPR.

    Mark has authored 3 bestselling books, including Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All and They'll Give You Even More, Generation Y and the New Rules of Management, and The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention.

    Mark Murphy is a 3-time nominee for Modern Healthcare’s “Most Powerful People in Healthcare” Award. And Mark won the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Helen Yerger Award for Best Research.

    The first 100 registrants get a special discounted price of $199 (that's a $50 savings off the normal price of $249)!

    There are only 25 spots left with the discounted price.

    This 60-minute live teleconference will be held Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.

    You can invite as many colleagues as you’d like to listen in on a single phone line via speakerphone.

    If you need help with registration, please call 800-814-7859

    If you need help with registration, please call 800-814-7859.

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