Virtual Greatness In The COVID-19 Crisis: Work Together In Online Meeting Effectively And Efficiently
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Date: Sep 2, 2021, ThuStart Time: 10:00 AM PDT
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Duration: 1.5 HrsBook Mark:
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Topic ID: WEB00152
Course Description:
People in many organizations have been working from home for years. However, with the current COVID-19 pandemic, many more workers have been working from home for a year or more. For those folks and those who supervise them, who were new to this mode of work, understanding how to accomplish goals in this new environment required a quick learning curve. Working from home can be as productive or even more productive than traditionally going into the office. Use basics and advanced approaches to get the job done in the most efficient and effective way and avoid frustrations and limitations.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of this webinar, you will be able to::
- Maintain and manage a home office; avoid pitfalls; maximize benefits
- Establish guidelines to separate work and family life and accommodate reality
- Work efficiently and effectively as an individual
- Build a cohesive team virtually
- Manage a team working from home, including planning, reviewing progress, and evaluating performance
- Establish more efficient processes and improve performance
- Incorporate the best approaches from working from home into work in the office
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
Assess your strengths and challenges working from home
- Understand how your personality preferences affect your strengths and challenges
- Solve communication challenges working from home
- Develop a plan to maximize strengths, minimize challenges
What are the common pitfalls, distractions, and stressors of working from home? Which ones need actions on your plan?
Guidelines for separating home and work life
Set up a productive home office
- Apply your work style to setting up your "office"
- What equipment and support will you need?
- Logistics and reality check
Manage work strategically
- Dump the To-Do list
- Use a mission-driven plan
- Focus on results not activity
- Streamline procedures and processes
Optimize technology use
- Effective virtual meetings
- Eliminate bad meeting habits
- Focus on results and action
Avoid work-from-home temptations and traps
- Create your own "office rules"
- The dangerous lure of multi-tasking
Develop accountability with teammates or team you manage
- Approaches to improve accountability
- Develop team accountability rules
- Assess team accountability and other key team functions
Create your full transition and mission driven work plan
- Evaluate progress against plan
- Continue to improve
- Include personal interactions and communication
Enjoy working from home
- Identify benefits
- Apply benefits back in the office
Is the workplace forever changed?
Who Will Benefit:
- CEOs / CFOs / COO / CIOs
- Chief People Officers
- HR Personnel developing work-from-home guidelines
- All Executives
- Hiring Managers
- Operations Managers
- Technical Managers
- All Management
- Sales & Marketing Professionals
- Project Managers
- IT Managers
- Supervisors / Team Leaders
- Payroll Professionals
- Compliance Professionals
- Directors
- Employees
- Anyone working from home for the first time
- Anyone with limited experience managing “distant” workforce
Our Speaker
Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
Rebecca Staton-Reinstein, Ph.D. and president of Advantage Leadership, Inc., knows the pain of making a poor hiring choice. After she learned about Behavioral Interviewing, she never made a mistake. She has helped many teams apply these principles and improve their selection process. Rebecca works with managers and executives in the public, private, and non-profit sectors to improve business results through strategic planning, engaged employees, strong teams, and delighted customers. She has published several books on strategic planning and leadership and is a legacy professional member of the National Speakers Association. Rebecca has been an executive and manager and received praise and recognition on four continents.
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