60-minute webinar exploring the needs of virtual team members and how virtual leaders can lead better with calibration, collaboration, and celebration.

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Rocking the Digital Workplace
Leading High Impact Virtual Teams
January 13, 2021

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Webinar Objectives
• Apply the C3 model to improve your
managers' abilities to lead virtually
• Respond constructively to meet the
needs of virtual team members
• Learn to calibrate, collaborate, and
celebrate the work of your virtual
teams

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Purpose
What do you want to gain from
participating in this webinar?

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Definition
A virtual leader manages a team with
individuals who telecommute or work from
other locations.
What role do you play?

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Trends
Over the next decade, will
the use of virtual teams:
• Decrease
• Stay the same
• Increase

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Who Uses Virtual Teams?
• 46% of organizations polled
• 66% of multi-national organizations
• 80% of organizations with 10,000+
employees
Sources: SHRM and i4CP

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Barriers to Success
• Virtual distance
• Incomplete communication
• Lack of reporting systems
• Micro-management
What other barriers might
challenge a virtual leader?

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Importance/Skill Gaps
1. Getting virtual team members’ poor
performance back on track
2. Holding virtual team members accountable for
results
3. Coaching with virtual team members to
develop skills
4. Building effective one-to-one
relationships with virtual team members

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Importance/Skill Gaps
5. Building strong teamwork with virtual team
members
6. Ensuring work productivity is high with virtual
team members
7. Mediating conflict between virtual team
members
8. Providing ongoing praise or
recognition to virtual team members

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Importance/Skill Gaps
9. Celebrating virtual team members’ team and
individual success
10. Ensuring work quality is high with virtual team
members
Source: NetSpeed Learning Solutions
N = 202

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Virtual Leader Gaps
Which of these top ten gaps are
true of your virtual leaders?

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Obstacles to Success
• Familiarity with project planning software
• Time to build relationships with virtual team
members
• Time to meet frequently with virtual team
members
• Easy access to problem solving
for technology
• Ability to monitor work tasks
and productivity
Source: NetSpeed Learning Solutions
N = 202

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Virtual Leadership

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Virtual Leadership

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Virtual Leadership

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Virtual Leadership

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Virtual Leadership

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Virtual Presence

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Create Virtual Presence
How can you create strong virtual presence?

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C3 Model
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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C3 Model
Calibrate: To plan or devise something carefully so as to
have a precise use or application.
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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C3 Model
Collaborate: To labor together.
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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C3 Model
Celebrate: To praise someone, often publicly.
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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Virtual Team Member Needs
What do virtual team members need
from you, their virtual leader?

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C3 Model
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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Calibrating Actions
Name one calibrating action you
should take as a virtual leader.

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Goal Setting
Is it possible for goal-setting to be collaborative and
motivating on a virtual team?

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C3 Model
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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Collaborative Awareness
Activity Availability Process Perspective Environment

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Cognitive Overload
What is the biggest
source of cognitive
overload on your
virtual teams?

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Perspective
How confident are you that your virtual team
has developed perspective in:
• Team norms
• Historical background
• Vision of the future
• Shared cultural values

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C3 Model
Calibration Collaboration Celebration

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Theory of Acquired Needs
Source: David McClelland

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Theory of Acquired Needs

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Theory of Acquired Needs

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Theory of Acquired Needs

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Theory of Acquired Needs
What is your primary driver?

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Theory of Acquired Needs
How might you recognize the results
of each person on your team?

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• Five, 90-minute web workshops
• Delivered by our virtual trainers
or your virtual trainers
• Combined with NetSpeed Fast
Tracks™ for pre- and post-class
reinforcement
• May be licensed and
customized
Synchronous

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The Power of
Web Conferencing
Running Effective
Virtual Meetings
The Power of Connection
Building Virtual Relationships
The Power of Calibration
Building Accountability
on a Virtual Team
The Power of
Collaboration
Harnessing Individual
and Team Strengths
The Power of Celebration
Recognizing Individual
and Team Results
The Roadmap

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Take Action
Share one insight
or one action

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• Link to download the ebook (Rocking the Digital
Workplace: Communicating and Leading Virtually)
• Discount on the January or March VFTC program
Take Our Survey

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Q & A