Description

When you think of staff motivation, many things may come to mind: more money, a bigger office, a promotion, or a better quality of life. The truth is, no matter what we offer people, true motivation must come from within. Regardless of how it is characterized, it is important to get the right balance in order to ensure that you have a motivated workforce.
The Employee Motivation workshop will give participants several types of tools to become a great motivator, including goal setting and influencing skills. Participants will also learn about five of the most popular motivational models, and how to bring them together to create a custom program.

Designed for

Team Leads, Supervisors and Managers working in global organizations.

• Those who work with teams in different sites.
• Those of want to build teamwork when working remotely.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:

•   Define high-performance teams.
•   Define remote workforce.
•   Understand the characteristics of a high-performance team.
•   Understand how to create teamwork.
•   Understand the importance of communication.
•   Understand how to train your high-performance team of remote employees.
•   Learn about the power of teamwork across borders.
•   Learn how to manage a high-performance team.
•   Learn the techniques of an effective team meeting.

Getting Started

Just to make sure the experience is as smooth as possible we’d like to suggest a couple of things you may or will need to get on with the course:

• While we are happy for anyone to enroll in the course, we suggest that you should be at least managing/leading a team (big or small) or preparing for a role that requires your leadership skills
• Internet connection is a big must
• Readiness to learn, remember this is about you and so you need to be ready to take time to yourself and motivate yourself
• Maybe something to write some notes down or ideas, but don’t worry the course documents can be downloaded at the end of the course for you to review and use at any time

Have fun!

The Journey

Remote Workforce, types, benefits, role and needs

What’s in it for me: We will learn about what is a remote workforce, the type and benefits of it. What materials are needed for building one.

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High-performance Remote Workforce

What’s in it for me: What is a High performance team, its benefits, leadership requirement and its team dynamics.

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Characteristics of Remote High-Performance Team

What’s in it for me: High Performance Teams are always goal-oriented, have excellent communication within the team, high level of flexibility and commitment.

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How to Create Teamwork for remote staff

What’s in it for me: Learn how to identify group and individual responsibilities. Give permission to take action. Build relationships between team members and management and give feedback.

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Communication channels to create valuable teamwork

What’s in it for me: Different types of communication will be introduced includes Virtual team meeting, Telephones conference, Email communication, Intranet, Webpage and Social media communication.

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Training Your Team remotely

What’s in it for me: Learn how to train your remote team by telecommute training, web-based training, peer to peer training, training assessment and retraining.

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Managing the Team remotely

What’s in it for me: To manage a remote team, it is important to have frequent tracking of team performance. Employees counselling and positive recognition are vital. Training for a remote team is a non-stop mission.

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Effective Team Meeting How-to

What’s in it for me: Learn how to hold a meeting by starting with a clear agenda. Using screen shots or references to help explanations. Create it a safe place for the team. Some team meeting don’ts will also be discussed.

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Creating a Motivated Team

What’s in it for me: Team motivation affects team performance. Watch for signs of conflict or unhappiness among the team. Take consideration of employees’ feedback and concerns. Give them opportunities for additional education and impart opportunities for career growth.

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“Don’ts with High-Performance Teams

What’s in it for me: Don’t forget to share success. Don’t delay in responding. Don’t assign vague responsibilities. Don’t lead as a dictator.

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Closing up the course

What’s in it for me: You’ve done it, well done! But don’t stop here. Let’s summarize all you have learnt and remember knowledge is no good kept in a cupboard. Implement what you have learnt, try the tools and see the outcome until you find a combination that works for you! Congratulations we know you got what it takes to make a great leader!

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