Making Remote Teams Work

Team cohesion, collaboration and social interaction

With working from home now established as a regular part of people's work patterns, how do you ensure your team members are working effectively together towards a shared purpose? In this short 7-minute podcast, Hugh Murray shares how to manage a remote team where people thrive and feel good about what they’re doing, wherever they're working.

Summary of learning messages

• Build cohesion
  Your team should always know what their shared purpose is

• Promote collaboration
  Use multi-media communication, such as video, calls, emails, and texts

• Enable motivation
  It’s up to you to make social interactions happen virtually!

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• Communication & Teamwork
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• Culture & Wellbeing

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• Collaborating with others
• Communication skills
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• Interpersonal skills
• Management challenges
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• Motivation
• New manager
• Productivity and performance
• Remote working
• Team working

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With short videos, podcasts and interactive activities, this is a treasure trove of valuable tips, phrases, techniques and models your organisation can make available immediately, to everyone, for a simple corporate-wide subscription. Topics covered include management and leadership, communication and teamwork, culture and wellbeing, and personal effectiveness.