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Alaska SHRM State Council
Webinar Program
Building Real Leadership for Virtual Teams -
What Do Managers Really Need to Know
presented by Wayne Turmel
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This program is pre-approved for
HRCI and SHRM Certification
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Real Leadership for Virtual Teams
(what managers need to know today)
Wayne Turmel
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Our Time Together • Why leading remotely matters
• What hasn’t changed
• How is leading remotely different
• What organizations need to consider to
develop leaders
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Why Does Good Remote Leadership Matter?
• 90%+ of major projects involve remote team
members
• 75% of managers above first line supervisor
have at least one remote team member
• 2/3 of managers are members of a remote team
themselves
• Telecommuting increases 25% each year
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What Hasn’t Changed
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Remote Leadership
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Leadership &
Management
Tools &
Technology
Skill &
Impact
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Leadership Competencies • Value collaboration and
teamwork
• Solve problems and making
decisions
• Take responsibility and
accountability
• Manage projects and
processes
• Set goals and support goal
achievement
• Learn continually
• Champion change
• Communicate powerfully
• Build relationships
• Develop others
• Focus on customers
• Influence with impact
• Think and act Innovatively
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From: “Remarkable Leadership” by Kevin Eikenberry
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Performance Consultants Agree…
“<10 % of problems are due to a lack of
capability on the part of the worker…”
- Performance Consulting, Dana and Jim
Robinson
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And . . .
“The fact is that the system that people work in
and the interaction with people may account for
90 or 95 percent of performance.”
- W. Edwards Deming
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Management by Walking Around?
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Building Trust
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Common purpose
Competence Motives
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What Builds Working Relationships?
• Mutual understanding
• Frequent interaction
• Evidence of motives
• Evidence of competence
• Different than “friendship”
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Remote Leadership
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Leadership &
Management
Tools &
Technology
Skill &
Impact
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Choosing the Right Tools
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Richness vs. Scope
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Richness • Multiple communication cues
o Verbal
o Vocal
o Visual
• Real time communication
• Questions don’t fester
• Suffers with number of people
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Scope
• Consistency/timing of message
• Speed matters
• Permanent record
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Richness vs Scope
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Richness of Media
Scope of Media
High
High
Low
Face-to-Face
communication
Video
conferencing
Individual phone
conversations
Conference calls
Voice mail
Blanket email
Hard copy
letters/memos
Web meetings
Individual email
Bettina Buechel: Using Communication Technology (Palgrave , 2001)
Wikis/ Blogs
Chat/IM
Social networking tools
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Why Don’t People Adopt Technology?
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Remote Leadership
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Leadership &
Management
Tools &
Technology
Skill &
Impact
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3 Fundamental Questions
1. Do your remote leaders know what’s expected
of them and can they do it?
2. Can they choose the right technology to
communicate effectively?
3. Can they use those tool at an effective level?
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Questions?
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A Special Offer
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http://www.remarkablelearning.com/remote-offer
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Training and Development
• Web Presentation Skills
• Creating and Managing Remote Teams
• Leading Effective Virtual Meetings
• Lync/WebEx for Leaders
• Conducting Great Sales Calls and Demos
• The Remote Leadership Certificate Series*
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Thank You!!
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