Motivate Remote Teams

Course details

Remote teams are here to stay, but how do we successfully manage and motivate individuals and teams who we rarely see? How do we keep enough control while still giving them enough freedom to enjoy their work and perform at their best? In this groundbreaking course, thought leader Chris Croft looks at how to optimize the level of involvement in planning and the level of freedom in the implementation—and how to combine these two. Chris goes through the matrix of management options and covers several methods for choosing the best management style for you and your team. He looks at how traditional ideas of motivation can be adapted to the new remote environment, with practical ideas for maximizing the motivation of remote individuals and teams. Finally, he offers some thoughts on how different personality types react to working remotely and how you can help them to make the best of the situation.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Remote teams are here to stay
02 - Exponential growth
03 - Key problems

1. Management Style Issues for Remote Workers

04 - Knowledge vs. trust
05 - The exception
06 - The science behind involvement in planning
07 - Freedom ladder

2. The Matrix of Management Options

08 - The new remote working matrix
09 - Too risky
10 - Too tight
11 - Avoid the negative outcomes of unsupervised workers

3. A Close Look at Each of the Five Options

12 - The five remaining options
13 - Trusted implementer
14 - Big and important
15 - Working with experts
16 - Testing and developing
17 - The star

4. Methods for Choosing the Best Style

18 - How do you choose which one
19 - Start with sharing
20 - The two axes
21 - Agreeing together
22 - Adapting to people
23 - Flow diagram
24 - The end of intuition

5. Motivation When Working Remotely

25 - Maslow applied to remote workers

6. How to Improve Security for Remote Workers

26 - Four strategies for each layer
27 - Communication
28 - Emotional stability
29 - Giving feedback
30 - Ownership

7. How to Improve Belonging for Remote Workers

31 - Physical meetups
32 - Weekly meeting
33 - Decision-making
34 - Tribalism

8. How to Improve Importance for Remote Workers

35 - Involving junior employees
36 - Quiet team members
37 - Involvement, trust, and freedom
38 - Celebrity appearance

9. How to Improve Self-Fulfilment for Remote Workers

39 - Likes and dislikes
40 - Measure results
41 - Variety and challenge
42 - Quantify success

10. Adapting to Personality of Remote Workers

43 - Four personality types
44 - Analytical
45 - Controller
46 - Enthusiast
47 - Amiable
48 - Mixtures

Conclusion

49 - Overview of learning points
50 - Put it into practice and keep in touch