Leading remote and hybrid teams

Skills you'll practise

• Write a team working agreement with specific channels, response times and shared hours
• Find a meeting time that works across time zones and share inconvenient slots fairly
• Run hybrid meetings that give remote attendees an equal voice
• Assess remote work by outcomes and notice when a remote team member may be struggling

Course outline

1. 1.Leading remote and hybrid teamsVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Working agreements for distributed teamsLesson · 15 min
3. 3.Communicating fairly across locations and time zonesLesson · 15 min
4. 4.Trust, performance and wellbeing at a distanceLesson · 15 min
5. 5.Leading remote and hybrid teams: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 17 questions
6. 6.Leading remote and hybrid teams: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
7. 7.The remote colleague who went quietScenario
8. 8.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• General remote and hybrid team leadership practice (working agreements, asynchronous communication, outcome-based management)