An advocate of working virtually? It would be more precise to say that Phil Montero is an evangelist for distributed work. He’s been the spearhead of the remote work movement for more than a decade: teaching how to work effectively from a home office, the road, or practically anywhere.
The consultant, writer, speaker, and coach is the founder of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com – a site that assists organizations to leverage mobile work technology and create effective virtual teams.
His blog, TheAnywhereOffice.com, takes a big picture approach to the philosophies and strategies of navigating today's digital lifestyle while covering topics such as work life balance, virtual teams, mobile work technology, and internet marketing.
The Art of Virtual Leadership :: Online, On-demand Webinar
The Art of Virtual Leadership is a concentrated workshop designed to provide the essential knowledge, skills, and best practices needed to lead virtual teams and distributed workers. It contains both strategies and concrete tips to overcome the obstacles of communicating, supervising, collaborating, and team-building across time and distance.
If you are missioned with a leadership role for this style of distributed teamwork you face unique challenges. Whether you are senior management, a team leader, or a project coordinator, you are responsible for organizing dispersed project groups and team members. You must manage the flow of communication, collaboration, and information. This can be a daunting task given the dynamic nature of virtual teamwork, but done properly you can achieve better performance, productivity, and employee satisfaction than co-located teams.
EXPERT TRAINING ON YOUR SCHEDULE:
You can access this on-demand workshop right from your browser at your convenience! The workshop material is broken down into 25 short video modules. You have 60 days to access it as often as you wish. View and review the videos, listen to the interviews, and download the tip books and other bonuses.
All of our training is 100% video based. It's available for both Windows and Mac user's. It's designed so can can learn at your own pace and on your own schedule. And it's all available to you on-demand, right from your computer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TRAINING AS MOBILE AS YOU ARE:
The ultimate in training flexibility! We're excited to announce that our training is now compatible with pretty much any mobile device you have. You can watch your video modules from your iPad, iPhone, or Android device (phone or tablet).
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Anyone who must coordinate with co-workers, clients, vendors, or contractors across time and distance: project managers, program directors, team leaders, project coordinators, or anyone in a leadership role for a virtual team or distributed project group.
GOALS OF THE PROGRAM:
The Art of Virtual Leadership will help managers and their teams overcome the obstacles of communicating, supervising, leading, team-building and trusting at a distance. Our meeting, management tips, and communication strategies help participants maximize time and results.
Upon completing this training, you will be able to:
Competencies addressed:
MASTER THE ART OF LIVING
The person who is a master in the art of living makes little
distinction between their work and their play,
their labor and their leisure, their mind and their body,
their education and their recreation,
their love and their religion.
They hardly know which is which.
They simply pursue their vision of excellence and grace in whatever they do,
leaving others to decide whether they are working or playing.
To them, they are always doing both.
Attributed to the Zen Buddhist text
Research systematically shows that virtual teams suffer from a high failure rate; enthusiasm it seems, is not enough. People don't just simply adapt to working on a virtual team without structured thinking, an understanding of time tested best practices and proven success pathways. Too many virtual work initiatives and programs have failed because of a lack of research, planning, and training.
But transitioning to a more virtual work-style doesn’t have to be a huge, monstrous task; it can be achieved through a series of small adjustments. Small adjustments such as learning about a new tool or service, discovering a feature of a program you are already using, establishing a new communication protocol, implementing a new collaboration strategy, or evolving a regular conference call into a virtual meeting. The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine.