How to Manage Employees Who Work Remotely

Larry Johnson, CSP, MA

Date:
April 3, 2025
Duration:
90 Minutes
Time:
3 PM EST | 12 PM PST | Thursday
Speaker:
Larry Johnson, CSP, MA

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Overview:

Whether your employees are temporary home-workers or are out of the office most of the time; whether they’re all in the same city or spread around the globe; whether they sometimes meet face-to-face or never see each other; managing these far-flung individuals can present challenges for any manager or team leader.


Why you should Attend:

Whether your employees are temporary home-workers or are out of the office most of the time; whether they’re all in the same city or spread around the globe; whether they sometimes meet face-to-face or never see each other; managing these far-flung individuals can present challenges for any manager or team leader.


Agenda:

20 areas covered in the session:

1. Four key success factors that will make or break your remotely located team.
2. How to overcome the most common obstacles of success remote team management
3. Five techniques for building trust (in addition to being trustworthy yourself.)
4. A hierarchy to determine which communication platform to use for the best results.
5. Email rules of engagement.
6. How to avoid “Zombie Meetings.”
7. Tips for keeping your remote personnel informed and involved.
8. One major rule for conducting corrective conversations with remote team members.
9. Follow-up tactics to ensure work is progressing toward successful outcomes
10. Communication tools that are proven to help virtual teams stay on the same page.
11. How to measure work progress so you know they are working as expected.
12. How to keep team members from feeling isolated.
13. Tools to help you sleep at night, knowing your team is on track.
14. The latest virtual platforms available to help you coordinate your team.
15. When to use email vs Skype vs Webex, Zoom, GoToMeeting and other platforms.
16. The Empowerment Pyramid® to determine appropriate levels of virtual delegation.
17. How to avoid the Dreaded “Bob” syndrome which can sabotage remote team effectiveness.
18. How to conduct virtual meetings so they have the best results.
19. How to make transparency work so everyone feels connected.
20. Four key motivation techniques to inspire remote folks to stay up and stay productive.

Who Will Benefit:

• Managers
• HR Leaders
• Presidents
• Executives
• Team Leaders
• Business Owners with Staff
• Anyone who manages a team remotely

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Instructor:

Larry Johnson, CSP, MA

Speaker, Author, Organization Culture Specialist

Larry is the co-author of two top-selling books: Absolute Honesty: Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk And Rewards Integrity and Generations Inc. – From Boomers To Linksters – Managing The Friction Between Generations At Work. He’s also written for Huffington Post and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review. He has been interviewed on CNN. Larry has written more than 200 published articles on the topic of improving organizational culture. An in-demand speaker and organization culture expert, Larry has delivered more than 2500 presentations for association conferences, corporations and government organizations including: • American Express • Harley-Davidson Motor Company • Northwest Human Resource Management Association • Nuclear Regulatory Commission • PEI (Petroleum Equipment Institute) • SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) • Southwest Airlines • Training Magazine Conference & Expo • Westinghouse He’s also presented more than 300 webinars for his own clients and for various webinar companies.