Managing Teams (including Matrix & Virtual Teams)
Many organizations rely on a decentralized workforce to achieve their day-to-day responsibilities. When these decentralized functions span large geographic areas, project teams may include team members who are seldom, even never, co-located with their team members. Managing the virtual team has some distinct challenges.
Program Objectives
Understand The Interpersonal Communication Loop
Overcome obstacles to good communication and common listening faults
Learn 7 skills of Active Listening every manager should know
Understand nonverbal gestures
Learn how to draw reluctant team members out and get them talking
Understand cross-cultural communication and the impact to project teams
How to deal with communication breakdown on the team
Course Highlights
Understand the Interpersonal Communication Model and how communication breaks down
The Interpersonal Gap
The 7 Active Listening Skills
Nonverbal Communications
Cross cultural communication
Getting reluctant team members to speak out
Develop personal action plans for improving your communication skills back at work
This module is offered for the following course levels:
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