How to Build Trust, Rapport, and Results, Virtually

Virtual teams that collaborate best, perform the best. In fact, they produce 36% more than those that collaborate poorly (Frost & Sullivan, 2006).  How do you benchmark your virtual team's collaboration quality compared to the best in the world?

If collaboration in the virtual space isn't better than face to face (yes, you read it right!), your team's results are up to 1/3 less than they could be, with the same number of people. Can you afford to ignore this issue one minute more.

When you lead or participate in a virtual team, are you… Frustrated that you can't get people to respond in a timely way to your email, voice mail, or instant messages? Confused about how to build high quality trust with your distant leader or team members? Annoyed that you are left out of the loop and out of the group in team communication? Bewildered about how to motivate yourself or others in isolated locations? Confused about what is what the right media for the message you need to convey? Frustrated about how to improve feedback across distant locations, so you really know what's going on?

No matter how much technology virtual teams use, all struggle with how to create trust, feedback, motivation, and overall communication quality when people are NOT face to face.

The problem isn't technology. Instead, it's in how people communicate with one another from distant locations that will make or break team performance. Are you and your virtual team armed with the unique communication practices and disciplines that distinguish superior performing virtual teams?

At last! Three innovative courses to put WOW into the daily communication of your VIRTUAL team!

"This course was extremely valuable. I feel that I can immediately apply some of the concepts. Everyone in [the company] should be required to take the course." --J. R., Manager, A Major Beverage Company

The SENSE-ational Virtual eTeamwork interactive onsite workshop or online webinar is tailored for three specific groups:

1. SENSE-ational Virtual Teamwork for virtual teams is a lively, interactive session is designed to build virtual communication skills, virtual team rapport, and a virtual team collaboration plan. The emphasis is on giving participants specific and tangible takeaways designed to improve day-to-day routine communication in a virtual setting.
   
   

"Honeywell should require that any manager that has a virtual team take this class. Thanks for an informative and interesting class." --M. L., Manager

2. SENSE-ational Virtual Teamwork for leaders is a lively, interactive session to give leaders of virtual teams a communication infrastructure designed to build trust, improve feedback, raise morale, and improve routine communication across distance.
   
   

"Great course. The open discussions were often as insightful as the written materials." -- R. V., Program Leader

3. SENSE-ational Virtual Teamwork for virtual contributors is a lively, interactive session for people that are not in leadership roles, but need to communicate effectively with people in other locations. It is designed to help them build a better relationship with the distant boss, stay more motivated in an isolated environment, and communicate effectively through e-mail, voicemail, and other technologies.
   
   

"I will be able to take and use this information right now." --B. Barton

After taking our WOW eTeamwork! course, you can expect: Higher levels of trust that grow when people are NOT face-to-face--even those with people that never meet face-to-face. Increased quality of feedback across locations. Higher motivation as a team, and in each person's isolated environment. Improved ability to use rare face to face time effectively to build trust and sense of team. Better choices in using the right media for the message, and communicating in ways that get a timely response.

"This was extremely helpful and exceeded my expectations." --Marc Banelli, Project Manager

If your virtual team is traveling to be together for a face-to-face meeting, ask about our optional Mars Buggy virtual team simulation. This fabulous activity will put smiles on everyone's face, and will increase their bonding as a team. Best of all, the debrief will allow you team to clearly know where they must communicate better.

Delivery:	Onsite, at a location you provide Online, via web conference
Target:	Entire virtual teams Leaders of virtual teams Individuals that work virtually but collaborate across distance.

"I really enjoyed the class and recommend this type of training for all employees." -- Marcia Blankenship, Manager

To get a more detailed description of WOW eTeamwork! and the fabulous Mars Buggy virtual team simulation ...

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