Coronavirus Dialogue Series: Leading Virtual Teams Effectively and Productively

1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

The global Covid-19 pandemic turned us to work remotely overnight, even if some of us were not prepared for that. Using his research and experience, Dr. Yoram Solomon, the author of The Book of Trust, Culture starts with YOU, not your Boss, and 11 other books will give you specific ideas and tips that will increase your leadership effectiveness and teamwork productivity, when working remotely. He managed international teams and conducted research on the effectiveness and productivity of teamwork in all environments. In this session, he will first set the foundation to the understanding of the link between trust and effective and productive leadership and teamwork. The bulk of the session will focus on tangible and measurable actions you could take immediately in the areas of communications, information sharing, interactions, empathy, dealing with customers, and more. Those tips are easy to implement, and will measurably increase your leadership effectiveness, team productivity, and customer and vendor retention.

As a result of this session you will be able to ...

1. Understand the relationship between trust and effective and productive teamwork

2. Understand the impact of virtual team leadership on trust

3. Apply the 7 laws and 6 components of trust to virtual teamwork

4. Create a checklist of actions that will measurably increase your leadership effectiveness, team productivity, and customer and vendor retention.