How are you thriving or surviving in your remote work environment?
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How are you thriving or surviving in your remote work environment?
How are you thriving or surviving in your remote work environment?
Remote working has long been an option for many organizations and employees. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic, many more organizations were forced to rapidly shift to remote work. While there are many benefits of remote working, including reduced commute, greater employee flexibility, increased productivity, lower operational costs, and a larger pool of global job applicants, virtual work can introduce new challenges. Employees and companies alike have learned to temporarily survive in a remote work environment; but, remote work is here to stay and will likely be a permanent fixture that transforms many organizations in one form or another. Everyone will need to develop the skills, competencies, tools, and mindsets to thrive in the remote environment.
Remote work affects an entire organization. For individual contributors, it means having to learn to collaborate effectively with colleagues you rarely see in person. For managers, it means knowing how to lead fully remote teams, developing ways to keep your teams motivated, connected, and productive. For leaders, shifting to remote-work solutions means rapidly advancing your digital footprint, using cloud storage, considering cybersecurity risks, and deploying new tools to increase productivity among your workforce.
In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. Using the Harvard Business School case method of real-world examples, Professor Tsedal Neeley will not only provide actionable recommendations but also explain the theories and concepts behind them. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team. By the end of the course, you will create actionable steps to “relaunch” your team—focusing on new ways to stay connected, be collaborative, and remain productive—while meeting your own personal and organizational goals.
Remote Work Revolution for Everyone will teach you best practices for working remotely. This course is based on Professor Neeley’s book— The Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere. Praise for the book includes:
"Neeley draws on her nearly 2 decades of research to answer the critical questions regarding how we best build productive and enjoyable virtual routines into our post-COVID-19 professional lives. Few of us are going back to the way we worked. Read her book and begin to prepare for the other side of this pandemic now." - Larry Culp, CEO of GE
"I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees, and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to build and maintain that trust and connection in a digital environment." - Eric S. Yuan, Founder & CEO, Zoom
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Learning objectives
- Understand the key elements of remote work and use your knowledge to successfully navigate the remote work environment
- Develop strategies for yourself and your team, improving productivity, communication, and collaboration
- Understand the types of trust required to be successful in remote working environments—and how to build it
- Learn how to select the right digital tools to increase productivity and access to team members
- Implement practices that will allow you to be an effective leader and successfully manage a remote team
- Create a plan to relaunch your team into successful remotely working contributors
- Understand the key elements of remote work and use your knowledge to successfully navigate the remote work environment
- Develop strategies for yourself and your team, improving productivity, communication, and collaboration
- Understand the types of trust required to be successful in remote working environments—and how to build it
- Learn how to select the right digital tools to increase productivity and access to team members
- Implement practices that will allow you to be an effective leader and successfully manage a remote team
- Create a plan to relaunch your team into successful remotely working contributors
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Work remotely and boost productivity
Hands-on learning through case studies.
Practical tips for being productive in remote work settings.
Activities
Review Workplace Collaboration Culture
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Refresh your understanding of the importance of workplace collaboration and communication to succeed in remote work environments.
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Workplace Collaboration
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Recall and outline the key principles of workplace collaboration.
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Consider challenges and opportunities of remote collaboration.
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Identify specific ways to improve your own collaboration skills.
Explore Digital Collaboration Tools
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Enhance your understanding and proficiency in using digital tools to facilitate effective remote collaboration and communication.
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Research and identify different types of digital collaboration tools.
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Select and explore specific tools that align with your needs.
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Practice using these tools to improve your collaboration skills.
Exercise Active Listening and Communication
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Refine your active listening and communication abilities to ensure clear understanding and effective collaboration in remote settings.
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Practice paraphrasing and summarizing to demonstrate understanding.
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Engage in mock conversations to simulate remote communication challenges.
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Seek feedback on your communication skills from colleagues or mentors.
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Implement Remote Collaboration Strategies
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Apply your knowledge by implementing specific strategies to enhance collaboration and teamwork within your remote team.
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Identify areas for improvement in team collaboration.
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Research and select strategies to address these areas.
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Develop an implementation plan and timeline.
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Implement the strategies and track their effectiveness.
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Make necessary adjustments and refinements.
Create a Remote Work Resource Repository
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Organize and consolidate your notes, assignments, and resources from the course to create a valuable reference for your future remote work endeavors.
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Gather and organize all course materials, including notes, assignments, and additional resources.
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Create a digital or physical repository for these materials.
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Categorize and label the materials for easy retrieval in the future.
Review Workplace Collaboration Culture
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Refresh your understanding of the importance of workplace collaboration and communication to succeed in remote work environments.
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Workplace Collaboration
Show steps
- Recall and outline the key principles of workplace collaboration.
- Consider challenges and opportunities of remote collaboration.
- Identify specific ways to improve your own collaboration skills.
Explore Digital Collaboration Tools
Show steps
Enhance your understanding and proficiency in using digital tools to facilitate effective remote collaboration and communication.
Show steps
- Research and identify different types of digital collaboration tools.
- Select and explore specific tools that align with your needs.
- Practice using these tools to improve your collaboration skills.
Exercise Active Listening and Communication
Show steps
Refine your active listening and communication abilities to ensure clear understanding and effective collaboration in remote settings.
Browse courses on
Active Listening
Show steps
- Practice paraphrasing and summarizing to demonstrate understanding.
- Engage in mock conversations to simulate remote communication challenges.
- Seek feedback on your communication skills from colleagues or mentors.
Implement Remote Collaboration Strategies
Show steps
Apply your knowledge by implementing specific strategies to enhance collaboration and teamwork within your remote team.
Browse courses on
Remote Collaboration
Show steps
- Identify areas for improvement in team collaboration.
- Research and select strategies to address these areas.
- Develop an implementation plan and timeline.
- Implement the strategies and track their effectiveness.
- Make necessary adjustments and refinements.
Create a Remote Work Resource Repository
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Organize and consolidate your notes, assignments, and resources from the course to create a valuable reference for your future remote work endeavors.
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- Gather and organize all course materials, including notes, assignments, and additional resources.
- Create a digital or physical repository for these materials.
- Categorize and label the materials for easy retrieval in the future.
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Manager of Remote Employees
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Work-from-Home Consultant
Remote Employee Success Manager
Virtual Collaboration Specialist
Remote Work Evangelist
Digital Nomad
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Remote Work Trainer
Virtual Workplace Consultant
Remote Work Strategist
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