How can you best support your team to reach their potential in this new remote-working world? This programme is designed to equip busy nonprofit team leaders with the practical skills and confidence to manage their remote working teams.

Modules covered include:

• Building Effective Teams – new or existing teams, how do you enhance effectiveness in the move to remote, we look at managing time, individual awareness and stressors and pivoting direction with change.
   
• Communication and Connection – how do you start, what do you stop, what do continue, which channels suit various types of communication, critical conversations and managing conflict, collaboration and decision making.
   
• Employee Well-being – as a manager how do you know when extra support is needed, how can challenges be supported and overcome, the basics of the work environment, listening as a key skill, promoting healthy lifestyle and work-life balance.
   
• Remote Team Culture – what does that look like for your organization and how can you build it, look at the values and emotional commitment, as a manger how do you play your part, where does it start and end, building trust as a cornerstone, truly engaging employees.
   
• Managing Performance – learn about approaches for remote teams, how it is a continuous, two-way process that has the opportunity to add real value or conversely to take it away, depending upon how it is designed and the importance of management coaching skills.
   
• Learning and Development – what type of skills do managers need and team members need, not only onboarding but learning, unlearning and upskilling and approaches to career development for the team.
   
• Change Management – leading in a crisis and managing through change, transitioning from bricks and mortar office to remote or hybrid model, changing tack, this module will take you through the process.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this programme learners will have acquired a broad range of knowledge in an area of personal interest together with key skills for academic research and enquiry. Learners will have the skills, knowledge and competencies to make informed decisions concerning participation in further education or training.

This programme has a bias towards action, so expect lots of practical advice that you’ll be able to implement from the start.

Learning from your nonprofit community peers and gaining insights from experienced remote leaders, this course blends the best of ‘self-paced online learning' with live facilitated sessions and guest speakers.

The time commitment per week is 4 hours:

• 1 hour live call per week
• 3 hours of self-paced learning in your own time on the online hub.

Queries about the course can be sent to eoin@growremote.ie. 

This programme is being brought to you by a partnership between Laois Offaly ETB, Grow Remote and The Wheel.