Managing Virtual Teams FLEXCAST
Available Until
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
Virtual teams are a common component of many businesses but can be difficult to manage. In the Managing Virtual Teams course, we discuss how to optimize the operation of these teams, covering such topics as maintaining accountability, building relationships, handing off work across time zones, and running virtual meetings. The result should be more effective teams, no matter how dispersed they may be.
Highlights
Virtual team problems. Running the virtual team. Communicating with the team. Ideal team members. Collaboration tools. Build relationships. Develop structure. The nature of a virtual meeting. Virtual meeting essentials. Setting meeting rules.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, CFOs, leaders, and managers.
Objectives
Identify the management problems associated with virtual teams. Specify how to assemble a virtual team. Describe the contents of a launch meeting. Identify how communications can be maintained through an extended work day. Specify the characteristics of an ideal virtual team member.
Preparation
None.
Notice
This is a FlexCast (no exam required) and may be viewed only Monday - Saturday, 5am - 5pm PT. You may take up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course. Pause your FlexCast and resume at a convenient day during the hours above. Partial credit for 2+ credit courses: If you are unable to complete the course in one sitting, partial credit can be awarded (minimum of one credit). To earn the remaining credits, you must return later and start the course from the beginning. Use chat to ask questions of a subject matter expert during the program.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00