Managing Virtual Teams ON DEMAND
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2.0 Credits
Member Price $58.00
Non-Member Price $67.00
Overview
Virtual teams are a common component of many businesses but can be difficult to manage. In this 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. Identify the contents of a virtual team’s code of conduct. Recall the best approach to giving feedback to a virtual team member. Specify the characteristics of the various communication platforms. Specify the topics to inquire about when selecting technology for virtual meetings.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
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 $67.00
Member Price $58.00