Managing Virtual Teams & Leading in A Flexible Work Environment: The Where, When and How
You must be able to adapt your leadership style to ensure you can engage and motivate team members in remote locations and different work environments. This session will share insights that describes the advantages and challenges of leading in a flexible environment and characteristics of high-performing virtual teams. This session will:
· Explain the differences between leading face-to-face teams and virtual/remote teams.
· List strengths and challenges of leading a virtual team.
· Identify what virtual team members want from their team leader.
· List the characteristics of a high-performing virtual team .
· State how generational differences impact team collaboration.
· Demonstrate five leadership behaviors required to increase team performance and engagement in a virtual environment.
Giselle Kovary
Giselle is the Practice Lead in Optimus SBR’s Learning & Development Group with over 25 years experience as a sought after resource to industry leaders across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors dedicated to building strategies and programs that help clients target, motivate and engage employees in order to increase performance and productivity.
Giselle has devoted more than 20 years to researching the impact that generational differences have on organizational performance, creating solutions and programs in four areas – leadership, high performance teams, early career talent, and reinforcement & sustainment of learning. Giselle has co-authored two books and completed her Master of Arts Degree in Communications Studies at the University of Windsor.
She is Chair of the Board at The Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), co-chair of the Cross Academy Association and Advisory Council member at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.