Managing Virtual Or Remote Teams - A Training Solution For Lessening Environmental & Economic Impact

The course is part of a suite of similar programmes that include the popular Supplier Management training course and which look set to prove extremely useful as companies seek to drive down costs in these times of economic uncertainty, or to lessen the impact of a giant corporate carbon footprint.

Which is why the world-leading business training company is now offering Managing Virtual or Remote Teams (MVRT) as one of its 'best sellers' to the wider market - a 'Flagship' course. What's different about it? Quite simply it offers the best of everything: consultant, content, location and materials.

The decision also comes as Matchett has seen an increase in enquiries for MVRT and for a number of reasons.

As the world continues to flatten and organisations become increasingly global, the virtual team is more and more the norm. Team leaders need to be adept at welding the disparate resources at their disposal into a united and coherent whole, despite having limited or no opportunity to build relationships face-to-face.

Furthermore, today's managers are often required to bring together ad hoc virtual teams for a specific project, requiring them to accelerate the process of team development if they are to achieve their goals. To complicate matters, they are under increased pressure to do all this without expanding their carbon footprint.

Philippa Thomas, Matchett's director of Business Learning, says an increasingly global economy has fuelled the rise in virtual teams.

She said: "Our clients are forming virtual teams in response to the increasing need for a flexible and cost-effective approach to the running of a global business. Professional skills are in demand as never before and organisations will seek out the best: where those skills are physically located is becoming less and less of a concern."

She adds: "This presents a significant challenge to more traditional approaches to management. Managers of virtual teams must pay particular attention to the risks to effective operation, created by the physical separation between members. A different set of skills is therefore required to ensure motivation is maintained and business objectives are achieved."

Matchett has also added Power of Persuasion & Influence to its roster of Flagship courses, another extremely popular and beneficial course for those who need to communicate with, and influence others effectively.

To learn more about Matchett's Flagship courses, go to:
www.matchettgroup.com/business_training/courses/flagship/power_of_persuasion_!amp!_influence_-_flagship.aspx

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