Overview
Remote and hybrid working can offer greater flexibility and autonomy, but without the right management approach it can also lead to weaker communication, inconsistent performance, reduced engagement and fragmented teams.
This practical half-day course helps managers create the conditions in which people can perform effectively wherever they are working. It provides clear, practical approaches for maintaining trust, strengthening team cohesion, setting expectations and ensuring that remote and hybrid working supports both employee needs and organisational goals.
Participants will leave with greater confidence in managing the challenges of hybrid working and a clear set of actions they can apply immediately to improve communication, collaboration and performance across their teams.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the key factors that influence engagement, performance and effectiveness in remote and hybrid working environments.
- Adapt management approaches to support individual needs while maintaining clear expectations and accountability.
- Apply practical approaches to strengthen communication, collaboration and cohesion across dispersed teams.
- Establish effective ways of working that make purposeful use of both remote and onsite activity.
- Identify organisational and cultural factors that can enable or undermine successful hybrid working.
- Develop practical actions to improve the effectiveness of remote and hybrid working within their own team or organisation.
Agenda
9:30
Welcome and Introductions
- Understand the aims, structure and intended outcomes of the session.
- Identify personal expectations and current challenges relating to remote and hybrid working.
- Establish a shared context for discussion and learning across the group.
9:45
Understanding Remote and Hybrid Working
- Define the key characteristics of remote and hybrid working arrangements.
- Recognise the opportunities and challenges different working models can create.
- Assess how remote and hybrid working practices affect individuals, teams and organisations.
10:20
Supporting Individuals in Remote and Hybrid Teams
- Identify what individuals need to remain engaged, productive and connected when working remotely.
- Apply appropriate approaches for monitoring performance without creating unnecessary oversight.
- Adapt management approaches to balance individual needs with organisational expectations.
11:05
Break
11:20
Building Effective Remote and Hybrid Teams
- Identify the behaviours and working practices that strengthen relationships within hybrid teams.
- Apply practical approaches to asynchronous working, communication and collaboration.
- Create greater team cohesion by clarifying the purpose of both remote and onsite working.
12:30
Creating Organisational and Cultural Alignment
- Recognise how organisational culture influences the effectiveness of remote and hybrid working.
- Identify the policies, expectations and decisions needed to create consistency across teams.
- Consider how leaders and managers can reinforce inclusive and effective hybrid working practices.
13:00
Action Planning and Next Steps
- Prioritise practical actions that can improve remote and hybrid working within your own context.
- Translate key learning from the session into achievable workplace changes.
- Create clear next steps for strengthening individual, team and organisational effectiveness.
*Programme subject to change
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Course Director
Gary Cookson
Trainer
Gary is a father of four and a husband of one, running a successful business, EPIC, in his spare time. He’s an expert on work and workplace performance, with extensive experience leading and directing HR, OD and L&D functions across all sectors. His clients like working with him as he is authentic, honest, knowledgeable, communicative and people focused, with a broad and deep range of skills and experience –a glance at his prolific social media output will verify this.
Gary is a leading expert in the design and delivery of leadership, management and HR/L&D programmes, as well as an inspiring and entertaining keynote speaker. He has been recognised in the HR Most Influential awards, written for publications worldwide and spoken at global events.
He is a multi-published author and one of the worlds’ leading thinkers on the modern world of work. He is in regular demand with clients and conference organisers worldwide as a result, speaking on these topics plus leadership, management and various HR/L&D issues.