Managing Remote Teams
07 December 2016, 10am - 3pm
Herman Miller National Design Centre, London WC2B 4AE
Do you manage remote workers, or do you work remotely yourself?
UK law gives all employees the right to request flexible working. With more than 4 million people now working from home, occasional home working and remote working has become the norm for many corporate and public sector workers.
However most employees and their managers have not been given any guidance on how to approach these new way of working, and may be unaware of the legal issues, particularly in terms of employment contracts and health and safety.
Not only that but many managers are finding that it takes a new skill set to manage their staff when they can’t actually see them.
This one-day workshop explores the issues from both the manager’s and team member’s perspectives and includes:
- Legal responsibilities for employers and home workers.
- Setting up a remote team – How to create, build and manage people in different locations.
- Managing the performance of remote workers
- Building trust and motivating remote workers
- Deciding when remote working is a good option – Does it work for everyone?
- Planning and organising time away from the office
- Self-motivation. managing energy and staying productive
Delegates will leave the workshop with guidance and practical solutions to these challenges that they can start implementing straight away.
Speakers
Nigel Oseland
Nigel is a workplace strategist, change manager, environmental psychologist and author with 10 years research and 15 years consulting experience. He helps occupiers redefine their workstyle to create space-efficient and cost-effective workplaces that enhance business performance.
Nigel specialises in strategic briefing and alternative working; he creates workplaces that improve collaboration, enhance creativity, respond to new organisational structures, and deliver maximum value. Through his career at DEGW, AMA Alexi Marmot Associates, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and Johnson Controls, Nigel has worked with many corporate and public sector organisations developing their workplace strategies, standards and processes.
Nigel was recently an expert witness for the NIA's Inquiry into Flexible Working You can watch the BBC footage of his interview here.)
Iain Smith
Iain has a 25 year-long track record in helping individuals and organisations and worked on engagement, motivation and development of people to meet personal and business missions.
He has held senior roles in Transport for London, The Mayor’s Office in London and the Government’s Learning and Skills Council. Large projects have seen him prove the competence of over 15,000 staff in a safety critical environment, widen out his HR experience by running high volume recruitment, and develop safety systems in Australia. He currently works with both large and small organisations as a consultant, coach or interim Director, and sits on a number of Government and Industry Boards & Councils.
He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and the Royal Society of Arts, and an Honorary Member of City & Guilds of London Institute.
