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Leading Hybrid and Virtual Teams Video Series

Strategy #1

Articulate and establish your virtual or hybrid team workplace culture

Strategy #2

Conduct a visioning exercise with your team

Strategy #3

Jointly develop team norms and standards

Strategy #4

Prioritize as a team

Strategy #7

Hold weekly team meetings

Strategy #10

Have weekly structured one-on-one meetings with your staff

Strategy #13

Make yourself accessible to your staff

Strategy #16

Trust your people

Strategy #19

Use your regular virtual team meetings as a way to build team spirit and camaraderie

Strategy #5

Establish expectations about working hours

Strategy #8

Reject a "them" versus "us" mentality

Strategy #11

Make a deliberate effort to give your staff positive feedback

Strategy #14

Utilize online collaboration tools

Strategy #17

Give equal "air time" to both your virtual and onsite employees

Strategy #20

Improve your online delivery skills

Strategy #6

Shift your focus from effort to outcomes

Strategy #9

For team meetings, have all your staff join virtually

Strategy #12

Set standards for response times to emails and voice mails

Strategy #15

Deliberately get to know your employees at a personal level

Strategy #18

Be vigilant about signs of burnout