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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