A half-day workshop
This half-day workshop will help you adapt to the new ways of working, ensuring that you enjoy the benefits without paying the price in terms of additional stress.
Learning Objectives
- To understand remote working and the new ways of working this requires
- To discuss and address the benefits and challenges
- To discuss and draw up an agreement as a team for how we will work to achieve effective ways of working from remote settings
- To learn ideas and good practice for a remote working environment
- To produce an action plan
Workshop information
Workshop outline
1. Welcome, aims and introductions
- Learning objectives
2. The benefits and challenges of working remotely
- What is involved?
- What are the benefits and challenges?
3. The four key elements of remote working
- Location
- Time
- Workload
- Communication
4. Making the best of remote working
- Personal and team responsibilities
- Behaviours
- Life and work balance
5. How we will communicate effectively
- Exemplar actions in a virtual work space
- Effective use of technology and different methods of communication
- Being a ‘team’ and building trust when we are not together
- Support and resilience
6. Hints, tips and ideas for managing life and work remotely
7. Action planning
- Review
- Personal action planning
