Leading Hybrid Teams: Best Practices from Fortune 500 Firms

Are you ready for hybrid workplaces? Today’s workplaces look quite different from those before the Covid-19 pandemic. The new culture of working from home gained prominence during various lockdowns and today’s organisations are looking at ways to establish new norms for hybrid teams. However, most of the leadership styles are accustomed to in-office collaborations. How can you collaborate effectively with hybrid teams and hold your team members accountable while working remotely? Most research on psychology, cognitive neuroscience and behavioural economics reveals that we cannot trust our gut feeling or natural reaction to working with hybrid teams. This course will highlight the emerging trends in employees' expectations and what employees want. It guides you through the essentials of making the right calls while leading hybrid teams to achieve organisational objectives. You will first learn about the facts and realities of modern workplaces and then study the best practices used by the leaders of Fortune 500 firms.

How do you lead a remote team effectively? Discover the specific steps that you need to take to adapt to the new normal. These steps have been developed by acquiring inputs from Fortune 500 organisations. How can we maximise our business objective in the post-Covid world? Where do the leaders make errors in judgement? You will learn about the hybrid-first model and the cognitive biases that lead to common managerial judgement errors. Fortune 500 companies have managed to defeat these biases. Their leaders have learnt the art of hybrid collaboration and serendipitous innovation. The best practices of these companies will enable you to develop your own plan and lead with confidence. You will explore the team-led approach. What is the best strategy for funding home offices and redefining office spaces for hybrid work? The additional learning resource available in the course will help you master the skills for managing employee retention, engagement and productivity in a hybrid work atmosphere.

Finally, you will become acquainted with the most promising practices in the context of the future of hybrid work. How can hybrid teams be trained and mentored? You will learn about your employees' critical aspects of performance evaluation and upskilling in a hybrid work atmosphere. You will come across colleagues who are unwilling to adapt to the changing leadership styles. How do you handle such irrational thinking? This course draws on the best practices of Fortune 500 companies and behavioural science techniques. You will investigate a valuable and practical technique called EGRIP (which stands for ‘emotions, goals, rapport, information and positive reinforcement’) to deal with colleagues in denial. Business leaders in the present times have to deal with uncertainty even more. The hybrid work culture demands that the leaders build their skills to manage and preserve the company culture, profitability and human resources. This course will equip you with the necessary mindset and tools to look beyond the perceived ‘compromise’ created by flexible work hours and offices. Enrol today for this course and learn from the best!