024 - How to Lead Virtual Teams: Part 2 - How we work and onboard new colleagues

This episode is part of my free and flexible course: How to Lead Virtual Teams. Each course topic includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further.  Topic: How we work and onboard new colleagues Listen: In this second course podcast, we discuss definitions of different ways of working and why it matters to be clear when it comes to the language we use when we talk about how we work. We will also explore how this relates to recruiting staff and onboarding new colleagues. For this topic, we'll be referring on Chapter 1 of ⁠⁠Leading Virtual Teams⁠⁠. Reflect: Reflecting on what’s important to you is a key skill for leading virtual teams. For this topic, use these definitions of different Modes of Working to reflect on your practice. Again, there is no wrong way of doing this. You can choose to write your thoughts down or you might prefer to simply think about things: What term(s) best describe your mode of working? How would you describe it to someone else? To what degree do the policies in your organisation reflect this practice? What may new colleagues not easily understand about the way you work? What else? What might be difficult for new colleagues to get used to? Why? Explore: Head over to the course page for the ⁠dedicated post for this topic⁠ which includes links to further reading, tools and resources to explore. Download the course companion book, ⁠⁠⁠Leading Virtual Teams⁠⁠⁠. The book is free to download in different formats and we will use individual chapters from the book throughout the course. For each topic, individual chapters are sign-posted, so you can explore issues particularly relevant to your practice further. Find out more on the ⁠⁠⁠course homepage⁠⁠⁠ or head over to my ⁠⁠coaching offers for individuals and teams⁠⁠ if you are interested in working with me.