Creating a Thriving Virtual Workplace, with Tara Powers

As a 25-year talent and leadership development expert, CEO Tara Powers is an international best-selling author, award-winning leadership and Wiley DISC expert, sought-after keynote speaker, and crusader for virtual teams and virtual leadership, including her newly launched Virtual Team School. Tara's company, Powers Resource Center, is a certified Women's Business Enterprise with WBENC. She's worked with over 300 companies and more than 30,000 leaders building programs and launching initiatives that deliver high-touch and high-impact results for her clients. For four years, PRC's Leadership Programs have earned the prestigious Top 10 Leadership 500 award by HR.com, alongside prominent brands such as Korn Ferry, Level (3), Hilton, Honda, MIT and DDI. Tara is also a judge for the coveted Brandon Hall Excellence Awards which recognizes the best organizations globally that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, and tools that have achieved measurable outcomes. In 2020, PRC received an award from Brandon Hall for Best Results from a Leadership Program for their Leadership Boot Camp program. In 2020 and 2021, OnCon awarded PRC with a Top 25 Human Resources Vendor Award and an HR Contributor Icon Award in 2019. Recently, Tara published Virtual Team for Dummies and Working from Home for Dummies with Wiley and was recognized in Colorado Business Magazine as a Women to Watch. Tara speaks nationally on vital topics such as the importance of human connection and emotional intelligence in leadership, simple secrets for creating healthy organizations, and how to build cohesive and committed teams. What you'll learn about in this episode: Why Tara began specializing in virtual and hybrid teams, and how the outbreak of the global pandemic accelerated the need for organizations to do this work the right way Why learning to navigate a hybrid work environment is crucial for leaders today, and why creating a successful hybrid or virtual work environment takes intentionality How to set clear expectations, have a plan, and put the right tools in place before moving your team into a virtual environment Why it's important for leaders to avoid setting unspoken virtual workplace expectations that can become a drain on their employees What factors are driving the "Great Resignation," and why it is important to create psychological safety in your organization Why taking the time to celebrate wins is important for your team's happiness, and what virtual workplace trends are emerging today Resources: YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_t0yICGxMdo2KaRKPjrQw Website: www.powersresourcecenter.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tarapowers LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/powers-resource-center-llc/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PowersResourceCenter/ Twitter: @taralpowers Additional resources: A Brave New's website: www.abravenew.com