Hybrid Management Training Courses
Hybrid working has become commonplace in recent years – but while many members are staff are used to working in this environment, some managers are not up to speed on how to manage teams of hybrid working staff. Challenges of managing hybrid teams include:
- Applying policies, performance management and culture consistently across locations
- Building personal connections and reading cues through screens
- Ensuring remote employees stay engaged, developed and valued
There are subtle but important differences in the management of remote staff compared with a hybrid working environment. Leading hybrid teams requires new strategies and mindsets from managers used to co-located teams. Our Hybrid Management Training equips leaders with the capabilities required in this emerging work environment. At iManage Performance, we can provide your management staff with the training they need to get the most out of a hybrid working team. Getting this right can lead to better efficiency and productivity within your team and a working environment for everyone.
Let us rapidly build your teams’ confidence in leading high-performing hybrid teams. Contact us today to discuss implementing hybrid management training across your leadership team.
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What is hybrid working?
Hybrid working is an arrangement where staff at your business work a mixed schedule of in-office and remote work. There are a number of different models of hybrid working with some that have specific staff working remotely full-time and others in the office full-time, and others where all members of staff work a mixture of remotely and in the office. Here are some of the formats that hybrid working can take:
- Partial hybrid – Some staff work fully remote while others remain fully onsite. Managers oversee a mixed team.
- Flexible hybrid – Employees divide time between office and home. They have autonomy to choose their location each day or week.
- Set schedule hybrid – Employees have set days in assigned locations, e.g. Mondays remote, Tuesday-Thursday in office
- Team rotation hybrid – Whole teams alternate stretches of time on site then off.
- Split weeks hybrid – Employees spend portions of each week in the office and remote, e.g. Monday/Tuesday office, Thursday/Friday remote.
Hybrid models exploded in popularity due to necessities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organisations found benefits to hybrid work and made some form of it permanent. Hybrid working has also become a lot more common after the pandemic, as businesses adapt to a workforce that may have had to operate entirely remotely over the period of lockdown.
But despite its growth, many leaders are unsure how to adapt management strategies to hybrid environments. Our training provides the leadership skills and mindsets required to align, engage and empower hybrid teams. With expertise guiding hybrid arrangements across global organisations, we can help develop an effective hybrid model tailored to your company’s culture and needs. Contact our expert training specialists to discuss the possibilities.
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The challenges our course helps you overcome
We offer a course in the management of staff on a hybrid working model. While hybrid working might seem like a simple transition, there are many challenges and difficulties for hybrid managers that it is important to overcome.
- Ensuring team cohesion – when some members of staff work in the office and others remotely it has the potential to create a divide. We’ll teach you tactics to ensure your team is cohesive and on the same page.
- Communication makes collaboration – in-office workers sometimes take communication for granted, especially with regard to ensuring collaboration between team members. We emphasise best practices for breaking down barriers between staff.
- Finding a balance – some staff can find it difficult to get the balance right in terms of their working and home lives. We teach managers how to spot issues and techniques to deal with the issue.
Hybrid Management Training Course FAQs
Is hybrid working the same as remote working?
No – but they are related. Remote working has workers exclusively working either from home or somewhere away from the main office. Hybrid working is a model that has workers who both work remotely and in the office.
What can I expect to learn?
Our course of hybrid working management teaches leaders techniques to be more effective when working with hybrid teams. Many businesses have made the transition to hybrid working through the pandemic and it is important that management in these businesses understand the differences between management in-office, remote and hybrid staff.
What are the different models of hybrid working?
Hybrid working has a number of different models of working. The rotational model simply utilises a rota to understand when staff will work remotely, and when they will be in the office. The permanent split divides the company into teams that either work remotely or operate in the office. The scheduled-in days model works by assigning days in which staff come into the office together to work.
Here are some of the formats that hybrid working can take:
- Partial hybrid – Some staff work fully remote while others remain fully onsite. Managers oversee a mixed team.
- Flexible hybrid – Employees divide time between office and home. They have autonomy to choose their location each day or week.
- Set schedule hybrid – Employees have set days in assigned locations, e.g. Mondays remote, Tuesday-Thursday in office
- Team rotation hybrid – Whole teams alternate stretches of time on site then off.
- Split weeks hybrid – Employees spend portions of each week in the office and remote, e.g. Monday/Tuesday office, Thursday/Friday remote.
Why choose us
At iManage Performance, our team has over 20 years of real-world management experience across global organisations. We have both led hybrid teams ourselves and trained thousands of managers on effective virtual leadership skills. We understand the nuances of leading hybrid and remote teams. We know what strategies work in practice, not just theory. Ready to build a high-performing hybrid team? Let our experts guide the way. Contact us today.
