Facilitating Meetings in a Hybrid Work Environment

Description

Participants in this workshop will learn how to best work in a flexible work structure where some team members are working remotely and other team members from a central location.  The course provides training for effectively managing team and individual behaviors contributing to desired outcomes for virtual meetings, dialogues, and problem solving in a hybrid work environment. The workshop includes exploring challenges for managing team interactions, remote versus in-person, and how to enhance remote meeting performance.  Behavioral issues of remote group interactions are explored for the various types of meetings and interactions and provides techniques for overcoming those challenges.

Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to do the following:

  • Better manage virtual meetings and decisionmaking for efficient outcomes.

  • Determine which virtual techniques can be best used to enhance the quality of input and results desired.

  • How to best set the stage for discussions to gain consensus among meeting participants.

  • Tools and techniques for managing efficient and effective virtual and hybrid meetings.

Content

The basic format of the interactive workshop includes the following components:

  • Organizing and managing virtual meetings, interactions, and dialogue.

  • Understanding interactive and communication styles of meeting participants.

  • Managing virtual interactions and discussions for best results.

  • Overcoming conflicts and disagreements among meeting participants.

  • Gaining agreement and consensus on meeting outcomes and products.

Audience

This training is intended for agencies, private companies, organizations and individuals working in a hybrid work environment.

Process

Facilitating Meetings in a hybrid work environment was developed as an on-line interactive workshop for a general audience. This 1-day workshop consists of a carefully designed combination of the following:

  • 60% Lecture

  • 20% Discussion

  • 20% Exercises and case studies

Materials

Participants receive the following:

  • Comprehensive Workshop Manual

  • Workshop Resources Workbook