How to Manage a Remote Team

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Course overview
Remote management is much more than just implementing a work-from-home policy. In this course, you’ll learn and apply remote work best practices, build your remote work policy, and prepare your team for success.

This course is ideal for current managers, executives, and human resources professionals who want to learn how to lead and support a high-functioning, scalable remote team. GitLab is one of the world’s largest all-remote organizations; experts from throughout the company will guide you through in-depth lessons for leaders, people managers, and HR professionals to build, manage, and scale.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to: 

  • Lead in a remote environment 
  • Build a remote organisational culture and practices 
  • Assess teams’ and managers’ readiness and preparation for remote work 
  • Create a foundational strategy for executing a remote transformation 

Syllabus

What you will learn from this course

Remote Work Best Practices

In this module, you will learn about how to prepare a remote-friendly organization, and apply it by assessing your current remote readiness.

Managing Remote Teams

In this module, you will learn about common challenges and adjustments that need to be made when beginning to manage a remote team. You will understand and be able to evaluate performance, morale, and success metrics.

Remote Adaptation Processes for Organisations

In this module, you will gain understanding of your organization's current level of remote adaptation, and begin to map out a foundational strategy for optimal remote operation.

Culture and Values for Distributed Teams

In this module, you will understand the importance of culture and values statements for supporting business strategy. You will learn how to develop, roll out, and refine organisational values for a distributed team.

About GitLab

This course is brought to you by GitLab.

GitLab is one of the world’s largest all-remote organizations; experts from throughout the company will guide you through in-depth lessons for leaders, people managers, and HR professionals to build, manage, and scale.
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Thank you for this opportunity. I learned a lot from this Course. This is very relevant. I will definitely recommend this course to my workmates and peers who are currently working from their homes.
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This course was well designed and well organized. The rubric was clear, as were the weekly lessons.
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​I have learned so much about remote work and the transitioning from colocated environments, hybrid to a full-remote team. As most are aware, distributed teams are the future and the future is now. Thank you so much...
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It was totally amazing. I've learned a lot about remote work, which is my goal when I have to go out and find my first job. 
— Diego G C
Great course for a deep insight and guidance for remote work settings, remote teams types and transition from no-remote to all-remote type of work. 
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