Webinar Series: “
Work From Home Wednesdays”
Are you dealing with a rapid organizational change to remote work? Is your team learning how to collaborate and communicate in a virtual landscape?
Managing Conflict Remotely
Topics covered:
Understand the Five Modes of Conflict (Thomas-Kilmann Model)
Learn how to assess a conflict to choose an effective approach
Learn the steps to effectively conduct collaborative conflict in a remote setting
Practice tools and techniques for effective communication during a conflict
Questions submitted by live audience
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Serendipity in Remote Work
Topics covered:
The state of the “open plan” office - lessons learned from workplace strategy
What “distributed workplaces” can offer us during a transition time back to in-person work
Replacing serendipitous interactions - ideas to spark unexpected encounters when we’re not all in the office
How to generate “accidental creative collisions” in a virtual space
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Storytelling Skills for Change Leaders
Topics covered:
Learn a storytelling structure to help you use real life examples to show, rather than tell, a leadership point.
Understand how to use story to empathize, relate and assist people going through the "change curve" at different speeds.
Understand how the science of storytelling can help ensure your messages are clearly understood and remembered more accurately by your target audiences.
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Leading Teams Through Change
Topics covered:
Learn a technique for measuring the likelihood a change will be successfully implemented
Understand how to co-create a "vision" for you and your team
Practice using a simple and effective tool for planning change communications
Learn a technique for anticipating and preventing potential resistance to change
Questions submitted by live attendees
Supporting Individuals Through Change
Topics covered:
Understand the “change curve” and how to use it to identify emotional responses to change and uncertainty
Learn techniques to identify where someone is on the curve and how you can “meet them where they are” to provide help.
Learn coaching techniques to successfully support your colleagues (and friends and family) through the "change curve".
Questions submitted by live attendees
Advanced Facilitation Techniques for Virtual Meetings
Topics covered:
How to set up your meeting "cockpit" - Best practices for arranging live chat, video, slides and other windows for a seamless conversation.
Contingency planning - What to do when technology fails you and you have to go to "plan B".
How to support less tech-savvy attendees.
Ideas for your "Virtual Facilitator Toolbox" - techniques and tricks to keep your attendees happy, excited and engaged whenever you’re running the show!
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Collaborative learning strategy: Think/Pair/Share
Adult Learning reference: sample chapters from Julie Derkin’s “Design for How People Learn”
Virtual Audience Engagement: Techniques for Presenting, Listening, and Connecting Remotely
Topics covered:
Ideas for collaborating with virtual meeting groups of all sizes and skill levels
Live video communication practice exercises to run with groups from 2-200
Simple ways to enable deep and active listening over video chat
Remote presentation techniques to help you present clearly and confidently over video
Questions submitted by live attendees
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Interactive presentation software: Mentimeter
Claire Slattery, this week’s co-host, is offering 1 free 50-min intro coaching session to folks on this webinar. Visit Claire's scheduling page to sign up for a session. To learn more about Claire or contact her about her coaching services, visit her website
Strengthen Your Structure: Rebuild Your Daily Rhythms
Topics covered:
Proven schedules for organizing how to spend your solo work time.
A look at the root causes of distractions and burnout with remote workers.
Ideas for balancing work and personal life while stuck at home with kids, partners and roommates.
Technology (and non-tech) tools for maintaining your focus and morale in the face of long-term social distancing.
Q&A on the topics that matter to you!
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Daily structure
Root cause of distraction and burnout
Activities for kids
Tools and Techniques for Unexpected Remote Work
Topics covered:
How to build solo work habits to maintain focus and avoid burn-out
How to set up your at-home work area
Techniques for leading effective virtual meetings
How to talk with your teams about virtual communication expectations and norms
Setting boundaries to enable work-life balance in your home
Empower Your Team’s Remote Culture
Topics covered:
How to maintain social and professional ties during social distancing
Online tools to make the most out of remote collaboration
Simple exercises to build morale and socialize over video chat
Other topics suggested by you!
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Change Management
Tech Tools