PDG

MAY 10, 2023

LEADERSHIP Best Practices for Leading Virtual Pharmaceutical Sales Teams Written By: Sharlene Douthit May 10, 2023 – 9 min read Like many other sectors, the pharmaceutical industry has seen a significant shift towards remote work in recent years. Developing Trust. Maintaining Employee Engagement and Morale.

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InSync Training

MARCH 15, 2020

The virtual classroom may not be new, but currently the world is experiencing a crisis that’s accelerating its necessity. With travel bans, new work-from-home arrangements creating unexpected virtual teams, and in-person meeting cancellations, virtual classroom platforms have become virtually required.

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PDG

OCTOBER 6, 2022

3 Key Strategies for Leading Remote Sales Teams. After an initial period of controlled chaos, B2B sales organizations have made the major shift from in-person to virtual interactions — and if multiple McKinsey studies are any indication, that shift isn’t a blip. Learner Engagment. Written By: Sean Frontz.

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PDG

MAY 17, 2021

As virtual selling continues to transition from “this will never work” to “all in a day’s work,” it’s important for sales leaders to modify their approach to support and coach their team members. Here are three strategies that can help you to lead your team to virtual sales success. Provide clear direction and coaching.

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TalentLMS

APRIL 9, 2019

Remote teams are extremely common in today’s workforce. Despite the benefits, however, it can be challenging to manage a remote team in a way that makes its members feel like they’re working toward the same goals. We’ve outlined some common challenges managers of remote teams face with some strategies you can use to overcome them.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 21, 2017

Conferences are about building connections, and ATD ICE 2017 was no exception! . How do you sum up a conference as large as ATD 2017? I decided to go back to what I was hoping to get out of the conference – CONNECTIONS. There were many sessions about this topic throughout the conference. What does that mean?

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KnowledgeCity

AUGUST 11, 2023

This can look something like a team leader organizing regular virtual team meetings to discuss project progress, address challenges, and provide recognition for exceptional performance by remote team members. Set realistic goals and deadlines to prevent unnecessary stress or ambiguity.

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InSync Training

JUNE 2, 2020

March brought uncertainty to the market… Would we still travel to conferences? As always, we wondered what this new year would bring. Then in February, we started hearing about Covid-19. Aka #TheVirus. How long would we need to worry? Are our children safe in school?

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Paradiso

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Similar to the traditional onboarding process, the virtual onboarding process is quite simply welcoming new employees to your organization’s processes, values, mission, goals, etc., via virtual aka online tools, resources, and other means. Here’s an example: Click here.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 20, 2009

My primary interest here are the methods and tools that allow us to work better as part of remote work teams. In other words - How do we collaborate together in remote work teams to be as effective or even more effective than a team that works down the hall? At the start of these workshops, we put people into remote work teams.

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ProProfs

MAY 15, 2020

In the course of virtual training, your virtual audience may, at times, feel isolated due to the lack of real face-to-face contact. They should, however, realize that they are a part of a bigger team united by common learning & development goals. Luckily, there are ways out to make it work for you and your teams.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

Following on from my previous article , below I share some of the key messages that I drew from Day 2 at the LearnX Asia Pacific conference held recently in Sydney… Personal Professional Development: I expected the keynote by Stephen Downes to be the standout session of the event, and I was not disappointed. See you at LearnX 2010!

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual icebreakers: 42 fresh activities from top facilitators. Feeling a little…cold…when it comes to virtual team building? Don’t worry, Anamaria Dorgo and the butter team has some great solutions to warm up those virtual connections! New Zealand ATD Conference March 15-16, 2023 @ Auckland, NZ.

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OpenSesame

APRIL 26, 2019

Coordinate the efforts of remote workers, virtual teams, and cross-functional relationships. This continuous disruption has placed increasing pressure on leaders to adapt to changing business conditions and to learn new ways of managing. Pressures such as: Being asked to do more with less resources at an ever-accelerating pace.

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OpenSesame

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The reasons for working remotely are as varied as the jobs: perhaps you want to spend more time with your family, or you live hundreds of miles away from the office, or maybe you’re just out of town for a conference. During a conference, the video automatically switches to whoever is currently speaking, making it easy to see who is talking.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2012

If we continue with practices that helped us to foster trust in anenvironment where we met each other face to face almost daily, those practicesare not going to be very effective in an environment driven by activitystreams, social tools and apps, and conference calls.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 23, 2013

While the study argued in favor of virtual work for call center workers, many jobs have less well-defined metrics — particularly those that rely on deeper expertise and creative problem solving. “Acting as one team is a core principle of our company and applies to all our teammates, regardless of where they work.”

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Ed App

MAY 5, 2021

Virtual training is the best learning solution for organizations with teams dispersed across different locations and time zones, as well as those who have shifted to remote work as a result of the pandemic. Virtual Training Idea #1 – Allow self-paced learning for your remote workforce.

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OpenSesame

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The reasons for working remotely are as varied as the jobs: perhaps you want to spend more time with your family, or you live hundreds of miles away from the office, or maybe you’re just out of town for a conference. During a conference, the video automatically switches to whoever is currently speaking, making it easy to see who is talking.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2013

I'm at the ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Conference kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. We do have virtual teams but we mostly work together. These are my liveblogged notes from a concurrent session with Dr. Michael Allen. Apologies for typos and incoherence. Michael Allen CEO, Allen Interactions.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 29, 2021

PT: Rethinking the Way You Author Elearning Whether in a large enterprise or a team of one, elearning authors today are expected to deliver effective learning outcomes using minimal resources, rapid turn-around time and a razor-thin budget. One thing is certain, though: workplace dynamics have been completely redefined.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Grade: A- #5 - Virtual Classroom Tipping Point Based on a few different conversations and experiences, I believe that we've reached a point where virtual classroom training is no longer seen as inherently inferior and a lower value. Information overload, distraction, need to work effectively in networks and parts of virtual teams, etc.

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learnWorlds

MAY 23, 2023

Organizations witness a transformative shift , with each team member operating at their fullest potential. Collaborative learning can also be used in professional development training or mentoring programs, workshops, conferences, and more. The answer is simple.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

Distributed and dispersed teams are coming together for projects, and disbanding once the task is accomplished. We no longer need to wait for that conference or that special workshop to meet like-minded folks. It is no longer necessary to come to office. We can find them and connect with them on Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora, Pinterest.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 14, 2010

This is an event where students of instructional technology have a conference with professionals in the field where they can learn, exchange ideas and select students for jobs and internships. 2:15-2:45: JHT Incorporated with Michael Shutt Describing the history of JHT and describing how he worked on a distributed team to develop coursework.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

Many of us are getting a crash course in remote work as we quickly get up to speed on teleconferencing, videoconferencing and the vast array of tools and hacks for virtual teams. No matter the situation, good managers shouldn’t let technology or distance interfere with dynamically directing and supporting a virtual employee or team.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2009

I get to meet quite a few elearning developers and blog readers at the conferences. In fact, the frog dissection post I did a few months ago came as a result of a conference discussion. At another conference, someone wanted to know how to create an assembly line concept. Click here to view the demo. It’s in the community.

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Jay Cross

JANUARY 29, 2010

Two of my colleagues at the Internet Time Alliance , Jane Hart and Charles Jennings just returned from speaking at the Learning Technologies conference in London. The conference program would lead you to assume that the Learning Technologies conference would be a hotbed of social and informal learning. Jane & Charles.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2010

I haven’t even covered how to work with virtual teams or what we did to quickly implement changes. I’ll work some of that into future conference presentations. Like many courses, there’s a lot more to share from what we learned during this project. Feel free to share your ideas by clicking on the comments link.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MARCH 16, 2010

Nine Information Alternatives to the Now Defunct Training Magazine - Kapp Notes , March 2, 2010 Unfortunately, Training Magazine is folding up shop on its web site, print magazine and conferences. But when managing projects, you’re often balancing time, cost, money, scope and team. Mobile Learning (22). March 4, 2010.

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TalentLMS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As AI settles into the workplace, most HR teams still have more questions than they have answers. The common assumption is that older employees and AI present a bigger challenge for HR teams (and organizations in general) than their younger counterparts. There are, quite rightly, strict laws in place to protect this right.

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TalentLMS

JULY 22, 2019

In this blog post, we’re taking a look at how Zapier motivates its virtual teams and its whole remote employee engagement action plan. Back in the day, all decisions were made on a team level, but the company is growing so fast it’s not feasible anymore. Managing a remote team is not easy. Now, managers make decisions.

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KnowledgeCity

MAY 27, 2022

Hybrid and remote work demand increased written communication, even if you have a daily or weekly stand up call with your team. Your entire team? Do I need to update my team or supervisor on the status of a project? You likely have three or more different ways to communicate with your coworkers and leaders. Your supervisor?

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Limestone Learning

MAY 28, 2017

Bypass egos at work, improve productivity, and keep your teams ready for what’s next. Five secrets to being successful as a team leader. You will learn: Four core principles of improvisation that exist in high-performing teams. A Manager’s Guide to Avoiding Total Disaster. How to improve brainstorming.

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David Kelly

JANUARY 7, 2016

As someone that has lead training teams over the course of my career, I could easily see myself handing this book to team members that are new to the world of virtual training, asking them to read the introduction and first chapter, and using that as a springboard to train and coach them. Interact and Engage!

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