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How to Manage a Remote Team
  • Level Professional
  • المدة 11 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة GitLab
  • Offered by

عن

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. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Lead in a remote environment - Build a remote organizational culture and practices - Assess teams’ and managers’ readiness and preparation for remote work - Create a foundational strategy for executing a remote transformation For the final project in this course, you will create a real or hypothetical strategic plan to transition a team to remote operation. You will assess your organization's remote maturity and infrastructure, and identify the best team structure for remote operation — including determining whether to use an all-remote or remote-friendly model. You'll outline plans for documentation, education, leadership, and equipment or resource needs for your unique organization. This is an intermediate-level course, intended for learners who have previous experience managing or leading people. To succeed in this course, you should have at least one year of management experience. No remote experience is required.

الوحدات

Course Introduction

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Introduce Yourself!

2 Videos

  • Course Introduction
  • Meet The Instructors

2 Readings

  • Course Syllabus
  • Additional Resources

About Remote Work

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • About Remote Work

3 Videos

  • Why Remote Work?
  • What Is Remote Work?
  • Organizational Remote-Readiness

1 Readings

  • Who Are Remote Workers?

Building a Team

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Building a Team

2 Videos

  • Hiring Globally
  • Hiring For a Remote Role

2 Readings

  • Sample Interview Questions
  • Remote-Specific Roles

Work Environment

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Your Onboarding Experiences

2 Videos

  • Rethinking The Workspace
  • Onboarding Remotely

1 Readings

  • Additional Considerations for People and HR Best Practices

Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Remote Work Best Practices

1 Videos

  • Weekly Summary

Communication is Crucial

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Communication

2 Videos

  • Communication is Crucial
  • Meetings and Collaboration

1 Readings

  • Embracing Asynchronous Communication

Measuring Success

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Standup Meetings

1 Videos

  • Adopting a Results-Oriented Mindset

1 Readings

  • Project and Task Management

Personal Development and Leadership

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Personal Development and Leadership

2 Videos

  • Understanding Job Satisfaction and Performance
  • Remote Leadership and Responsibility

1 Readings

  • Career Development

Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Managing Remote Teams

1 Videos

  • Weekly Summary

Types of Remote Teams

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Types of Remote Teams

4 Videos

  • “Going Remote” is a Process For Every Organization
  • Overview of the Types of Remote Teams
  • No-Remote to All-Remote: Five Common Team Structures (Part 1)
  • No-Remote to All-Remote: Five Common Team Structures (Part 2)

Phases of Remote Adaptation

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Phases of Remote Adaptation

3 Videos

  • Overview of Remote Adaptation
  • Phases of Remote Adaptation (Part 1)
  • Phases of Remote Adaptation (Part 2)

Transitioning Your Colocated Organization to Remote

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Remote Transition Planning

1 Discussions

  • Maturity Assessment

3 Videos

  • Maturity
  • Planning Your Remote Transition
  • Step 7: Close The Office

Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Remote Adaptation

1 Videos

  • Weekly Summary

Considerations for Culture Building

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Culture and Values

2 Videos

  • Defining Culture
  • How Is Culture Different at a Remote Organization?

Organizational Values for Distributed Teams

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Values

1 Videos

  • GitLab's Values

2 Readings

  • Why Develop a Set of Values?
  • Values at Other Remote Organizations

Developing and Upholding Values

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Developing and Upholding Values

3 Videos

  • Hypothetical: Creating Values
  • How to Create and Roll Out Your Values
  • Getting It Right

1 Readings

  • How and When to Consider Iterating on Your Values

Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Culture and Values for Distributed Teams

1 Videos

  • Weekly Summary

Final Assignment

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Final Assignment

Auto Summary

Learn how to effectively manage and support a high-functioning remote team with "How to Manage a Remote Team." Designed for managers, executives, and HR professionals, this intermediate-level course offers in-depth lessons from GitLab experts, one of the largest all-remote organizations. Gain skills to lead remotely, build a strong remote culture, and create a strategic plan for remote transformation. With a duration of 660 minutes, the course is available through Coursera with Starter and Professional subscription options. Perfect for those with at least one year of management experience.

Darren Murph
Instructors

Darren Murph

Jessica Reeder
Instructors

Jessica Reeder