Best Practices Guide: Optimizing Distributed Team Performance

Students will create a best practices guide (5-6 pages) for optimizing performance in remote or hybrid teams. This is not an ESS. The guide should cover key areas such as communication tools and techniques, strategies for maintaining team cohesion, and leadership practices that foster productivity and well-being. Students should use real-world examples and contemporary research to support their recommendations. Additionally, they will present their guide in a virtual workshop format to simulate training for managers.

Note from Prof. Elida: Consider this assignment as creating guidance in a Word document and delivering training to managers through a PowerPoint presentation. The final submission is two documents.

Here are examples of guides:

distributedworkplaybooks.pdf
Guide to Telework and Remote Work in the Federal Government
Training examples:

Employee Management for Managers For Remote Teams PPT Template AT
Telework Fundamentals - Manager Training
Submission Instructions:

A 5–6-page Word Document best practices guide.
Must include a title page, abstract, and references. These do not count toward the page or slide count.
A PowerPoint to present your guide in a virtual workshop format to simulate training for managers.