Remote Working and Communicating

Course code LERN 1440

Credit 0.0

Length 16.0 hours

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Gain new insights, experiences and advanced tips for helping yourself and others to work from home. Find out the 5 bad habits too many remote workers and their managers acquire from lack of experience, tools and expertise. Then acquire the latest strategies for communicating with remote workers.

Come away with a deeper understanding of this enormous cultural and work shift going on in the workplace and in society.

Available and included as part of the Certified Remote Work Manager program.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Unit 1
    Understanding the Remote Workplace

    The economics of the new Knowledge Society
    Organizational benefits from remote workers
    Employee benefits of working from home
    How remote work improves productivity
  • Unit 2
    Advanced Tips on Working from Home

    The essentials of successful Remote Work
    Remote Workflow and Work Day
    Peak work time and the new work rules
    Coping with guilt and work stress
    The 5 bad habits newbie remote workers acquire
  • Unit 3
    Issues in Working from Home

    Transitioning office-centered workers
    Establishing social contact and meetings
    Late night emails and establishing boundaries
    Miscommunication online and the solutions
    Work Solutions for Personal time and needs
    Making weekends personally rewarding and organizationally productive
  • Unit 4
    Communicating with Remote Workers

    Virtual office communication software
    Synchronous tools and tips
    Asynchronous tools and tips
    The need and role of the new ‘water cooler’

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.