The Distance Manager

This handbook is perfect for sales managers, project team leaders, senior managers, and anyone who manages people at more than one location. Key topics include:

• Using e-mail, teleconferencing, and videoconferencing for maximum effectiveness
• Mastering the people skills required to manage from a distance
• Virtual team building, and strategies for managing multiple locations

Contents

• Distance Managing: The Foundation Principles.
  
• The Seven Competencies of an Effective Distance Manager.
  
• Five Things The Cripple the Effectiveness of the Distance Manager.
  
• What Employees Want from a Distance Manager.
  
• Six Types of Virtual Teams.
  
• Stay Connected and Coordinated: The Dos and Don'ts.
  
• The Distance Coach: Getting Peak Performance.
  
• Distance Team Building: Building Skills in Remote Sites.
  
• Distance Training: Building Skills in Remote Sites.
  
• Bulding Trust from a Distance.
  
• Overcoming the Isolation of the Satellite Office.
  
• Managing Employees Who Work at Home.
  
• Leading People Who Don't Report to You.
  
• The Necessity of Face-to-Face Meetings.
  
• Celebrating from a Distance.
  
• The Distance Technology Handbook.
  
• Setting Up a Virtual Office: The BasicHardware and Communications Lines People Need.
  
• How to Use the Telephone.
  
• The Distance Manager's Guide to Efficient Teleconferences.
  
• Videoconferencing: Technology and Table Manners.
  
• (and more...)