Training

Effective Telework in Distributed Government Teams

John O'Duinn, Author, Distributed Teams - The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart

About this training Permalink

This training provides government teams with strategies, tools, and best practices for working together effectively in a distributed (remote/telework) model. These skills increase your agency’s resilience by improving team performance, streamlining communications, and modernizing workflows for better collaboration.

Who it's for Permalink

Government team leaders
Government team members

What you learn Permalink

Best practices for using video calls, email, and group chat at scale
Configuring and running secure, effective team meetings online
Build trust and accountability with strategies for working in the open
Re-create social interactions and physical job tasks in a remote environment
Practical advice on blending home/work life as well as dealing with isolation

Format Permalink

Four 90-minute virtual sessions, over a 2-week period
Practical “homework” assignments between training sessions
Small group breakout sessions with hands-on exercises
Q & A to address your group’s specific concerns

Follow-up Permalink

Coaching support - Working and Leading in Distributed Teams
Manager training - Managing Teleworkers in Government
Train your trainers - Designing and Running Telework Training Courses

Cost Permalink

$250 per participant, for up to 200 people (minimum 175 people per cohort)

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Instructor Permalink

John O'Duinn

John O’Duinn is the author of “Distributed Teams - The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart,” which was first published in 2018, with a fully updated second edition published in January 2021. This business management book covers essential practical mechanics of how to work in and run distributed organizations, as well as the wider diversity, environmental, urban planning and community renewal benefits of distributed organizations. John is a senior technologist and entrepreneur who has worked in distributed companies of one form or another for 28 years, led distributed teams for 14 years, run workshops and mentored distributed teams for 7 years and is a frequent international speaker on the benefits and strategies of remote work. John served in the U.S. Digital Service in the Obama White House, helped the State of Vermont write their "Remote Worker" law encouraging remote work to promote economic growth, is helping the State of California revise its telework policy and is supporting the development of other telework and economic development policies for multiple jurisdictions worldwide.

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