Leading in a Remote Environment edX - online learning platform

Overview

Leading in a Remote Environment programme in collaboration with Harvard University - HarvardX is a Professional Certificate.

Key Facts

How has remote work changed how you manage and lead? While working in a remote environment provides many opportunities for global teams, it also presents unique challenges to maintaining relationships and achieving goals. Leaders need to be adaptive in order to mobilize a remote workforce to meet these new challenges. Learn how to adapt as a leader and manage a remote team in Remote Leadership.

In the first course, Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles, you’ll learn how to be an effective leader and motivate your remote team while navigating change and common challenges.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn the professional development skills to excel in virtual teams. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and manage remote teams.

Job Outlook

• "53% of leaders indicated that building skills was the best way to close their company’s capability gaps in the next year” – McKinsey Survey
• "51% of all knowledge workers worldwide are expected to be working remotely by the end of 2021" — Gartner survey
• "Only 23% of managers feel confident to manage a team of remote workers" – Harvard Business Review