Virtual Leadership, APM Programme Management SIG Conference 2017, 02 March 17, Derby

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Virtual Leadership:

Practical strategies for getting the best out

of your virtual programmes

Dr Penny Pullan

APM Programme Management SIG Conference

2nd March 2017

Virtual teams

Explore virtual leadership for programmes

Introduce Penny and the topic

What works?

4:15 pm Start5 pm Finish

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Everyone -participants

Participate wholeheartedly!

Your action plan

Penny:facilitator

PP to send outputs

Authentic, virtual

Leadership

Host:APM


Dr Penny Pullan

Focus: Leadership, especially for change

I work with clients grappling with tricky

projects and programmes, which usually

include:

disengaged stakeholders

ambiguous/changing requirements

virtual teams

loads of risk

New Book: Virtual Leadership: Practical

strategies for effective virtual working and

virtual teams ->

What is a virtual team?

Any team where at least one member of the

team works remotely from the others.


What about your virtual project

teams?

Let’s explore your challenges.


Penny’s survey results:


‘Engaging Remote

Participants’ – chosen

by 75% of respondents

The Top Challenge!


Next level

• Missing out on dynamics and nuances of

conversation (58%);

• Working across time zones (56%);

• Working across different cultures (56%);

• Building trust (55%).


Exercise: Exploring virtual work

Virtual Working:What did we learn?


Graphic © Vanessa Randle

An authentic, virtual programme

leader…


Let’s explore Identity a bit more:


What combination is best?

Taken from the book Cyberconnecting by Priya Abraham

The Virtual Leadership Model


Building Trust in Virtual Teams

Adapted from Tom Wise’s book: Trust in Virtual Teams

Technology options:

Same time Different time

Same

place

Different

place


Engaging People: What Works?


Adding complexity



plans

An authentic virtual programme

leader…

Your Action Plan


What do I want to do as a

result of today’s session?

With

Whom?

By When? Status


keeps developing

An authentic virtual programme

leader…


My Latest Book ->

Someone here will receive a copy today!

Otherwise APM members and friends

tonight can order at koganpage.com

using VLF20 for 20% off and free postage.


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