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September 30, 2026, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Are you ready to take on the challenge of managing a remote team? Are you curious about the unique opportunities and obstacles that come with leading remote staff? If you're a leader who's been affected by the shift towards remote work, then this course is for you.
Introducing "Leading Remote Teams," a comprehensive course designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in managing virtual teams. Led by the esteemed Melanie Needham, FCIP, CRM, this course offers a wealth of strategies and best practices for building and leading high-performance remote teams.
• Opportunities and challenges facing your virtual team, and their impact on performance
• How to perform diagnostics to identify the areas most challenging for your team
• Interventions to address structural or coaching challenges
• How to develop and assess rituals that build and enhance trust
• How to assess biases on your team and develop an action plan to address those negatively impacting performance
• Strategies for effective decision-making
• Cultural dimensions that may be affecting your team, and how to address issues that can arise
• Cultural intelligence, and how you can assess and improve it
Recommended for
• All agents and brokers
• All leaders and managers
FREE for All Members..!
Melanie has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry and has held various positions including Underwriting, Risk Management and Business Strategy Analyst.
Although Melanie currently owns her own consulting firm she was a corporate trainer and developer for a large national company for 10 years and prior to that she was a named underwriter with Lloyds of London. Melanie’s true expertise is in commercial and specialty lines however she also teaches the RIBO/Agent licensing course as well as CIP courses across Canada and has a strong understanding of the broker’s role and how to make them successful.
Melanie was awarded the Instructor of the year award through the Insurance Institute of Ontario numerous times and in 2011 was awarded the national Emerging Leader award through the Insurance Institute of Canada.
You can check out more of Melanie’s offerings at www.mrdconsulting.ca
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| Registration Type | Registration Opens | Registration Closes |
|---|---|---|
| Webinar: NB (Webinar (Details to be sent to your email)) | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 17, 2027 |
| Webinar: NS (Webinar (Details to be sent to your email)) | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 17, 2027 |
| Webinar: NFLD (Webinar (Details to be sent to your email)) | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 17, 2027 |
| Webinar: PEI (Webinar (Details to be sent to your email)) | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 17, 2027 |
