Increase Remote Employee Engagement: Understanding the Attributes and Requirements of Your Team

OVERVIEW

When a manager uses a coaching style, they are engaging employees with a performance-based approach. Managers will learn how to improve social intelligence. The compelling information on employee engagement for remote employees is important for the company, the manager, and the employee. Employees need constructive feedback and a motivating job to increase productivity and feel connected to the team.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

Remote employees feel isolated and out of the loop. Effective managers draw upon many skills to lead their teams. It is important to know how to adopt the skills of a socially intelligent leader. It is also important to use a coaching style. Attendees will learn ways to engage remote employees and improve performance.

AREAS COVERED

• New normal
• Tools to engage remote employees
• Generational differences in the workplace
• Importance of social intelligence
• How managers use different coaching styles
• Importance of using a “coaching” style as explained by the Grow Model and 4-Square Model 
• How to motivate remote employees

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Learn a coaching style
• Learn when to take off the manager hat and become a coach to improve performance
• Learn the characteristics of generations and how they want to improve their skills
• Learn creative ways to keep remote employees engaged

WHO WILL BENEFIT

• Leaders
• Managers
• Individual Contributors
• High Potentials
• HR Managers

Valerie Pelan

Years of Experience: 20+ years

Areas of Expertise: Leadership, Executive Presence, Career Transitioning and Communication Skills

She has been coaching leaders for 15 years and consults on talent and leadership development, assessment tools, and leadership models. She uses premium assessments and 360s tools to solidify her clients’ understanding of their strengths and developmental areas. Her coaching approach increases her clients’ success rates in reaching their goals and broadening their career opportunities.

Clients agree after working with Valerie they have:

• Improved self-confidence
• Accept constructive feedback
• Have gained a strategic perspective
• More flexible leadership style and Executive Presence
• Effective "360" communication style 

She demonstrates superior professionalism and discretion with her clients. She was featured in Choice Magazine (coaching industry publication) in the September 2016 issue for her article on “Generational Similarities and How to Manage the Multi-Generational Workplace”.

Valerie has 20+ years of leadership experience at ATT and HP (EDS) in product management, financial analysis, economic analysis, and regulatory affairs.  This business experience along with her current entrepreneurial success benefits her clients; they view Valerie as someone who understands and has firsthand experience with organizational situations.

She presents webinars on current leadership topics, team leadership, coaching models for managers/leaders, ways to engage and motivate employees, and leadership for the 21st century and multi-generational workplace.

She is certified by the global standards organization, ICF at PCC level; she also mentors and assesses new coaches as part of their coaching certification. She received her coaching training at University of Texas Dallas in Organizational Behavior and Executive Coaching.