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Working in a Hybrid Environment

Ensure you're at your best when working in a hybrid environment.

You may have already experienced the unique challenges of working on a team that has some members in the office and others working remotely. It’s unlike any other work environment, and being effective means adjusting how you communicate, collaborate and meet with your manager and colleagues. 
This course will give you practical tools and techniques to keep you at your most productive. You’ll learn how to cultivate stronger relationships, improve hybrid meetings and prevent burnout.
 

How You Will Benefit

  • Return to work with a set of immediately applicable tools and ideas for working on a hybrid team
  • Feel empowered to take proactive steps to get what you need to be successful in a hybrid environment
  • Cultivate stronger relationships with your colleagues and manager
  • Achieve greater performance through more effective communication and team meeting practices
  • Boost your engagement by establishing how you can contribute to a smarter, higher-functioning and more inclusive hybrid team
 

Who Should Attend

This program is for members of hybrid teams - employees who are located in-office and remotely, including in different geographies and time zones.

 

$499 Non Member Fee
$475 Member Fee
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When colleagues learn together, everyone benefits!

Connect with an advisor to discuss delivering this course to your team.

15 Reviews 5 Star

Course Reviews

  • Sonia Camacho, Administrative Assistant, National Research Council Feb 8, 2023

    Informative and great group discussions

  • Past Participant, Union Of Ontario Indians Feb 8, 2023

    Excellent! Jessica did a great job and I think everyone felt included and everyone seemed engaged.

  • Past Participant, Mitsubishi Canada Limited Feb 8, 2023

  • Past Participant, Esri Canada Feb 8, 2023

    Course is so useful in today environment of working Hybrid.

  • Emiko Swann, Assistant, General Affairs Dept., Mitsubishi Canada Limited Feb 8, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

 Why does hybrid work create more friction than people expect, even when the team is capable?

Because hybrid work removes a lot of the informal clarity teams used to rely on. People miss context, make more assumptions, and have fewer chances to correct misunderstandings in real time. This course helps you work more effectively in that environment by strengthening communication habits, team expectations, trust, and day-to-day coordination across office and remote settings. 

 I sometimes hear things later than others, miss side conversations, or feel less visible than people who are in the office more often. Is that just part of hybrid work?

It is common, but it should not be treated as inevitable. In hybrid teams, visibility can quietly shape trust, access, and influence, even when no one intends it to. This course helps you recognize those patterns and respond more deliberately so you can build stronger working relationships, communicate more effectively, and avoid being left out of the flow of the work. 

 Our hybrid meetings are not a complete mess, but they are draining, uneven, and easy to lose control of. What is usually going wrong?

Usually it is not one major problem. It is a buildup of smaller ones, unclear preparation, weak participation, side conversations, poor audio, vague next steps, and information that never gets shared equally afterward. This course helps participants get better at the meeting habits that make hybrid collaboration more focused, inclusive, and easier to follow through on. 

 We are polite and reasonably productive as a team, but I would not say there is strong trust. Can this course help with something that subtle?

Yes. In hybrid work, trust often breaks down quietly, through missed follow-up, unclear commitments, inconsistent communication, or people not checking for understanding. This course helps you see trust less as a personality trait and more as a pattern of behaviours that can be strengthened through clearer expectations, better follow-through, and more intentional ways of working together. 

 Some people on our team seem fully connected, while others are quietly out of sync or disengaged. What does that usually signal?

It often signals that the team is relying too much on informal habits and not enough on shared norms. When goals, communication expectations, decision-making, and relationship-building are left unspoken, hybrid teams become uneven very quickly. This course helps participants recognize those gaps and contribute to a more consistent, better-functioning team environment. 

 We do not need manager training, but we do need people to work together more consistently across office and remote settings. Is this a better fit than Leading Hybrid Teams?

Yes. This course is the better fit when the challenge sits in everyday hybrid participation, communication, coordination, and inclusion across the team. Leading Hybrid Teams is the stronger choice when the core need is leader-led direction, team design, and managing performance across a hybrid team.

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