Mastering Remote Leadership
Stop settling for a subpar remote work experience
Join our 4-week live course to adapt your management style and lead even more effectively remotely than you did in person
Remote work is here to stay, but how we manage remotely has to change. The techniques that worked in person don't work virtually. Attempting to replicate what you did in the office leads to everything you hate about remote work: miscommunication, lack of connection, and endless meetings.
But it doesn't have to be this way! You and your team deserve better. Learn from someone who has been there. This course will help you skip years of frustrating trial and error, so you can lead even more effectively remotely than you did in person.
Embrace the benefits of freedom that come with remote work, while optimizing your work to be the absolute best. By the end, you’ll have developed a working system that allows you to lead a distributed team to successfully communicate, collaborate, and thrive together.
Student Testimonial
“This course is an absolute MUST for any leader with a remote team. Marissa has put together a brilliant course that covers an impressive depth and breadth of knowledge and experience, as well a series of guest speakers who are the forefront thought leaders of remote work. It is perfect for busy working professionals that don't have time for fluff and want to immediately start increasing the efficiency and happiness of their teams.”
— Jinoo Jain (Product Manager, BrainGu)
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course you will…
Adapt your management style to lead even more effectively remotely than you did in person
Utilize actionable strategies to build a thriving culture where team members feel connected to the high-level vision
Say goodbye to Zoom fatigue. Leverage the Work Forward Approach and stop wasting endless time in meetings
Stop problems before they start. Optimize your virtual communication skills to eliminate miscommunication
Create the opportunity for serendipitous moments and build bonds with your distributed team
Identify how to take full advantage of the benefits of remote work and upgrade your quality of life
You didn't get the training you deserved when you first went remote.
Let's make sure you get it now.
Meet Your Instructor
Marissa Goldberg
Founder, Remote Work Prep
Marissa has been working remotely since 2015 and has managed distributed team members across 20+ countries. After implementing the strategies shared in this course, she was quickly promoted from Technical Product Manager to Head of Product and Operations for a fully remote software company. In 2018, she started Remote Work Prep to help companies successfully create an effective and positive remote work environment. Her goal is to help you thrive as a remote leader without going through the years of trial and error she went through.
Master techniques that have been proven to transform your workweek from 80% meetings to 5% while increasing team velocity and output.
How It Works
This course takes a hybrid approach to learning. It’s a mix of recorded instructional videos, live events, resources, community, and projects.
Accountability
This isn’t a recorded course that you’ll never use. We provide resources, support, and deadlines to keep you accountable. Personalized feedback will help to accelerate your growth.
Community
One of the best parts of cohort-based courses is the people you meet. You’ll get to know fellow remote leaders through our community, group activities, and social events.
Projects Made for You
No busy work here. Level up from projects made specifically for busy professionals that provide useful, tangible results.
Watch When You Want
Instructional content is recorded. This course differs from other live courses because you can watch the instructional content in your own time, so you aren’t stuck in too many live calls, plus have the option to speed up, rewind, and rewatch as needed.
Learn Together Live
Our live content is reserved for active learning and social events. There is a live Q&A session every week to answer all of your questions and enhance lessons with learning exercises. Also, once a week we host a networking event for students.
Meet with Industry Leaders
You’ll have the opportunity to chat directly with industry-leading remote work experts to receive personalized advice. Discover how different approaches to remote leadership work and learn how to apply them yourself.
What Students Are Saying
“I completed Marissa's Mastering Remote Leadership course and had the pleasure of being in her first cohort of students. I strongly recommend Marissa's course for anyone who would like to understand or refresh on the fundamentals of remote work and best practices to support remote workers.
From the first slide on the first day, my preconceived notion of what remote work entails was shattered and then rebuilt. The class materials were relevant, easy to access, and well organized. Marissa clearly put a huge amount of time and thought into the best ways to effectively and efficiently teach the material so that it could be immediately applied. She also had many tips and tricks for those who are currently working remotely but would like to improve their experiences. The guest speakers were excellent and engaging.
My job is not software related and my team works in a laboratory. Despite the fact that my team will operate differently than a completely 100% remote company, I found value in the class material and ideas presented. If you are looking for more information about how to effectively lead remote teams, this course is a great place to learn and meet others who are also learning and curious.”
- Del Langer-Anderson (Global R&D Manager, 3M Company)
Curriculum
1
Remote Work Fundamentals
You can't lead a successful distributed team without understanding how to work effectively remotely yourself. You’ll discover why what previously worked in person doesn’t work as well remotely and how slight tweaks to your current techniques can lead to big results.
2
Communication
Humans are bad at repeating themselves, yet communicating more than you (initially) think is necessary is a key part of working remotely. Switch from an ineffective approach that leads to confusion to an optimized approach that keeps everyone on the same page and saves you time.
3
New Hires
A virtual team falls apart without trust. Your hiring and onboarding process is where you start laying this foundation. You’ll learn how to enhance your new hire system to provide team members with a running start.
4
Culture
You need a bonded team to do your job. Stop working against yourself and instead create the opportunity for serendipitous moments, increase morale, and build a thriving culture virtually.
5
Asynchronous Work
Synchronous work by default is exhausting and leaves no time to think. Understand the difference between synchronous and asynchronous work styles so you know when you should ideally use each one. Marissa will share how she went from spending 80% of her workweek in meetings to 5%, while increasing velocity and output.
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The Work Forward Approach
The pressure to always be available is degrading your team’s quality of work. Spend less time running after fires and more time catching things before they spark. Leverage the Work Forward Approach and gain uninterrupted work time and a calmer approach to leadership.
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Collaboration
With the right tools, remote teams have higher quality brainstorming and more creative problem solving than teams working in person. This leads to better results. Build an optimized virtual environment that allows your team to work together and use distributed time zones, cultural differences, and individual communication styles as a competitive advantage.
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The New Ways of Work
Individual choice around where/when/how we work leads to higher quality output and happier team members. You’ve done the work to successfully transition to remote work, now it’s time to take advantage of the benefits. Identify the new possibilities and upgrade your quality of life.
Who Should Take the Course
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Managers
You are directly responsible for the happiness and performance of your team and want to level up how you manage remotely.
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Product
You help deliver a product and want to master collaborating across a distributed organization.
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Founders
You’re bringing your team remote and want to do it in a positive, effective way.
FAQs
Why did you create this course?
Remote work became popular overnight. People weren’t trained on how different it is from working in person and why new approaches are required to succeed. You need support in figuring out how to thrive as a remote leader without going through years of trial and error. We’re here to offer that.
I work full-time. Do I have time to take this course?
Yes! This course was built for busy professionals like you. All instructional materials are recorded so you can watch in your own time by a certain deadline. There are two 1-hour live workshops each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Q&A, networking, and guest speakers. Outside of that, expect curated resources, projects, and a community to meet your fellow peers leading remote teams. In total, you'll commit 4-6 hours a week on this course.
What time will live sessions happen?
The current plan is for them to be from 9:00-10:00am PT on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, all Q&A and guest speaker events will be recorded and available to students.
Do I have to attend all of the live sessions in real-time?
It's okay if you have to miss a workshop or two. We record every live workshop and make it available for you to replay, at your convenience. With that said, we strongly recommend you make time for them so you can ask questions directly to Marissa and our guest speakers. We do not record social events.
Can I expense this/get an invoice?
Yes! If your company offers an educational reimbursement program, we highly recommend taking advantage of it. You will be issued an invoice at checkout.