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Description

Remote Working: Structuring the Hybrid Week, Tracking Activity and Keeping People Connected

One day to lead a team where part of the workforce works from home several days a week

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Remote working was rolled out quickly and practices vary from one manager to another. Some multiply check-in points while others lose sight of the work in progress. Key information circulates in conversations that absent colleagues cannot access.

One day to organise the work of a hybrid team. You define which activities are best performed remotely and which justify on-site presence. You build a weekly rhythm that everyone can read. You adapt your team rituals and your activity tracking so that you steer without monitoring.

Learning objectives

  • Identify activities suited to remote work and those requiring on-site presence
  • Build a weekly rhythm that is clear to the whole team
  • Adapt team rituals to both on-site and remote participants
  • Track activity through results rather than signs of connection
  • Handle situations involving isolated or hard-to-reach team members
  • Maintain fairness between on-site and remote team members

What makes this programme different

Design of the hybrid rhythm for your own team during the day
Redesign of a mixed meeting with on-site and remote participants
Availability and tracking rules written down and tested on real situations

Programme

1Organising the weekly rhythm

Presence and distance by design

  • Activities suited to working from home and activities requiring presence
  • Choosing shared days and availability windows
  • Balancing individual requests with departmental needs
  • Formalising the rhythm and the conditions for reviewing it

2Leading a mixed team

Leaving no one on the sidelines

  • Adapting meetings to both on-site and remote participants
  • Short rituals to open and close the week
  • Circulating information beyond informal conversations
  • One-to-one time with the most distant team members

3Tracking activity and handling difficult cases

Steering without monitoring

  • Tracking based on results, deadlines and milestone reviews
  • Signals that justify intervention and misleading signals
  • Team members who are unreachable or struggling at home
  • Tensions between on-site and remote colleagues

Who is it for

Managers leading teams working partly or fully remotely, and heads of department putting a hybrid arrangement in place.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.