Leading Hybrid Teams

Leading is hard. Leading a hybrid team is harder.

Leading a hybrid team comes with unique challenges. There’s reduced face-to-face interaction. Trust must be built in a new setting. Getting people engaged when working from different locations can be hard. And while everyone is adjusting to working in the hybrid environment, leaders are still responsible for meeting their goals.



Leading Hybrid Teams gives your leaders the help they need to succeed when managing people working concurrently in remote, virtual, and in-person settings. It’s a powerful guide for skillfully navigating this complex terrain.

Hybrid teams need different types of support to succeed

Leading a hybrid team requires a new way of thinking to motivate, inspire, and deliver results. The Leading Hybrid Teams Overview delivers this essential knowledge, presenting three mindsets to empower leaders to meet common hybrid workplace challenges.



Leading Hybrid Teams, a 35-minute on-demand module augmented with micro-learning activities, includes six core habits of effective hybrid team leaders. It is available as a Blanchard-hosted or client-hosted solution with optional reflect and share sessions.

Lead Hybrid Teams With Confidence

More Confident Leaders

Take the guesswork out of leading virtually, so leaders can bring the best versions of themselves to the wall-less office.

Better Team Cohesion

Encourage collaboration and constant communication to deliver diverse solutions that drive business results.

Increased Collaboration

Inspire people to collaborate instead of staying in their personal silos—an essential to success in the hybrid world.

​Improved Engagement

Learn how to bring everyone into the conversation so they feel their participation matters.

Client story

Good Leadership Is a Strategic Choice for Maarla Group

Create A Culture Of Courageous Inclusion

It takes more than just awareness building and familiarizing people with DEI terminology to enable lasting culture change. Give your people the confidence and skills they need to create an inclusive, welcoming work environment that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work. 

Delivery Options to Meet Your Needs



We can deliver Conversational Capacity in-person, as virtual sessions, as part of a learning journey, or delivered in a self-directed online or moderated online version, so your managers can learn the methodology wherever they are and whenever they have time.

The in-person course is one full day. With hundreds of facilitators worldwide, we can deliver sessions for your organization or equip you to run them yourself. Public courses are also available. 


Prework: LAUNCH — Welcome the participants and set the context for individuals and teams to reach new levels of performance through various activities to engage in open, balanced, and nondefensive conversations.

Session 1: LEARN — Defines awareness as the ability to recognize the two powerful emotional reactions and how they are essential for staying in the sweet spot. 

Session 2: PRACTICE — Defines the Conversational Capacity Skillset, which includes specific behaviors people can use to balance candor and curiosity. 

Session 3: APPLY — Introduces the Curiosity Skills, which highlights the advantage of having the humility to seek out information that might be missing and to understand others’ points of view. 

1 Day Instructor-led Course 

Communication can be a business driver or a derailer

80 %

the U.S. workforce reports feeling stressed because of ineffective company communication. 63% have wanted to quit because ineffective communication interfered with their ability to do their job.*

Up to 41 %

Companies with better relationships and communication experience 20% higher productivity, 21% higher profitability, and 41% lower absenteeism.** 

*Dynamic Signal, 2019 Dynamic Signal Study.  | **Wellness Council of America,The ROI on Better Workplace Conversations.

Good Listeners And Communicators Unlock Your Workplace’s Potential

Conversational Capacity is the foundation for a positive and productive workplace. It redirects all the energy wasted in unproductive exchanges into channels that benefit people and the enterprise. 

Engage Employees

When people have honest and meaningful conversations, morale rises and the workplace buzzes with enthusiasm. 

Spur Innovation

People share ideas. Colleagues contribute. A good idea evolves into a great one. That’s how innovation happens. 

Improve Productivity

The gap between what people say and what others hear closes. Miscommunication and misunderstandings evaporate, and real work gets done.

Ready to Get Started?

Stay ahead of the curve and empower your leaders to navigate the complexities of hybrid teams with confidence.

Ready to Get Started?

Contact us today to learn how we can help your leaders learn the skills they need to manage and develop their people effectively. Whether you prefer to use well-established, standard training designs or to tailor your learning experiences for your employees, we can help you succeed.

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