• Don't Travel - Work Remotely - A short remotely-delivered class for those who want to cut commuting and time in the office.
• Successful Telework Workshop - The essential curriculum for teleworkers and their managers.
• Working Remotely Workshop - The essential curriculum for remote workers.
• Virtual Team Manager Masterclass - The essential curriculum for managing and leading remote and virtual teams.
• Managing Virtual Teams Workshop - A tailored programme for leading and managing virtual and remote teams and teleworking groups.

Five reasons why you should choose a course from Knowledge Ability

1. Your course leader, Dr John Gundry, is an international expert in virtual teaming, teleworking and e-working who advises and trains exclusively on these topics. Other companies may send you a general trainer who lacks expert knowledge and cannot handle off-script topics.
2. Our world-leading course content is based on John Gundry's over 20 years' experience of virtual teaming, teleworking and e-working, the comments, contributions and insights of thousands of participants from hundreds of organisations, and a rigorous analysis of international research.
3. Courses focus exclusively on the practical skills and approaches that determine performance and well-being in the remote e-workplace. They are delivered in a clear, concise and to-the-point manner. We don't waste your time or money on inflated courses padded with general material.
4. In-house courses are tailored to your requirements from a uniquely-wide range of topics.
5. We are a small company with low overheads and that is reflected in our prices. You are not paying for head office staff.

Cut commuting and time in the office. Don't Travel - Work Remotely (What To Do When It Makes Sense To Stay Home) is a short remotely-delivered class that teaches you how to work, collaborate and manage without travelling into the office. You will get insights and best practices distilled from over a decade's experience with flexible and remote working.

You need this course:
   o    if you want to reduce your travel cost, time, risk and carbon footprint,
   o    if you want to avoid crowded places and office buildings,
   o    if you want a better work-life balance and make it easier to fulfill care obligations,
   o    Or if you want to be more productive by working at home.

Who should attend: Anyone who wants to reduce their commuting, business travel and time in the office.

Remote delivery: You do not need to travel to a training venue, the class comes to your office or home. See brochure for details.

Public delivery: This class will be delivered in 2012 as a public class. See our UK Public Courses page for dates, prices and to book.

More information
   o    Download the Don't Travel - Work Remotely brochure
   o    Contact Dr John Gundry, +44 (0)1666 826654, gundry@knowab.co.uk

The essential curriculum for teleworkers and their managers. This one-day Workshop equips participants with the essential practical knowledge, skills and approaches that make teleworking a long-term success. As more and more organisations adopt teleworking, we are learning more and more about what makes it successful and sustainable, and what doesn't.

You need this course
   o    If your teleworkers and their managers feel they've never achieved the productivity and easier lifestyle they were told teleworking would bring,
   o    If managers resist teleworking because they don't trust staff to work from home,
   o    If you want to prevent isolation and a worsening work-life balance becoming the realities of home working,
   o    If moving from occasional to full-time teleworking has brought an avalanche of unsuspected problems,
   o    Or if you want to start or refresh a telework programme with people having the right expectations, skills and approaches.

Who should attend: Teleworkers; managers of teleworkers; intact teams of teleworkers and their managers; those strategising teleworking and flexible working programmes. Participants will take away 50-page textbook-quality Workshop Documentation and a separate Telework Checklist of key action items for teleworkers and managers of teleworkers.

More information: Contact Dr John Gundry, +44 (0)1666 826654, gundry@knowab.co.uk to request our Successful Telework Workshop brochure.

The essential curriculum for remote workers. Training for remote workers is frequently overlooked - even though like their managers they need new skills and approaches to work effectively at a distance. This unique one-day Workshop equips members of virtual or remote teams with the essential practical knowledge, skills and confidence to make a personal success of remote working. It complements our courses for managers so they can lead remote staff equipped and ready for this new way of working.

You need this course
   o    If your virtual and remote teams are fragmenting and failing because people don't know how to work remotely,
   o    If managers find managing remote workers an uphill struggle, encountering continual resistance, problems and lack of understanding,
   o    If you want remote teams and groups to communicate fully and effectively,
   o    If you want to prevent isolation and lack of trust undermining team spirit and engagement,
   o    Or if you want to equip your remote workers with career-enhancing new skills for the workplace of the future.

Who should attend: Members of virtual or remote teams or distributed work groups or departments; anyone who works remotely from their managers and colleagues; those strategising remote working programmes. Participants will take away 50-page textbook-quality Workshop Documentation and a separate Remote Workers' Checklist of key action items.

More information: Contact Dr John Gundry, +44 (0)1666 826654, gundry@knowab.co.uk to request our Working Remotely Workshop brochure.

The essential curriculum for managing and leading remote and virtual teams. This one-day Masterclass equips participants with the essential knowledge, skills and methods to manage and lead virtual, remote and other distance teams to achieve high levels of performance, well-being and personal effectiveness.

You need this course
   o    If your virtual and remote managers have difficulty communicating, supervising, leading, team-building and trusting at a distance,
   o    If you want to prevent disappointing performance, confusion and team fragmentation,
   o    If the stress of running remote and virtual teams is getting too great for managers to ignore,
   o    Or if you want to start virtual and remote programmes with managers trained to make them work from the outset.

Who should attend: All managers and leaders of virtual teams or remote working programmes or geographically-distributed groups and departments. Participants will take away 90-page textbook-quality Masterclass Documentation and a separate Virtual Manager's Checklist of over 40 key action items.

More information
   o    Download the Virtual Team Manager Masterclass brochure
   o    Contact Dr John Gundry, +44 (0)1666 826654, gundry@knowab.co.uk

A tailored programme for leading and managing virtual and remote teams and teleworking groups.This interactive two-day workshop extends and customises our one-day Virtual Team Manager Masterclass. With the Masterclass content as the core curriculum, Managing Virtual Teams allows clients to tailor a programme for in-house delivery to meet their participants' challenges and requirements.

You need this course
   o    If any of the reasons for needing the Virtual Team Manager Masterclass (above) apply,
   o    If your managers need training in special topics such as multi-cultural virtual teams, leading virtual project teams and e-collaboration,
   o    If you want managers to learn how to build virtual teams and use our Virtual Team Builder manual,
   o    If strategising your organisation's readiness for virtual teaming, e-collaboration or teleworking is important,
   o    Or if your managers need a fully-customised, comprehensive interactive workshop with time to share issues and experiences and develop common understanding and future approaches.

Who should attend: All managers and leaders of virtual or remote teams or geographically-distributed groups and departments, or teleworking groups, as per the workshop options selected. Participants will take away tailored textbook-quality Workshop Documentation and a separate Manager's Checklist of key action items. If the Virtual Team Builder module is selected, participants receive a separate manual.

More information
   o    Contact Dr John Gundry, +44 (0)1666 826654, gundry@knowab.co.uk to request our Managing Virtual Teams Workshop brochure.