Cohort-based Course
Flexible work experts Mike Gutman and Mika Cross will transform your current hybrid experience into an intentional, actionable strategy.
Cohort-based Course
Flexible work experts Mike Gutman and Mika Cross will transform your current hybrid experience into an intentional, actionable strategy.
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Course overview
Mike and Mika’s training has already transformed over a million lives, well before remote work became the norm.
We know that effective remote or hybrid work strategies do not happen overnight – and most teams are learning as they go. The key to unlocking true flexibility and productivity lies in intentional design and structured implementation. Let’s redefine the workplace together, crafting spaces where innovation thrives, and boundaries are reimagined.
Our cohort-based training model will transform your current experience into an intentional strategy that will elevate your work and your life. Our collaborative learning approach will enable you to learn alongside others and collectively redefine your work experience to embrace a flexible hybrid framework that is unique to your professional career path goals and objectives.
And you get the benefit of having the experts guide you the whole way.
Plus, you gain free access to a customizable hybrid team charter and other resources.
By the end of our course, you’ll emerge with a masterfully crafted flexible and hybrid work plan uniquely tailored to the nuances of your team and work environment.
You will learn to:
• Reduce meetings
• Create healthier work relationships
• Solidify work and life boundaries
• Align on team and org goals
• Focus on results vs effort
• Build an inclusive team culture
• Create clear communication preferences
Upon completion of our course, you'll possess the skills to transform your hybrid work experience into a happier, healthier, and more productive work environment.
Join workplace experts Mika Cross and Mike Gutman, seasoned guides in the evolving landscape of work, with more than 25 years experience shaping the future of government and private sector teams. This course is your gateway to mastering the art of hybrid teamwork and personal career growth within a dynamic, community-driven learning sphere.
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Individual contributors who want to take control over their work experience.
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Leaders looking to empower their team with a flexible, intentional and structured hybrid team experience.
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Teams aspiring to quickly ramp up effectiveness in a hybrid environment.
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Program Managers who lead remote or hybrid work programs for their organizations.
Focus on Performance Outcomes
Enhance Productivity
Practice Effective and Proactive Communication
Better Hybrid Meetings
Recognize and Avoid Bias
Build Culture and Team Cohesion
Enhance the Employee Experience
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
5 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
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Mike has been leading remote teams for 15 years. As the former marketing director for FlexJobs, Mike helped connect the value of work flexibility to employer strategy and job seekers, including running corporate conferences on remote work strategy for fortune 100 companies. He is a Linkedin Learning author on topics such as remote work policy, remote work management, and day-to-day best practices and has reached over 1 Million learners. He currently works on remote workforce development projects and consults corporate leadership teams about their remote and hybrid work models.
Mika is a widely acclaimed transformational workforce expert, speaker, strategist and innovator specializing in interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of innovative global workplace initiatives, culture change, strategic communications, next generation/future workplace predictions, and employee engagement. Her career includes assignments throughout the United States Intelligence Community, across the Federal government and in private industry working with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, academia and start-ups to leverage their flexible, remote and hybrid work flexibilities to achieve lasting competitive advantage.
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2-4 hours of weekly time investment.
4 week cohort
4 one-hour training sessions on Wednesdays.
Noon - 1:00pm EST
Live cohort training sessions facilitated by Mika and Mike on Zoom.
8 Asynchronous training videos
1 hour of total time
Exclusive training sessions broken down by topic and delivered by Mika and Mike
Hybrid Charter Homework
4-6 hours of total time
Building out your customized hybrid strategy.
Shared learning and community building
2-4 hours of total time
There will be opportunities to network and collaborate with fellow learners.
1-1s with Mika and Mike
30 min
There will be opportunities to have 1-1 coaching sessions with Mika and Mike for an added cost.
Distributed Team Charter Worksheet
Team charters are key to helping distributed teams get on the same page when working in a flexible, dynamic environment.
Use this free worksheet to align on:
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and real world exercises.
Learn with a cohort of leaders
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you.
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