Remote Leadership: Onboarding Training & Mentorship for Remote Teams
Overview
Organizations invest significant time and money into finding the right people, then too often drop the ball once they’re hired. On remote teams, poor onboarding is costly and often invisible. New hires get stuck and hesitate to ask for help, errors and rework pile up, deadlines slip, and your best people burn out carrying the extra load. When new hires don’t feel connected, many leave within the first 90 days, and the expensive cycle of recruiting and training starts all over again. The good news is that strong onboarding can improve retention by as much as 82%. This workshop gives you a proven, structured approach to remote onboarding that protects your investment, reduces risk and turns new hires into confident, contributing team members fast.
Highlights
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
All CPAs.
Objectives
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Set the stage for success before you make the hire. Define your remote work expectations, including workspace, availability and flexibility, so every new team member starts on day one with shared understanding and a foundation of trust.
- Build an onboarding plan that gets results. Put a proven framework of connection, clarity, training and confidence into practice to move new hires from stranger to fully contributing team member as quickly as possible.
- Create a mentorship program that keeps your talent growing. Extend training and development beyond onboarding so new hires stay for the long term and become your future leaders.
Includes a free workbook so you can put these strategies into action right away and walk away with your own onboarding plan.
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Cecilia Dahl, Founder, Key360 Advisors LLC
Cecilia Dahl is an award-winning business executive, author, and the founder of The Remote Leadership Lab. With decades of experience leading teams and scaling businesses, she understands the challenges that come with managing remote teams firsthand. As the co-founder of Smart Destinations, which she grew to a hundred-million-dollar enterprise, Cecilia navigated the transition to a fully remote team, discovering that strong communication, intentional leadership, and building trust were key to success.
Her passion is helping leaders build high-performing remote teams that thrive. Cecilia believes that great communication is the foundation of effective teamwork, and she has made it her mission to teach leaders how to foster engagement, connection, and collaboration—regardless of geographic distance. Through The Remote Leadership Lab, she equips leaders with actionable tools to overcome communication challenges, reduce workplace anxiety, and drive real results.
Her work has empowered countless remote leaders to unlock their team’s full potential, creating environments where distance is no barrier to success. In this workshop, Cecilia will share the strategies and insights that helped her build strong, successful teams, offering participants a blueprint for communication excellence.
Non-Member Price $49.00
Member Price $39.00