Oakton series features 'The Virtual Manager' Nov. 3

Posted October 30, 2016 1:00 am

Submitted by Oakton Community College

By 2020, more than half the global workforce will be working remotely, according to a survey by the Global Leadership Summit. Learn more about this growing labor trend by attending a free seminar featuring author, speaker and consultant Kevin Sheridan at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Room 1608, Des Plaines.

Sheridan has spent three decades as a high-level human capital management consultant, helping the world's largest corporations break down detrimental processes and rebuild a culture that fosters productive engagement. He will discuss the growing preference of employees to work remotely and how to manage virtual employees while building and sustaining a highly productive and motivated team.

He is the author of "The Virtual Manager: Cutting Edge Solutions for Hiring, Managing, Motivating and Engaging Mobile Employees" and "Building a Magnetic Culture: How to Attract and Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged, Productive Workforce."

Additional presentations with other noted authors are scheduled for: Thursday, Dec. 1, Turn Your Business into a Growth Machine, with Jack Trytten; Wednesday, Feb. 15, Review of Super Bowl Advertising, with Tim Calkins; and Thursday, May 4, How to Innovate Like Edison, featuring Sarah Caldicott.

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