TRAINING THURSDAY: Hybrid Teams Don't Lead Themselves

Kerry and Jordan talk about our latest featured course.

You schedule a Monday morning meeting. Your project coordinator is in the office, two estimators are on Teams from home, and your superintendent is calling in from a job-site truck. Decisions get made, but a week later half the team is operating off different information. Sound familiar?

This is the reality of leading hybrid teams in construction. The work still has to get done — bids submitted, schedules met, crews coordinated — but the old playbook for managing a fully co-located team doesn't quite fit anymore. Communication breaks down in new ways. Remote staff start to feel like outsiders. Accountability gets fuzzy. Conflict festers because it never gets surfaced face-to-face.

ICBA's Leading Hybrid Teams workshop, delivered by Kwela Leadership, is built specifically for managers navigating this challenge. It's a focused, 3.5-hour live online session that covers the fundamentals of strong team leadership while zeroing in on what's different — and harder — about leading people who aren't all in the same room.

What you'll work through:

• Diagnosing how effective your team actually is right now
• The phases every team moves through, and what your job is at each one
• How to run hybrid meetings that don't waste anyone's time
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team — and how to recognize them in your shop
• Building trust and resolving conflict when half your conversations happen on a screen
• Driving commitment and accountability without micromanaging
• Clarifying roles, responsibilities, and decision-making
• Keeping your team locked in on results, not just activity
• Using guiding principles to build a team culture that holds up under pressure

What you'll walk away with: better communication across your team, higher engagement from your remote staff, fewer misunderstandings, sharper accountability, and a clearer sense of your own leadership style.

The workshop is run by Kwela Leadership, an experienced team-development firm that ICBA has trusted to deliver leadership training to construction industry managers.

Course Details:

• 📅 Wednesday, May 13, 2026
• 🕗 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT (3.5 hours)
• 💻 Live Online
• 💰 Member Rate: $285 + GST (Non-member: $385 + GST)

Register at https://icbatraining.arlo.co/w/courses/864-leading-hybrid-teams/4938

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