Delivering Results.

“Our team absolutely enjoyed working with Virtual Work Insider. Sacha and her team helped us to understand how our global and cross-functional team can work better together in the post-pandemic, hybrid world with all its challenges. The preparation for the sessions, the sessions itself and the documents we received afterwards were extremely helpful and we look forward to continue to improve our hybrid ways of working and become a role model for the full company.”

“Virtual Work Insider has been a valuable partner to Toyota Financial Services as we transition 3,400 team members to hybrid work – providing us with thought leadership, analytics, and engaging and impactful live training sessions.  They took a systematic approach by leading a thorough assessment of employee hybrid work mindsets, behaviors, and skills before, during, and after the training program. 

Virtual Work Insider developed highly customized virtual instructor-led workshops that focused on three different skill areas.  The three workshops were delivered live via video conferencing to 800 People Leaders that were divided into cohorts of 200 learners.  In the live sessions Virtual Work Insider was able to demystify hybrid leadership concepts through telling stories of real-life situations and providing tools that have very practical application at Toyota.  Our employees are using the skills and tools they were taught – this is impressive because it’s hard to get this level of behavior change. 

Also, Virtual Work Insider excels at project management and client service – this was a very complex project and they delivered on every deadline, pushed our thinking, and kept us organized.”

“Our team absolutely enjoyed working with Virtual Work Insider. Sacha and her team helped us to understand how our global and cross-functional team can work better together in the post-pandemic, hybrid world with all its challenges. The preparation for the sessions, the sessions itself and the documents we received afterwards were extremely helpful and we look forward to continue to improve our hybrid ways of working and become a role model for the full company.”

“Virtual Work Insider has been an incredible resource and partner for Eventbrite in our transition to hybrid work. Sacha Connor facilitated a discussion with our Executives & Site Leaders that laid the foundation for our future of work experiments to help the organization make bold moves to support more async collaboration and global effectiveness. Virtual Work Insider also developed a custom hybrid leadership workshop and Sacha Connor and Christa Hurchalla delivered the training to more than 85% of our leaders to support them as our offices began to reopen. We’d definitely recommend working with Virtual Work Insider for any hybrid or remote training needs.”

“I recently completed my 3rd and largest engagement with Sacha Connor and the Virtual Work Insider team. Sacha addressed over 300 sales professionals at the Allstate Health and Benefits National Sales Conference. Her message around selling virtually was appreciated and received well by our entire field sales teams as evidenced by strong survey results following the conference. The magic that Sacha delivers is in the personalization of her message to our organization. She took the time to learn our language, get to know our people, and the understand the specific challenges they face. Our teams walked away with an action plan that they felt were personalized for them. One attendee commented, “she really gets us and our business.” This didn’t happen by accident… Sacha put in the time and delivered.”

“Virtual Work Insider facilitated a session with our top 50 leaders to cover the critical concepts and tactics to consider when creating an engaging and effective hybrid work environment. The session gave our leaders insights and ideas to help them launch into deeper break-out group discussions about what we need to do to support our team members in the transition and beyond. Virtual Work Insider was the perfect partner and the ideas generated from the session will directly impact our hybrid workforce strategy development.”

“Partnering with Virtual Work Insider unlocked collaboration, culture, and efficiency improvements across our global organization. Their approachable style, adapting to our culture, and daily demonstration of the principles they teach made it extremely effective. I would recommend Virtual Work Insider to anyone and everyone looking to increase their virtual leadership skills and capabilities, at any level in an organization.”

“Sacha is a dynamic facilitator and an expert in the field of remote work. We turned to her in a crisis and she successfully led a task force of executives through the virtual decision-making process to provide employees consistent direction during an unexpected remote work situation. Her insight and ability to connect with her audience virtually was exceptional.”

“Virtual Work Insider led a training for PAN Communications on being an effective virtual leader in a hybrid work environment. They gave us actionable ideas and structures to ensure a location inclusive workplace and help us define our new communication norms. The training helped our managers become more effective virtual leaders and be more intentional about their internal and client meetings. We’d recommend Virtual Work Insider to any agency that is looking to create a successful and engaging hybrid work environment!”

“Udemy prides itself on our culture of Always Learning. One way we bring this to life is through external speakers who are timely and relevant to our work at hand. Virtual Work Insider delivered a presentation and fireside chat filled with practical suggestions relevant to our experience in the hybrid world now. But what made this even more powerful is that the Virtual Work Insider team took the time to really customize what was shared to the norms, tools, and verbiage we already had in place. The result was a session that felt tailored and unique to us.”

“Virtual Work Insider held a webinar with 1,000 Gilead employees to help during the COVID-19 remote work transition. There’s so much info out there, it’s easy to drown in info overload, but they did a beautiful job cutting out the noise and curating the tips down to a few, pragmatic, impactful tools that actually stimulated action. As a Learning & Development leader, I know it’s hard for training to change behavior, but they cut through that inertia. People are already using the tools and frameworks.”

“Our time with Virtual Work Insider provided extreme value to our team of leaders. They worked closely with our team to understand our culture and identify areas where we needed support on our team to increase our effectiveness as virtual leaders. The delivery of the Virtual Leadership sessions had a strong impact on our team, and as a result, many of the recommendations have been put into place by our leaders, helping us overcome the challenges of our hybrid work environment.”

“Virtual Work Insider’s expertise in guiding global and cross-functional teams through the challenges of hybrid work was invaluable. Sacha Connor delivered an engaging fireside chat, full of practical, actionable insights that resonated with our team’s current experiences. What made the sessions truly exceptional was their dedication to customizing the content to reflect our organization’s core values, which made the content feel especially relevant and personalized. I also appreciated the thorough preparation and the insightful follow-up materials that reinforced the key takeaways. Sacha’s thoughtful approach left a lasting impact and I’d highly recommend her for any organization looking to navigate the complexities of hybrid work.”

“Tulsa Remote members asked for skills training to help them continue to thrive as they work remotely, so we brought together the best and brightest remote work thought leaders to Tulsa for a two-day event.

Sacha led a tactical and practical workshop to teach the skills to build their exposure and influence across distance to reach their career goals and business objectives. 

Each participant was guided through creating a personalized plan they could act on immediately. Sacha engaged with the audience by telling personal stories of learning to mitigate distance and recency bias and facilitating quick exercises and group discussions.

Sacha’s session was met with high interest, as it had the highest number of RSVPs before the session, which speaks to the topic’s relevance. It was also one of the sessions that received the highest ratings at the event.

Sacha was incredibly great to work with before, during, and after the event and left a great impression on attendees and staff alike.”

“Virtual Work Insider presented at a global Town Hall with 1,700 attendees in preparation for our “return to office” after 2 years of remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The goal of the session was to help our teammates understand best practices and methods for driving inclusion in our new hybrid working environment.  The session was interactive and engaging and provided our teammates with tactics and tools that they could immediately implement. The session feedback was extremely positive from both leaders and individual contributors.  I would not hesitate to recommend Virtual Work Insider to organizations looking to be more effective in a remote or hybrid environment.”  

“Due to a workplace transformation project, our regional sales office closed permanently and my regional sales teams and I became fully remote. We had to not just learn how to work with each other remotely, but also how to sell to Dealers remotely because of the COVID shut-downs. To support us Virtual Work Insider provided an extensive virtual leadership skills training series. The skills workshops taught us how to create plans for influencing our internal stakeholders and Dealers across distance, and how to leverage tech tools and specific culture-building activities to stay connected and engaged with each other. The training helped us to be more effective in our jobs so we could meet our business objectives while working virtually.”

“Employees found Virtual Work Insider’s webinars insightful, easy to understand and felt she connected to our business, values and core purpose. Sacha is a clear, energizing and open presenter, with lots of ideas to help drive a growth mindset. We saw immediate value from implementing some actionable practices around remote working, actions which are sustainable, practical and engaging.”

“We brought Virtual Work Insider to our national sales meeting to meet with our 200+ salespeople that are located all across the country. They were able to show us how we could get better connected – internally and externally with customers and wholesalers. They gave us great tips, tricks, and hacks so that we can feel more connected as an ecosystem and drive the business forward.”

“I enlisted Virtual Work Insider to speak to our Women’s forum about how to navigate a hybrid work environment. This topic is especially important since I support a Global team and a large part of my team started at Facebook [Meta] while fully remote.  Sacha provided valuable advice about how to mitigate distance and recency bias.  She also gave us practical tips for how to become more visible and connected while virtual, so that my team can influence business decisions and continue to grow their careers from wherever they work.  The advice Sacha provided is relevant now and will continue to be relevant as we transition to hybrid.  I highly recommend Sacha to any team navigating a hybrid workforce.”

“Virtual Work Insider has proven to be an invaluable partner as we have faced the ‘organizational whitewater’ of the new way of working, virtually and hybrid. Between focused discussions with IT stakeholders to leadership training, VWI’s work was informed, inspired, highly engaging, and ultimately successful in meeting our organizational values and giving leaders real actionable strategies and tactics to succeed in this new paradigm.”

“Our company of over 300 people were new to remote work. To assist us in our transition to remote work, Virtual Work Insider delivered to our team members several thought-provoking webinars that helped our team members create individualized plans for how to better influence across distance and gave us tips for how to lead more effective and engaging remote presentations. These skills are critical now, and will continue to be important into the future. The feedback on the sessions were very positive and provided a great tool to assist our team members adapt to this new environment.”

“Virtual Work Insider is truly an expert in the area of virtual work and did an excellent job educating and engaging with our organization. Their background and knowledge in the areas of both leading and working in virtual teams is something every company needs to build as a core competency. Our organization has shared information on distance bias and having Virtual Work Insider provide further examples and context was greatly appreciated by the group.”

“Virtual Work Insider’s timely and important tools, matched with seasoned insight, made them the experts we were proud to employ to learn about how to influence across distance. Rave reviews from our 100+ attendees who walked away with a personalized action plan.”

“Virtual Work Insider provided several engaging presentations for the Women In Pensions Network. I learned so much from the Influencing Across Distance webinar. I took pages and pages of notes.”

“Virtual Work Insider provided great practical ideas and examples that we can start implementing today and that will make a positive difference. The sessions were well facilitated – Christa Hurchalla kept everyone engaged and contributing. It was an effective use of time. The Virtual Work Insider team was easy to work with and well organized in helping us host successful sessions with a large number of learners in each session.”

“Sacha and her team created training sessions that brought our remote team together to learn about how to build meaningful manager and team member connections. Their custom approach really aligned with our values and helped us set a strong foundation for building our virtual team culture.”

“Hybrid work is going to be a fact of life and that’s causing business leaders to wring their hands.  Virtual Work Insider has deep expertise on hybrid workforces, ranging from the larger issues of culture-building to the more granular policies, procedures and tools that create equity and engagement for remote talent.  Our audience of CEOs left the Virtual Work Insider session with actionable insights to make hybrid and remote work more successful for their employees and their companies.”

“As a pioneers of remote and hybrid work, Virtual Work Insider understands what it might be like for those of us exploring remote work for the first time. They share experience, wisdom, and strategies for success in ways that are easy to digest. Their approach to remote work leads with empathy and centers inclusion and belonging. We invited Virtual Work Insider to speak at our City of Seattle Women’s Week. People are still talking about the presentation.”

“The perspective and tools provided by Virtual Work Insider remind us where to focus our priorities as we begin our permanent journey as a hybrid organization.  Their perspective exceeds pandemic work experience, focusing on the teamwork, connections and expectation-setting needed for long-term success.  Virtual Work Insider offers an approachable perspective that targets what we can do as individuals and a team.  Overall, a positive investment for our team.”

“We asked Virtual Work Insider to speak to our class of MBAs to help prepare them for their remote internships.  Sacha spoke from experience and provided concise and actionable content to enable them to get off to a solid start with their new employers, even from a distance.”