Remote Work
Comprehensive guidance for thriving in distributed teams, optimizing your home workspace, maintaining work-life boundaries, and leveraging digital collaboration tools
Remote Work Mastery
As remote and hybrid work models become standard, this category provides essential resources for:
- Creating an ergonomic and productive home office that supports your health and focus
- Digital communication strategies to maintain team cohesion and clarity
- Work-life boundary setting to prevent burnout and overwhelm
- Remote leadership techniques for managing distributed teams effectively
- Technology recommendations for seamless virtual collaboration
- Combating isolation and building community in a digital workspace
Drawing from years of remote work experience, these articles offer practical solutions to common distributed work challenges while highlighting the benefits this flexible arrangement can bring to your professional and personal life.
Remote work organization strategies
Working at home comes with many benefits, like wearing slippers all day and being your boss, but it’s essential to have an effective organizational plan to make it profitable. These strategies for organizing your workday and environment will help you meet your goals.
Staying focused while working remotely
A foolproof formula for avoiding distractions
12 tips for landing a promotion while working remotely
There are many advantages to working at home, but there's at least one drawback. Telecommuters are 50% less likely to get promoted, according to a Stanford University study. Other research suggests that this is due to the assumptions your colleagues make when they don't see you around the office regularly.
Building a remote culture
Whether you are working remotely or in an office there is always the lingering issues of burnout, isolation, and anxiety. Establishing a culture that acknowledges and recognizes this allows for a more productive and fulfilling work environment.
How to make the most out of working from home
Working from home is becoming much more common. On the surface, it sounds ideal. You can work in your robe while you talk to your dog. You might even have your favorite movie on in the background. Your boss can’t even track your internet time!
Managing video meetings: How to avoid collaboration fatigue
2020 was a year rife with changes and challenges.
How to impress a boss you rarely see
Wherever you work, impressing your boss is part of your job requirements. You probably know what to do when your supervisor sits in the office next door, but you may need to think more creatively if you seldom see each other.
6 ways to set up a home office when you do not have a spare room
Have you found yourself working from home, but where you’ve set up your work center is getting in the way of your normal family activities? If you don't have a spare room in your home and need to set up a home office, there are a few other areas in your house that you may consider using.
Work from home tips that bring success
Working from home comes with its own set of benefits, distractions, and frustrations that are quite different from those you find in the regular workplace.
How to deal with isolation when you are working from fome
Working alone sounds great. No one steals the last cup of coffee, and there's no boss telling you to get to work. There's one big catch. Remote workers often suffer from isolation. You may have limited opportunities to interact with others. This can become quite uncomfortable after a while. Before you start talking to your plant, take control of the situation.