Reviewing Remote Work Best Practices
Despite having to work from home for some time now, many people still haven’t gotten the hang of remote productivity. This week, we are reviewing remote work best practices. We’re providing people with a few remedial tips to make their efforts while working from home as effective as possible.
Reviewing Remote Work Best Practices: Tips
Figure Out Where and How You Work Most Effectively
As you work from home, it will help to establish one area of your space as the work area. Pick a spot that isn’t going to serve as an additional distraction and claim that area as your productive workspace. Make sure that you have all the tools that you will need for your work in that area. This includes a laptop, an additional monitor, and any other peripherals that you will need for your tasks.
Once your workspace is settled, you need to settle how your day will be arranged. Unless the workflows of the office need to be maintained, try rearranging your schedule around personal duties. As long as the work is done on time, there’s no harm in giving your team a bit of freedom.
Don’t Overwork
You need to be sure that you are appropriately taking breaks and working the appropriate number of hours. Fatigue and burnout are just as big of an issue at home as they are in the office. Allowing yourself to step away on occasion is important to do, even as you work remotely. In fact, stepping away has been shown to inspire new ideas and progress, as well as improve overall physical health.
This means that you also must set a few firm boundaries. By requesting not to be disturbed during work hours, one can accomplish much more in the time allotted to them. As a result, the prospect of stopping at the end of the workday—another firm necessity—seems to be more manageable.
Make Sure You Have the Tools You Need
Sure, we may have already started discussing the hardware that one will need while working from home, but there are a lot of other aspects to consider. For instance, the software solutions that your team will need must be available to them as well. There are a few methods to doing so that you may choose from. You could have your team remote into your business’ network to access the software and data they will need, or you could make use of cloud solutions to effectively accomplish the same result.
Your team communication will become even more crucial than it currently is, so your team will also need the tools and resources available to collaborate with one another. Email works for certain things, of course, but should always be supplemented by an internal instant messaging platform and other tools to keep everyone on the same foot, like a project management system.
Remote operations will help you keep your business running and your team healthy, two incredibly important considerations for the near future. To learn more about the solutions that remote operations will require, or to start putting them in place, reach out to Link High Technologies Inc. at (973) 659-1350 today.
