How to Make Working From Home More Productive
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The document offers strategies for enhancing productivity while working from home, emphasizing the importance of setting a flexible schedule and managing technology. Key tips include starting work early, structuring your day, creating a dedicated workspace, tracking productivity, managing expectations with employers, and scheduling breaks. The document also highlights survey findings that reveal employees' preferences for remote work and its impact on job retention.
How to Make Working From Home More Productive
- 1. HOW TO MAKE WORKING FROM HOME MORE PRODUCTIVE
- 2. Setting your own working schedule. The comfort of being at home. Avoid commute time. WHY WORK FROM HOME MATTERS of employees say they would like to work remotely, at least some of the time, for rest of their career. 99% SOURCE: BUFFER
- 3. Buffer's annual report that showcases the world of remote workers and seeks to understand them: STATE OF REMOTE WORK 2019 SURVEY SAYS... 95% of respondents want to encourage others to work remotely. 40% of people say flexible schedule is the biggest benefit. 22% of remote workers struggle with unplugging from their work. 84% of respondents said, most of the time, they’re working from home. 75% of respondents said their company does not pay for home internet.
- 4. HERE ARE 7 PRO-TIPS FOR WORKING REMOTELY
- 5. One way to work from home productively is to dive into your to-do list as soon as you wake up. Simply getting a project started first thing in the morning can be the key to making progress on it gradually throughout the day. TIP 1: GET STARTED EARLY
- 6. Make sure you have the right applications, tools and proper Internet. Lots of remote workers are leaning heavily on Slack, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom, or GoToMeeting. TIP 2: GET YOUR TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER of employees say that a remote work option would make them less likely to leave their company.74%
- 7. To stay on schedule, segment what you'll do and when over the course of the day. If you have an online calendar, create personal events and reminders that tell you when to shift gears and start on new tasks. Google Calendar makes this easy. TIP 3: STRUCTURE YOUR DAY
- 8. TIP 4: CREATE AN “OFFICE ENVIRONMENT” Try to set up your workspace in a well-lit room or one with as much natural light as possible. Have a good chair. Stand up. 77% of remote employees say they're more productive when working from home.
- 9. You must track how you’re spending every hour of your day. Self-tracking will help you to decide when you’re most productive (and when least). And where you’re wasting your precious time. TIP 5: TRACK YOUR EVERY HOUR 23% of remote workers say they work longer hours than they would on-site.
- 10. Have a discussion with your boss about what can actually be accomplished from home. Ask your manager what the priorities are and discuss how tasks will get done. TIP 6: MANAGE EXPECTATIONS of C-suite members work remotely at least part-time. 46%
- 11. You schedule your tasks, meetings, and calls in the calendar, right? There’s one more thing that you MUST plan: Distraction Breaks. Set the time when you’ll use the phone or social media. Set the time for lunch. Set the time for a nap. These breaks will recharge you. TIP 7: SCHEDULE A DISTRACTION BREAK
- 12. Remote work is the future of work. - ALEXIS OHANIAN