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How to Stay Productive When You Work From Home
Working From Home
Working from home means that all the chaos of your home (pets, family members, kids, and kitchen noises) is part of your entire workday.
Self-Discipline, concentration and work ethic are needed to successfully navigate this process.
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The shared context
For the whole idea of remote work to actually work, you have to develop a remote culture for your team.
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Working from home misconceptions
Working from home does not mean you are a remote worker. For a lot of people “working from home” is synonymous with not really working, but instead sitting at home in comfy clothes and doing anything but working. Because no one is really watching you.
Rules for remote work
- Assume remote, even if you have only 1 person that is not coming to the office. So make sure to share all the information from meetings in a written format.
- Have a private, quiet, dedicated space for working in your home. Preferably with a door that closes.
- Have the right digital equipment.
- Over-communicate.
- Make sure you get to actual meet your colleagues face to face.
- Have a time overlap with your team.
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Extroverts Working Remotely
Extroverts thrive in an energetic and frenetic work environment filled with people. Peace, quietness and solitude, while being an introvert’s dream, can drive an extrovert into dis...
Daily Morning Huddle with Coffee Chats
An informal daily huddle where everyone is face-to-face in a virtual meeting, holding a fresh cup of coffee is a great way to start the day with purpose and energy. It requires everyone to wake up early, get dressed and make a cup of coffee.
A morning routine is great for productivity too.
Dance Parties And Music Playlists
Infusing music and dance in your breaks can add a sense of pleasure in the otherwise dull and drab routine, enhancing the immediate virtual surrounding of the extroverts.
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Suddenly Working From Home
There is a sudden shift towards remote working in workspaces all across the world, with many people abruptly thrust towards it without warning.
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Mimic Your Office Culture
For many of us, the office becomes a fun place due to a sense of community, purpose and fun interactions that make up an office day. To try and mimic your office culture virtually:
- Set up Slack channels for water cooler conversation
- Schedule virtual movie days, when the same movie is streamed with the chat option on.
- Try to recreate virtual versions of what employees miss the most in office, like a coffee break, for instance.
Being Social While Remotely Working
Being social at office lubricates official conversations and the work itself. The more we spend time with colleagues having non-essential chatter, the easier our work becomes with them.
It helps to be creative and infuse fun into a virtual interaction. Any official conversation, like a manager meeting his subordinates in a one-on-one meeting, can start by asking about the person’s life (something unrelated to work), so that a connection is built.