Remote Working Part 1 – Start here
Obviously not everybody is able to work remotely as some vocations require employees to consistently attend their employers premises or travel to perform their work face to face. But for those of us have the chance to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share what I have learned and offer some practical directions by writing and publishing it on the Internet in the hope that I could give others helpful ways for adapting to remote working or managing remote workers.
I must tell you you that there are many so called ’experts’ on the net who will try and get you to buy information for preposterous sums of money, believe me you don’t have to do this.
I am blessed to be able to work anywhere I choose and just about everyone who asks me what I do for a living wants to know how I am able to work remotely. Don’t get me wrong here I am still learning about the science of remote working as each day I meet people on the net who tell me about new ways and I am constantly coming across new packages and approaches that make my life easier and improve my productivity.
Throughout the past seven years I have slowly but surely adapted my working methods to enable me to do most of my work remotely with a box of online tools and robust self management. One afternoon whilst searching the net I came across Quickbooks online and this brought to my attention what just might be possible. The encounter with ’hosted’ ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was inspiration for me and the start of my ‘remote working experience.
I have to say up front that productively working remotely is as much about the tools as it is about self discipline. Working remotely also means teaching your team members, managers and clients as to what they can expect and how they will interact with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Best practises’ I steer you through how to focus.
