Written by Obviously not all of us is able to work remotely as there are some types of work that require people to go to their office or travel to perform their work face to face. But for those of us who are allowed to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share what I have learned and give some practical directions by putting it on the net with the sole objective of providing useful shortcuts for adapting to remote working or managing remote workers.
I should warn you that there are groups of so called ’experts’ on the web who will try and sell you information for preposterous sums of money, trust me you don’t need to do this.
I am blessed to be permitted to work wherever I choose and just about everybody who asks me what I do for a living wants to understand how I manage to work remotely. Don’t get me wrong here I am still learning about the art of remote working as everyday I bump into tribes online who tell me about new tricks and I am repeatedly uncovering new packages and approaches that make my life easier and make me more effective.
Throughout the past 7 years I have immensely adapted my working processes to allow me to do the whole of my work remotely with a mixture of internet tools and rigid self management. One afternoon whilst browsing the Internet I uncovered Quickbooks online and this made me aware of what just might be possible. My encounter with online ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was a life changing event for me and the start of my ‘remote working journey’.
I must tell you up front that successfully working remotely is as much about the tools as it is about self management. Working remotely also means stating to your colleagues, superiors and clients as to what they can expect and how they will communicate with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Fundamental behaviours – Basic discipline’ I discuss how to focus.
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