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8 TIPS ON WORKING FROM HOME

With the growing threat of coronavirus hitting, the prospect of having to work
from home is becoming increasingly likely for a wide swath of workers. If that
occurs, normal work patterns, modes of communication, and team dynamics
will be disrupted. Here are some tips that you can employ to ensure your work
and team collaborate effectively and maintain momentum in the business.

STOP WORKING AT A
ESTABLISH A DESIGNATED TIME
ROUTINE Part of keeping a schedule is
Eat meals at the same both starting and stopping your
time every day. Start work at a certain time.
work and stop at the
same time. By setting
a schedule, you can
estimate how long COMPUTER SETUP
things will take and Perform a check to ensure
make room for things your device is setup properly
like meetings, calls, to work from Home, and check
and breaks. with your IT department if a
VPN connection is necessary to
BATCH YOUR access institution’s systems.
WORK
DRINK ENOUGH
Set aside a large chunk
of time to accomplish WATER
something in its
Staying hydrated “can
entirety. Batching your
influence mood, lead to
work can help you get
greater feelings of fatigue
more done in less time.
and reduced levels of
alertness.”

SEPARATE ‘WORK’
SPACE FROM
‘HOME’ SPACE BUILD RAPPORT
People are always the most INVEST IN WITH COLLEAGUES
productive in the designated COMFY OFFICE One of the biggest drawbacks
working space. Not only
does it do something for FURNITURE cited about working from
home is the loss of in-person
own brain, but it designates
You can also invest in office coworkers and community. Build
to families that “I’m on the
furniture that encourages an online community within your
clock” and not to disturb for
good posture and is fitted closed colleagues to share info,
casual chatter.
correctly for your body’s questions or sometimes schedule
ergonomics. video conference.

Source: Harvard Business Review & Search Engine Journal