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Telecommuting

Telecommuting

Telecommuting occurs when an employee works at home one or more days a week under guidelines set by an employer.

Benefits of Telecommuting

Benefits of Telecommuting

• Saves time

Benefits Of Telecommuting

• Saves time

• Helps balance your life

Benefits Of Telecommuting

• Saves time

• Helps balance your life

• Reduces stress

Benefits Of Telecommuting

• Saves time

• Helps balance your life

• Reduces stress

• Saves money

Benefits Of Telecommuting

• Saves time

• Helps balance your life

• Reduces stress

• Saves money

• Increases productivity

• Saves time

• Helps balance your life

• Reduces stress

• Saves money

• Increases productivity

• Benefits the environment

Benefits Of Telecommuting

Is Telecommuting for You?

Do you enjoy working independently?

Ask Yourself

Can you pace yourself?

Ask Yourself

Is your job conducive to telecommuting?

Ask Yourself

Does your job require much face-to-face interaction?

Ask Yourself

Is much of your work accomplished via telephone or computer?

Ask Yourself

Do you have a home-office space conducive to your job?

Ask Yourself

Is your home office comfortable for you to work productively?

Ask Yourself

Working Well inYour Home Office

Deal with feelings of exclusion and isolation.

Avoiding Isolation

Determine your personal interactive balance and use isolation avoidance techniques.

Avoiding Isolation

Keep in contact with your fellow employees and stay informed about events, trends and changes in the broader world.

Avoiding Isolation

• Use all technology available

Avoiding Isolation

• Use all technology available

• Schedule face-to-face meetings

Avoiding Isolation

• Use all technology available

• Schedule face-to-face meetings

• Participate in groups that support telecommuters

Avoiding Isolation

• Use all technology available

• Schedule face-to-face meetings

• Participate in groups that support telecommuters

• Volunteer in your community

Avoiding Isolation

Learn how to control eating patterns.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Controlling Eating Patterns

Buy healthy foods you like with little preparation time.

Eliminate unhealthy foodsfrom your home.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Provide yourself with a variety of snack options.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Put motivational notes on your refrigerator.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Schedule snack breaks.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Only eat when you are hungry.

Controlling Eating Patterns

Working Wellwith Your Family

Your Family

Control the workaholic within.

Control the Workaholic Within

Determine your ideal workday and write it down.

Determine how this differs from your current workday.

Control the Workaholic Within

Create a plan to help you reach a balance.

Control the Workaholic Within

Your Family

Negotiate with your family.

Negotiate with Your Family

Make specific agreements for work hours.

Make sure they understand your commitments.

Negotiate with Your Family

Get your family’s input.

Negotiate with Your Family

Share positive moments.

Negotiate with Your Family

Celebrate successes together.

Negotiate with Your Family

Your Family

Recognize telecommuting is not a substitute for childcare.

If you combine child care and telecommuting, you are likely to do one, or both, of them poorly.

Your Family

Childcare Tipsfor Telecommuters

Child Care Tips

Avoid critical calls when child is in office.

Have toys to entertain child while in office.

Child Care Tips

Child Care Tips

Childproof your office.

Child Care Tips

Create a space for the child in your office.

Child Care Tips

Involve the child in your work.

Working Wellwith Your Team

Keeping in the Office Loop

Stay visible to boss and colleagues.

Keep your boss updated.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Communicate with your boss daily.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Keep in touch with colleagues on a regular basis.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Go out of your way to find opportunities to be involved.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Broaden your support network.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Build trust.

Keeping in the Office Loop

Ways to Build Trust

• Prove your reliability

Ways to Build Trust

• Prove your reliability

• Be consistent

• Prove your reliability

• Be consistent

• Show integrity

Ways to Build Trust

Working Well withExternal Partners

Working well with external partners provides you with more resources and current information.

Working with External Partners

How you deal with external partners is essential to your overall effectiveness as a telecommuter.

Working with External Partners

Tips for Dealing withExternal Partners

Make yourself available to offer guidance and support.

Working with External Partners

Be firm and fair in your demands and expectations.

Working with External Partners

Working with External Partners

Address and resolve conflict when it first arises.

Working with External Partners

Treat people with respect.

Working with External Partners

Pay for services on time.

Working Well withTools and Technology

Make sure you have adequate equipment for your job.

Tools and Technology

Tools and Technology

When purchasing technology, test, retest and field-test your options.

Tools and Technology

Experiment with equipment and ask for a trial period.

Tools and Technology

Don’t make a final decision until you’ve had a chance to “road test” the equipment.

Tools and Technology

Use as frequently as possible at first to fully test all functions.

If anything doesn’t function properly, is difficult to use or uncomfortable in any way– RETURN IT.

Tools and Technology

Prepare a “what if” list of possible technical glitches.

Tools and Technology

Backup options for critical equipment.

“What if” List Should Include

List of alternative equipment you may need available.

“What if” List Should Include

Backup e-mail access

“What if” List Should Include

Telecommuting