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The 5 Best Books about Remote Work


Remote work is awe-inspiring. It's time to put an end to the exhausting commute, and the uncomfortable "business professional" attires.


It's time for leisurely mornings and slippers!


However, remote work can be tough. Remote work can prove difficult for you because you're often hundreds, or even thousands of kilometers far from colleagues. Furthermore, your home workspace may lack some of the similar bells and whistles of an office. Work-life boundaries can quickly disappear.


To learn how to conquer these obstacles -- and many you haven't discovered yet Take the time to read the following books about remote work.


1. Working Remotely: Secrets to Success For employees in Distributed Groups Unlike other books on remote work for leaders and solopreneurs that focus on remote workers, Douglas Gordon and Webber are focused on the front-line remote worker. This book has seven chapters. Each chapter is focused on a different pillar of WFH's success.


Learn to conquer loneliness and isolation, communicate effectively with other people, control your email, and more. They provide concrete tips as well as examples and anecdotes which will help you understand the points.


2. Work-from-home Hacks: 500+ Easy Methods to stay productive, Get Organized, and Maintain the balance of work and life from home
On March 20th, I left HubSpot's Boston office with my monitor and keyboard. I was thinking they'd be mine for a few weeks or a month, then I'd return to work.


But, eight months later, the majority of our team still work from home. This continues for many more years. It could be forever!


The book contains all the helpful advice that I wished I had received when I was transitioning to permanent remote work. It covers common situations such as how to maintain boundaries between work and personal life (when you have your office in your kitchen, bedroom, or living room), and how to combat loneliness and isolation. There are also tips for managers, parents freelancers, and other professionals.


You'll be successful as a remote worker by the time you are done.


3. The Holloway Guide to Remote Work
This guide will help leaders navigate common issues such as remote work, such hiring, onboarding, compensating remote workers, setting expectations and communicating with them and establishing communication channels.

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Buritica (Womersley) is based from their experiences leading distributed engineering teams at Splice/Buffer, and. Remote.com, Angel List, Doist, Remote.com and other remote organisations have also contributed. Each suggestion is therefore practical and realistic. It is often backed with data, examples and/or cases studies.

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4. REMOTE OFFICE NOT REQUIRED
The document is a declaration on the advantages of remote work. Hansson, Fried, and Hansson take the majority of REMOTE.Office Not required disproving arguments that don't allow people to work from anywhere they'd like.

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Collaboration doesn't have to be at a desk
The size of your company and the industry doesn't matter
Your potential workforce won't shrink, it will expand.
Already believe in remote work? Are you looking for tips and tricks to make it a success? I would recommend other books like Work-From-Home Hacks, or the Holloway Guide.

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5. Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How To Recognize, Stop, and Understand Microaggressions
Microaggressions (or Subtle Acts of Exclusion as Jana and Baran call it) are a possibility anywhere, whether you are remote or located together.


SAEs can be difficult to manage when you're not in the same space.

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What would you do if you were accountable for SAE? It is difficult to reverse the damage caused to relationships without establishing trust by sharing office space.

 

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Jana Baran and Jana are the ideal authors to help distributed teams. Learn to recognize the signs, manage and eventually stop SAEs. Everyone will feel safe and included.

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