The 5 best books on working at home from home for remote workers
Remote work is amazing. It is possible to say goodbye to the long commutes and the awkward "business professional", and the expensive takeout food.
It's time to enjoy a lazy morning and slippers!
Remote work is challenging. You're hundreds or even thousands of miles away from your colleagues; your home workspace probably lacks some of the amenities of an office in the traditional sense; and your work-life boundaries are likely to disappear in a flash.
The guides on remote work teach you how to overcome these, and other difficulties.
1. Working Remotely: Success Secrets for employees working in Distributed Teams Unlike other remote work books that are geared towards solopreneurs as well as leaders, Douglas, Gordon and Webber focus on remote workers. The book is split into seven chapters, each focused on a specific key element of WFH success.
Learn how to combat loneliness, make friends with your fellows and manage your email inbox. These tips are supported by personal stories and examples to demonstrate their ideas.
2. Work-FromHome Strategies - 500+ Easy Ways for You to Get organized, stay productive, Maintain a Work/Life Balance, and Keep Your Homework Moving!
On the 20th of March, I left HubSpot's Boston office with my laptop and keyboard. I was thinking I could use them for a few more weeks, maybe one month, and after which they'd return to the office.
Our team has been working from home for the past eight months. This will continue for years. Perhaps for the rest of their lives!
The book is filled with all the advice I wish I'd received when I made the transition into permanent remote working. This book covers many common situations, such as maintaining boundaries between work life and your personal life (when your home is also your bedroom or kitchen), overcoming the feeling of loneliness and insecurity, and how to overcome the "out-of-sight out of sight, out of mind” effect. Special advice is available for managers, parents, freelancers, or employees.
When you're done you'll have all the information you need to know to be successful and happy as a remote worker.
3. The Holloway Guide to Remote Work
This guide provides direction for leaders on how to overcome the common issues associated with remote working, such as how to recruit, onboard, and compensate remote employees; set expectations and communicate with them; implement a healthy company culture that is able to span time zones, and more.
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Buritica and Womersley both draw from their experience as managers of distributed engineering teams at Splice, Buffer and other companies. Remote.com employees, Doist, Angel List and other remote businesses also contributed. Every suggestion is therefore realistic and practical. It is often backed with examples, data or cases studies.
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4. A MOTE OFFICE IS Not required
This manifesto outlines the benefits and drawbacks of working remotely. Hansson and Fried are the main authors of REMOTE. Office Not Required disproving the argument that people shouldn't be capable of working anywhere they want.
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Collaboration doesn't necessarily require an office.
Your company size and industry don't matter.
Your potential workforce will not shrink, but it will expand.
Already believe in remote work? Looking for some practical advice on how to perform remote work well? I suggest you go through the Holloway Guide or Work-From-Home Hacks.
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5. Subtle Acts and Exclusion: How can you understand, identify, and stop microaggressions
If you're far away or close to people Microaggressions (or Subtle Acts of Exclusion (SAEs, as Jana Baran and Baran refer to them) could occur.
SAEs are difficult to handle when you're not within the same room.
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What would you do if you were responsible for the SAE? It's difficult to repair the harm caused to relationships without establishing trust through sharing an office.
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Jana and Baran are crucial for teams that are distributed. Learn how to recognize the signs, control, and avoid SAEs to ensure that everyone is safe.
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