The 5 Top Books on Remote Work
Remote work can be very rewarding. It's time to put an end to the exhausting commute, and the uncomfortable "business professional" attires.
Hello leisurely mornings with slippers and hoodies, and delicious home-cooked meals.
Remote work is difficult. Remote work is difficult as it is possible to be hundreds or even thousands of miles away. You also have a home workspace that lacks many of the features that an office has. It could quickly cause the boundaries between work and home blur.
Take a look at these books about remote work to find out how to tackle these problems and many other.
1. Working Remotely: Success Strategies for Employees in Distributed Teams Unlike other books on remote work designed for entrepreneurs as well as leaders, Douglas, Gordon and Webber concentrate on the remote worker. The book is split into seven chapters, with each dedicated to a key element of WFH success.
You will learn how to combat loneliness, befriend your peers and manage your email inbox. Along with concrete tips, the authors include illustrations and stories to help make their points more tangible (no pun intended).
2. Work-FromHome Hacks - 500+ Simple Methods to Stay organized, stay productive and maintain a balance between work and life and keep your homework Moving!
My laptop and keyboard were with me when I left HubSpot's Boston offices on March 20th. I was thinking they'd be mine for a few weeks or one month, and then return to work.
Eight months later, the majority of our team is still remote working... and they will continue to work remotely for many more years. Perhaps for the rest of their lives!
The book contains all the useful advice I would have liked to have received when I was transitioning to permanent remote work. It addresses common situations such as keeping a clear line between work and your private life (when your workplace is located in your kitchen or bedroom) and facing loneliness and loneliness and ways to combat the "outof sight, outof mind" effect. If you are a parent, freelancer or manager, you'll receive specific advice.
When you've completed this course, you'll have everything you need in order to succeed and be happy working remotely.
3. The Holloway Guide to Remote Work
This guide is designed to help leaders with common remote-work challenges, including onboarding remote employees and the process of setting expectations, setting expectations, and creating communication channels.
Buritica amp; Womersley have a lot to learn from their experiences as the leaders of distributed engineering teams at Splice and Buffer. Remote.com, Angel List and Doist employees contributed as well. Every recommendation is, therefore, real-world, practical and backed by examples, data, and/or cases.
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4. Remote Office Not Required
This is the manifesto that will explain the benefits of remote work. Hansson and Fried spend the majority of REMOTE : Office Not required debunking arguments in favor of remote work.
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Collaboration doesn't necessarily require an office
No matter what size or industry of your company isn't an issue.
Your pool is not likely to shrink. It will grow.
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Already believe in remote work? Are you looking for tips on how to do it effectively? I suggest that you go through the Holloway Guide or Work-From-Home Hacks.
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5. Subtle Acts and Exclusion: How can you recognize, understand, and stop microaggressions
Microaggressions, or Subtle Acts of Exclusion, as Jana or Baran refer to them, can occur wherever you go.
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SAEs can be difficult to manage if you're not all together in the same space.
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And if you're the one who committed the SAE? It's more difficult to repair the relationship damage without the building of rapport through shared office space.
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Jana Baran and Jana are the perfect authors to help distributed teams. Learn to recognize the signs, manage and eventually stop SAEs. Everyone feels safe and secure.
