The 5 Best Books for Remote Workers: Working From Home
Remote work is awe-inspiring. It is possible to say goodbye to the long commutes and the uncomfortable "business professional", and the expensive takeout food.
It's time for leisurely mornings and slippers!
Remote work is a challenge. Remote work is challenging because you are typically hundreds of miles away from colleagues. Your home office may not have all the amenities of an office in a traditional setting. This means that the lines between work and life are easily unclear.
The books on remote work will show you how to conquer these and many other challenges.
1. Working Remotely: Secrets to Success for Employees on Distributed Teams Unlike other remote work books aimed at entrepreneurs and leaders, Douglas, Gordon, and Webber focus on the remote worker who is at the frontline. This book is divided into seven chapters, which focus on a specific aspect of WFH success.
Learn how to overcome isolation and loneliness, work well with colleagues, and control your inbox of emails. They provide concrete tips as well as examples and anecdotes that will help you to grasp the issues.
2. Work-from-home Strategies - 500+ Simple Ways for You to Get organized, stay productive and maintain a balance between work and life and keep your homework Running!
HubSpot Boston office, March 20, was the day that I removed my keyboard and monitor. I thought I would use them for a few more weeks, perhaps one month, and then they'd be back in the office.
Our team has been working at home for eight months now. That will continue for many years. Perhaps for the rest of their lives!
This book has all the information and tips I needed to make the switch to permanent remote employment. It addresses common situations like maintaining boundaries between work and the rest of your life (when your office is your bedroom or kitchen), combating loneliness and isolation and getting over the "out of sight out of mind, out of sight" effect. The book offers specific advice for managers, parents freelancers, employees, or parents.
When you're done you'll have all the information you need to know to be successful and content as a remote worker.
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3. The Holloway Guide to Remote Work
This guide will provide direction for leaders in overcoming common challenges such as remote working, such as how to recruit onboard, pay, and reward remote employees; establish expectations and communication channels; implement a healthy company culture that spans time zones, and more.
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Buritica (Womersley) is based on their experience leading distributed engineering teams at Splice/Buffer, and. Remote.com, Angel List and Doist employees also contributed. Therefore each suggestion is practical and realistic, and often backed by case studies, examples or data.
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4. REMOTE OFFICE NOT REQUIRED
This is the manifesto that will explain the benefits of remote work. Fried and Hansson are the main authors of REMOTE Office Not Required arguing the arguments against allowing folks to work from anywhere they'd like. For instance:
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Collaboration doesn't necessarily require an office
Whatever the size or industry of your business isn't an issue.
Your potential workforce will not shrink, but it will expand.
Already believe in remote work? Are you looking for suggestions on how to succeed? The other books I suggest are Work-From-Home Hacks and the Holloway Guide.
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5. Subtle Exclusionary Acts How to Identify, 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 them) can happen.
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SAEs can be more difficult to deal with when you're not in the same room.
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What would you do if you were accountable for SAE? It's harder to repair relationships without the development of rapport through the sharing of office space.
Jana Baran and Jana are the ideal authors to assist teams with distributed members. Learn how to spot the signs, handle them the issue, and, the most important thing, avoid SAEs to ensure that everyone feels secure and included.
