Archive for category remote work
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
Posted by admin in employees, home office, remote work on August 24th, 2010
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
We all know that successful remote work takes more than a good playlist. It requires discipline, the kind that keeps you at your desk when no one will know if you’re not there. The kind of discipline that keeps the television off and your brain switched on…
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
Posted by admin in employees, home office, remote work on August 24th, 2010
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
We all know that successful remote work takes more than a good playlist. It requires discipline, the kind that keeps you at your desk when no one will know if you’re not there. The kind of discipline that keeps the television off and your brain switched on…
Human Resource Executive: Anytime, Anywhere
Posted by admin in employees, remote work, workplace on August 3rd, 2010
Human Resource Executive: Anytime, Anywhere
As long as employees get their jobs done, when and where they do that is irrelevant. Want to work from home today? Sure. Want to conduct a meeting at your favorite coffee shop instead of a stuffy conference room? Go right ahead. Are you more of a night owl who prefers to work at 1 a.m.? Nobody’s stopping you.
Notebook Review: Taking a mobile approach to in-office productivity
Posted by admin in cloud computing, collaboration, remote work on July 29th, 2010
Notebook Review: Taking a mobile approach to in-office productivity
Several years ago, Microsoft Corp. surveyed more than 38,000 office workers in 200 countries in an effort to find out just how productive these people were and to identify roadblocks to personal and team productivity. The results of the study painted a sobering portrait of office productivity, or the lack of it in most office situations.
Web Worker Daily: Take the Lead in Your Remote Work Relationships
Posted by admin in mobile professionals, remote work, virtual workforce on July 13th, 2010
Web Worker Daily: Take the Lead in Your Remote Work Relationships
At the beginning of a new project, it’s easy for the freelance remote worker to leave the decision-making about the project to the client. Often, I find myself thinking, “Well, they know what they want; I’ll let them explain it.” But it can be extremely valuable to promote conversations about your remote working arrangements with clients yourself. By taking the lead in initiating discussions, you can…
TMCnet: How the Cloud Sets Mobile Workers Free
Posted by admin in cloud computing, mobile professionals, remote work on July 1st, 2010
TMCnet: How the Cloud Sets Mobile Workers Free
According to a recent article in The New York Times, young and old alike have scourged the Internet, leveraged its resources, opened shop and made a profit. This just goes to prove that no matter where you are, you can start a business and inching just a little ahead, you can ensure that you are always there for your customers.
New York Times: Documents Can Be Summoned at a Touch With 2 iPad Apps
Posted by admin in cloud computing, mobile professionals, remote work on June 29th, 2010
New York Times: Documents Can Be Summoned at a Touch With 2 iPad Apps
Neither app is enough to make me scrap my laptop — Documents To Go needs to work out some bugs, and Quickoffice is the slicker and more reliable of the two — but now that I can get some work done on the iPad, I plan to pick up an external keyboard. Android and iPhone users should take note of these apps, too, since their small-screen versions are similarly refined. Whether you are desperate enough to squint at your work and edit with your thumbs is another matter.
Work Shifting: Senate Unanimously Approves Workshifting Bill Shot Down by House Two Weeks Earlier
Posted by admin in remote work, telework, workshifting on June 24th, 2010
Work Shifting: Senate Unanimously Approves Workshifting Bill Shot Down by House Two Week Earlier
The House bill should have made it a no-brainer. You’d think the staggering costs of lost productivity from federal workers during this Winter’s snowstorms–estimated by the government’s own bean counters at $71 million a day–would wake lawmakers up to the need for a trained teleworkforce. Apparently, at least in the House, those memories melted along with the ice.
Work Shifting – The Great Debate: Coffee Shop vs Home Office
Posted by admin in home office, remote work, workshifting on June 17th, 2010
Work Shifting – The Great Debate: Coffee Shop vs Home Office
There has long been a great debate among workshifters. The magnitude of this debate has people from either camp bitterly divided, fiercely loyal, and ready to do battle to defend their side. I speak, of course, of the great workshifting debate of coffee shop versus home office. In order to take a stance on the topic, I’m going to make a good ol’ fashioned pros & cons list of the two options, and by the end, hopefully, you’ll be able to decide for yourself which of these two options makes the most sense for your workshifting lifestyle.
The Province: Working away from office is the new norm
Posted by admin in green, remote work, telework on June 15th, 2010
The Province: Working away from office is the new norm
Teleworking — working remotely at least one day a week– is on the rise. It is driven by companies desperate to cut costs with a new emphasis on the green movement and the increasing availability of a high-speed Internet connection. Today, more than 34 million U.S. adults telecommute at least occasionally and that number is expected to swell to 63 million — or 43 per cent of U.S. workers — by 2016.