Obviously not everyone is allowed to work remotely as some vocations require individuals to go to their place of work or travel to undertake their duties in person. But for those of us given the opportunity to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share what I have learned and give some practical wisdom by putting it online in the hope that I could give others useful advice for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I must tell you you that there are many self proclaimed ‘gurus’ on the net who will try and persuade you to purchase guides for large sums of cash, believe me you don’t have to do this.
I am blessed to be able to work in whatever location I choose and just about everybody who asks me what job I do wants to know how I manage to work remotely. Don’t be fooled here I am still developing the art of remote working as everyday I meet persons on the net who show me new approaches and I am repeatedly finding new software and methods that make my life easier and improve my productivity.
Over the past 7 years I have slowly but surely adapted my working methods to let me to do just about all of my work remotely with a collection of online tools and robust self management. One day whilst surfing the Internet I found Quickbooks online and this inspired me as to what just might be possible. The discovery of web based ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was a life changing event for me and the start of my ‘remote working experience.
I want to say up front that efficiently working remotely is as much about the systems as it is about self management. Working remotely also means imparting to your team members, managers and customers as to what they can expect and how they will keep in touch with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Tips on self management’ I show you how to focus.
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