Google’s Remote Work Resources
(Source: Google)
Prepare to effectively work from home with these tools and resources from Grow with Google.
Remote Work Resources
(Source: Upwork)
As the world adapts to working remotely, Upwork shares what it’s learned in its work in helping companies implement effective remote work strategies, including:
Top Tech Tools to Keep Your Team Connected
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
If your business is now managing a full-time remote workforce for the first time, here are a few tech tools that will help your quarantined team stay connected.
Build Your Team’s Resilience — From Home
(Source: Harvard Business Review)
It comes down to two things: people and perspective
Leading Virtual Meetings
(Source: DDI)
Not able to meet with your team in person? This free microcourse from DDI is designed to assist you in leading more effective virtual meetings.
A Blueprint for Remote Working: Lessons from China
(Source: McKinsey Digital)
As home to some of the world’s largest firms, China offers lessons for those that are just now starting to embrace the shift to remote working.
An Exec’s Field Guide to Remote Work
(Source: FirstRound)
Maggie Leung built out the 80-person fully remote content team that's helped NerdWallet stand out. Here are her tips for executives who are now tasked with leading large teams working remotely for the first time.
How to Keep Your Team Motivated, Remotely
(Source: Harvard Business Review)
Many leaders have taken the first step toward creating an effective work environment for remote employees. The next critical question we must ask is: How do you motivate people who work from home?
Adapting Workplace Learning
(Source: McKinsey Accelerate)
Managers can’t push the pause button on capability building, so the moment belongs to virtual learning. Some tactics and strategies can help.
3 Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout
(Source: Harvard Business Review)
Millions around the globe have made a sudden transition to remote work amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, this has some employers concerned about maintaining employee productivity. But what they really should be concerned about in this unprecedented situation is a longer-term risk: employee burnout.
Security Tips for Remote Workers
(Source: National Cyber Security Alliance)
As more employees work from home, basic security measures need to be taken to protect the individual and enterprise from cyber criminals who are taking advantage of lax telework security practices. Check out NCSA’s tips for staying safe online when working remotely.
The Remote Company Checklist: Strategies for Effective Remote Team Management
(Source: bitovi and our network’s own Jennifer Wadella!)
Workers can only be as successful as their environment allows. Use this checklist to set up your business and your processes for remote work.
Remote Work Policy Template
(Source: Overland Park Chamber of Commerce)
Even better than tips? A template. Your employees are likely headed home to work. Use this template to help inform your plan.
The Necessities of Policies, SOPs and Job Descriptions
(Source: Employment Law Handbook)
Operating a business without policies, SOPs, and job descriptions is like attempting to play a new board game without reading the rule book first, leading to confusion, conflict, and blame.
KCBJ Series: Working from Home
(Source: Kansas City Business Journal)
KCBJ has published several articles on how overcome the challenges of working from home for both employers and employees:
- More companies are encouraging (or even requiring) people to work from home. That could cause unexpected problems. Read more here.
- Be mindful of technology, legal and cybersecurity issues when it comes to having your staff work from home. Read more here.
- Both employers and employees have a difficult balancing act ahead: working remotely while also caring for children who are home from school. Read more here.
- Staff engagement and performance measurement can become more challenging at times of increased remote work. Read more here.
- Here's how industries that can't telework are confronting coronavirus. Read more here.
Best Tips for Working from Home Effectively
(Source: Tech.co)
The coronavirus outbreak has many businesses urgently considering their work-from-home policies. If you're soon likely to be logging on from your living room, there are some best practices for working from home that will keep your tasks efficient and your business secure.
What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
(Source: McKinsey & Company)
Executives have indicated in surveys that hybrid models of remote work for some employees are here to stay