Making a Success of Managing and Working Remotely

Overview

This book will help managers and team members alike who are about to or have already started working remotely, covering:

• The challenges of managing and working remotely
• Technology as an enabler for remote working
• Top tips for managing and working remotely
• Preparing to work remotely
• Managing change

Using case studies, diagrams and tables, with a good balance of research and practical advice, the book discusses both the technological and psychological aspects of remote working, helping employees and managers understand how they should approach and evaluate working remotely.

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Benefits of remote working

•   Remote working, flexible working, working from home – whichever terminology you use – allows employees to change the locations they work from and their working hours.
•  For the organization, proven benefits include improved employee retention, a wider pool of applicants, reduced costs, increased productivity, lower absenteeism and carbon footprint reductions.
•  For the individual, the flexibility brings a better work-life balance, reductions in costs such as those associated with commuting, less stress, increased well-being and less time spent travelling.
•  For a manager, it can help them empower team members to give their best, improve well-being in the team and improve job performance and satisfaction.

For the manager, this book provides practical advice on how to manage remotely, with emphasis on the use of technology, creating team cohesion and avoiding isolation factors.

For the team member, the book provides tips and techniques on how to work remotely, balance work and outside-work demands, and deliver desired outcomes.