How to work well from home

Everyone who works remotely has to figure out when to work, where to work, and how to create boundaries between work life and personal life. What about office equipment, career development and training opportunities, and building relationships with colleagues? Working remotely means grappling with these issues and others. Here are some tips on how to do it well.

• Maintain regular hours- know when to work and when to call it a day so you maintain a work life balance
• Create a morning routine that ends with you starting work- whether it's coffee or jogging
• Set ground rules with the people in your space – kids and partners need to know what they can do when they come home!
• Schedule some breaks – to walk away from your screen and phone
• Leave home – so your body gets to move and you get fresh air and natural light
• Ask for what you need to run your home office well – ensure you have the right kit and good wifi
• Ensure you don't stop learning and growing - keep taking care of your career and your personal and professional development, use some of the time you save from commuting to learn
• Stay connected so you feel a sense of team – use platforms like sneek.io to create a sense of being with the team in the business whilst at home
• Use the time you save from commuting - ask yourself what do you really want for yourself this year and use the time you save to put in place goals, plans and actions to make it come true

Thrive Partners offers virtual on demand coaching, mentoring and training in 30 minute virtual human to human capsule sessions so you can always get the support, training, help and advice you need when you need it .