Time Management For Remote Teams

Time Management for Remote Teams

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What has been the top habit or area for someone to work to improve or for good time management and productivity after switching to remote?

What are the Top 3 Tips that Elizabeth told us to work on?

Top 3 Tips to improve your time management and productivity when working remotely:

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1️⃣Establish a good Structure

• Decide when you want to start and end work
• Make your hours and what you will be working on very clear, to avoid stress.

2️⃣ Focus and eliminate all distractions.

• When at home find the best place to avoid all distractions that personal activities can create.

3️⃣ Learn to reach out to your colleagues.

• In the office it's easier to stop at your boss’s desk, or find a colleague in the hallway, but when you are remote you can get stuck for hours not knowing what to do.
• You need to learn when and how to reach out to be effective

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What are some things that people are struggling in with this remote work environment?

In 2020 because of the home/office environment change, this was a huge change for a lot of people, having the kids at home, not having to commute, etc.

Some of the biggest challenges people were having was not having a consistent schedule, they ended up going late to bed as they did not have to wake up early to go to the office. Also, there was a big struggle to focus, you will see things at home that needed to be done, homeschooling, long due chores, so there was a massive increase in distractions.

Due to the impact of loneliness, a lot of people want to go back to the office even if it’s hybrid and just a couple of days. The psychological health part is now what is challenging for productivity.

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