Posts by Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®
National Leave Work Early Day During COVID-19? Heck yeah!
National Leave Work Early Day is “celebrated” on June 2 of each year. If June 2 falls on a weekend, it’s celebrated on the closest weekday. The “holiday” was created several years ago by my colleague, Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE. A fellow productivity specialist, she was inspired to encourage hard working folks to take…
Read MoreReturn to Work Framework: Why It May Not Happen Quickly – or At All
In my previous post about transitioning from “work from home” to office (yes, back onsite once again!), I laid out questions to consider as you prepare to transition through the big return to work onsite. It’s an exciting time, but it’s also still an uncertain time because we’re experiencing an unprecedented pandemic, and no one…
Read MoreHow to Transition from Work from Home to Office (Yes, Back Onsite!)
Civilization is coming back to life. How do I know this? One sign was seeing humans yesterday. Each day for the past eight weeks during this whole COVID-19 shelter in place, I’ve checked our mailbox in the afternoon. I open the front gate, look both ways before crossing the road, check the mailbox and return…
Read MoreCoping with COVID-19 Fatigue
Have you been experiencing any changes in energy levels or moods? My household just finished week seven of sheltering in place. I noticed a downswing in my focus, energy and optimism in the past seven days. When I analyzed these changes in me, I realized that I’m experiencing what I call COVID-19 fatigue. Basically, I’m…
Read MoreHow to Work from Home with Rambunctious Children in the House
You might be taken aback by a title that contains the phrase work with rambunctious children, but this topic has come up during different client sessions and seminars. You can substitute the word rambunctious with other adjectives like active, hyper, curious, free-spirited, bored, ADHD, ADD, creative, wild…. No matter which term you use, unless your…
Read MoreWork from Home Lessons – Should we keep doing these things?
If you listen to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 updates on the news, what you usually hear about are scary statistics and anxiety-causing prognostication. What usually gets pushed to the end of a news broadcast – if at all – is some positive by-product of this entire shelter in place, social distancing situation. I’ve noticed a pattern of…
Read MoreTime Management Tips to Work from Home More Effectively
If you now work from home because of the COVID-19 shelter in place orders, you probably already have your work space set up because you’ve been working remotely for at least a week or two by now. But what you might not have set up yet in your new work from home environment is your…
Read MoreTelecommuting Office Setup – Work from Home Internet Speed Options
Work from home internet speed has suddenly become an important subject. If you’re reading this in the spring of March 2020, we all know why. COVID-19 has pretty much turned the world on its head. If you weren’t already instructed by your employer to stay at home, you may have just been issued a recommendation…
Read MoreTelecommuting Office Setup – How to Begin the Transition
The Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) has pretty much turned the world as we know it upside down. If you weren’t already told by your employer to stay at home, you may have just been issued a recommendation by your governor to shelter in place. If you’re now going to work from home, here are some first…
Read MoreCoronavirus Travel Restrictions – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) and the coronavirus travel restrictions are causing havoc worldwide. At first we worried that the disease might spread from China. But now we need to consider how the shutdown of Chinese factories and spread of the disease to and within different countries around the world will affect our daily lives. If…
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