Work from Home
How to Be Productive Working a Hybrid Schedule
In 2021, after a full year of working 100% remotely, I moved to a hybrid schedule once vaccines rolled out, and people wanted to once again spend time with humans from outside their household. I continued to implement time blocking and time estimations for creating realistic to-do lists as I’d done before COVID. …
Read MoreTime Management Tips to Work from Home More Effectively – 2022-Style
What is your best tip for staying productive when you work from home? This was a question posed by a journalist back in 2020 looking to hear from “professionals who have moved to a remote work format in response to COVID-19.” Despite the fact that many people were forced to work from home…
Read MoreImproving Productivity: Work from Home with Dogs? Tips for Pet Parents
A company called Spot Pet Insurance asked me for tips on how to work from home more productively if you have pets, specifically dogs. Here is what I shared with them: Daily pet duties include feeding and hydrating them, making sure they get enough exercise, and, of course, showering them with attention. If you…
Read MoreThe Tool Every Home Office Needs
“What is the single most important tool every home office needs?” A journalist recently posed this question to organizing and productivity experts. This was my response: The single most important tool every home office needs is a battery backup. APC is a popular brand, but they’re not the only ones: If there is any kind…
Read MoreHow to Be Productive While Working from Home – One Year Later (Part 2)
In last week’s blog about working from home, I shared the answers I gave to the Wall Street Journal’s questions about: *the biggest obstacles people face while working away from the office *why working from home can feel so full of procrastination *why working from home can be more productive that working in an office…
Read MoreHow to Be Productive While Working from Home – One Year Later
Last year, the Wall Street Journal provided me questions to answer for an article they were writing about productivity while working from home. They wound up using a few of my answers in their article. It’s now been 14 months since the majority of U.S. towns and cities went into some form of lockdown mode…
Read MoreHow to Ask Your Boss to Continue Working Remotely
Recently, a journalist from Celebrity Parents Magazine asked, “What should employees do if they are afraid to return to work because of COVID-19? How can you talk to your boss about not coming back in if you’re nervous? Can an employer fire you or let you go for not wanting to be back in the…
Read MoreWorking from Home Productivity Tips – How to Prevent Working Around the Clock
Working from home productivity tips related to preventing working 24/7 will be the subject of an upcoming article in Bloomberg Businessweek. The following are the two productivity questions a journalist posed, as well as my responses. 1. What is your best productivity strategy for keeping days short-ish? When you internalize the following concepts, you’ll build…
Read MoreHow to Be Productive While Working from Home
The Wall Street Journal provided me questions to answer for an article they were writing about productivity while working from home. They wound up using a few of my answers in their article. I thought I’d share with you all of the answers and recommendations I’d given to them. – What are the biggest obstacles…
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…
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