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For some companies, the need for remote working has come out of nowhere. This sudden need to make a fundamental switch raises all kinds of questions, and it\u2019s difficult to know where to start.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a bombardment of information about remote working suddenly hitting the social platforms, a filter is really useful to help navigate it all. With that in mind, here\u2019s a summary of some of the best remote working blogs and guides in the market right now.<\/p>\n

Business transition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Back in early 2018 I was offering bitesize advice to businesses about how to make an effective transition. If you\u2019re just beginning to move offsite and embrace remote working, this blog offers a list of important things you should consider:<\/span><\/p>\n

RingCentral – Setting up remote working in your own business<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

From an IT perspective, secure access is paramount. Last week, Naked Security from Sophos responded to business\u2019s remote working concerns with a handy post about how to enable remote working in a safe and supportive way:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophos – Remote working: Here\u2019s how to do it securely<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Productivity is a common worry. Is managing remote teams like herding cats? Will everyone end up at the pub or watching Netflix? It\u2019s not that bad – in fact ACCA makes the case that being a \u2018flexible\u2019 business is a good way to improve productivity:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ACCA – Finding flexible work<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

If you need some support for encouraging and monitoring productivity, there\u2019s plenty out there. BT\u2019s podcast on rethinking modes of work to boost productivity brings in the concept of remote working. This is a great listen about culture change – so bear in mind there\u2019s more to boosting productivity than simply changing location:<\/span><\/p>\n

BT – Positive workplace culture and productivity<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Team management<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Around this time last year, we published a long-form piece on how to increase business productivity through remote working.This piece raises an interesting statistic on employee wellbeing: <\/span>82% of telecommuters<\/span><\/a> report lower stress levels when working remotely. Flexibility can make people happier:<\/span><\/p>\n

RingCentral – The recipe for high productivity<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

From the managers\u2019 point of view, our comprehensive guide to managing remote teams explains how to give your direct reports the flexibility and empowerment they seek and also enable them to be even more productive than they are in the office. Presence is an important component of maintaining engagement and collaboration, and it\u2019s crucial to implement the right tools when planning to enable a remote team:<\/span><\/p>\n

RingCentral – How to increase remote team collaboration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

HR Technologist recently ran a blog about enabling your remote working team to collaborate effectively. The advice includes identifying what successful collaboration looks like, how it\u2019s important to set standards, and introducing the idea of over-communicating.<\/span><\/p>\n

HR Technologist – How to help your team excel at remote collaboration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Self management<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Remote working has been with us for ages – it\u2019s no surprise there are plenty of guides out there. Who better to take advice from than those with a tried-and-tested method? Zapier, a 100% remote working organisation since its founding in 2011, produced a guide to remote working which was last updated in March 2019 but is just as relevant today:<\/span><\/p>\n

Zapier – Ultimate guide to remote work<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Our guide to telecommuting<\/a> from July 2019 advises workers how they can improve their work\/life balance while delivering even higher productivity in their professional lives. While voice calling, video meetings and email all play a role in keeping workers connected and communicating, team collaboration software really comes into its own here. The guide goes on to reference Office Angels\u2019 survey that reported a third of employees think commuting will be unheard of by 2036:<\/span><\/p>\n

RingCentral – Guide to telecommuting<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

RingCentral – Effective Time Mangement while working from home<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Top tips<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re after a really quick intro to managing remote workers, Econsultancy was quick to offer four top tips:<\/span><\/p>\n

Econsultancy – Four tips for managing remote working<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

HubSpot offers employees eight tips for successful remote working:<\/span><\/p>\n

HubSpot – 8 tips for working from home<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Not exclusively for Mac fans, Computer World\u2019s Apple-centric guide also has some great non-fruit-related content:<\/span><\/p>\n

Computer World – Apple-centric guide to effective remote working<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Longer read<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In a similar but broader vein, Intense Minimalism has a great guide on approaching remote working:<\/span><\/p>\n

Intense Minimalism – Quick, work remote!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The wider discussion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Speaking of the future, Forbes\u2019 article on the future of work is a challenge to turn this negative into a positive, and help to create a brighter, more collaborative future for us all:<\/span><\/p>\n

Forbes – A deep dive into remote work<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Similarly, LinkedIn curated a thread asking \u201cIs this the end of the office?\u201d that collates some interesting posts as a starting point to a discussion:<\/span><\/p>\n

LinkedIn – Is this the end of the office?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, BT had a look at how working from home can benefit SMEs, which needn\u2019t mean we\u2019ll never set foot in an office again, but hopefully encourages SMEs to cut back on needless overheads:<\/span><\/p>\n

BT – Why working from home is a win-win for SMEs and their people<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Poll Everywhere ran a post that looks at the pros and cons of remote working. The article considers productivity and access to talent as pros, the difficulty of building culture and having to adapt management style as cons, and concludes that \u201cremote working can work for you\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

Poll Everywhere – Building a remote team: pros, cons, tools for effective collaboration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

If your employer hasn\u2019t yet made steps towards remote working, point them to this compelling treatise in Elite Business Magazine about how remote working benefits business\u2019s greatest asset.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elite Business Magazine – Why remote working isn\u2019t going away<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, we\u2019ve collated a whole library of <\/span>resources to help your business start remote working<\/span><\/a>. Find info on taking your business remote and managing remote teams, setting yourself up to use VoIP<\/a> on any device, maintaining business continuity and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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