Maximizing productivity in a remote working world
- Are you struggling with staying motivated and productive when working from home?
- Do you lack a proper remote workspace setup and effective ergonomics?
- Is it difficult for you to manage communications, commitments and tasks virtually?
- Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed or burnt out when working remotely?
- Are your virtual meetings ineffective and frustrating for you or your teams?
- Do you lack processes and standards for working remotely?
- Is it hard for you to prioritize tasks and stay focused while working remotely?
- Do you feel disconnected, isolated or out of sync with colleagues?
- Are you struggling to collaborate effectively with virtual teams?
- Is managing your time and workload a challenge in a remote work environment?
WorkingSm@rt from Home will help you overcome these challenges.
AT A GLANCE
Audience
Employees encouraged or mandated to work remotely. New or existing team members who are now collaborating and communicating more frequently with other peers in a remote workplace. Those interested in setting standards and processes of working virtually.
Format
- 1 x 2-hour, instructor-led online session
What’s Included
- Comprehensive Learning Guide and Resource Manual
- Subscription to our monthly LearningLink e-newsletter
Maximising productivity in a remote working world
Our World is changing. Success in a remote working environment requires individuals use a shared set of communication, collaboration and planning processes and tools that are far more refined and defined than in a non-virtual workspace.
This course will show you:
- How to set up an effective and motivating remote workspace with proper ergonomics
- Strategies for managing daily commitments, communications, tasks and tools virtually
- Tips for communicating successfully with colleagues in a remote environment
- Methods for running productive online meetings
- Techniques to stay focused and build integrated daily plans
- Processes and standards for working effectively and collaboratively in a virtual team
What You Will Learn
Setting Up for Success
The course covers how to set up an effective remote workspace including motivation, ergonomics, and a productive environment.
Managing Your Day
It provides strategies for managing commitments, communications, tasks, and tools to control stress and work effectively remotely.
Communicating Virtually
The course teaches how to communicate successfully in a virtual environment and have productive online meetings.
Building a Daily Plan
Learn to build integrated daily plans that consider the bigger picture, ensure focus, and apply the skills from the course.
Detailed Synopsis
Format
- Hands-on Instructor-led Sessions: 1 x 2-hour, instructor-led online session
What’s Included
- Ongoing support: WorkingSm@rt Helpdesk, no matter where you work.
- LearningLink: Our monthly productivity e-newsletter to keep you updated.
Units
- Setting Up For Success – A look at what challenges virtual working creates and how to set yourself up for success- motivation, workspace, ergonomics and surroundings.
- Making Your Day Work – Taking a look at controlling daily stress and the fundamentals around managing your commitments, incoming communications, tasks and tools in a remote working world.
- Communicating With Your Colleagues – How to communicate effectively in a virtual world and make virtual meetings work well.
- Building Your Daily Plan – Learning to build integrated plans taking into account the bigger picture to ensure focus as well as completing your Campaign for WorkingSm@rt Remotely.
