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Planning Your Organization’s Return to the New Workplace

Planning Your Organization’s Return to the New Workplace

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On February 10, 2021

In Culture, HR, Remote Work

6 Actions for the Sustainable Launch of the new workplace model.

Companies around the world have notched nearly a year of remote operations in their proverbial belts. With that experience behind them, employers and employees alike are all asking, “what now?”

Employees have enjoyed the benefits that come hand-in-hand with the remote experience. Including, increased flexibility and balanced schedules. They’ve also faced challenges like lack of infrastructure and poor connectivity, less than ideal ergonomics, isolation, and burnout.

Many employers are eager to return to offices and get things back to the way they were. Others have jumped feet-first, embracing the innovation and change that this past year brought. Some are enjoying increased productivity and employee engagement. All are searching for ways to remain competitive in both the talent and consumer marketplace in 2021.

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Digital Nomad: Working Remotely from Puerto Rico

Digital Nomad: Working Remotely from Puerto Rico

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On January 27, 2021

In Culture, Remote Work

With more people working remotely, have you dreamed of becoming a digital nomad? You’re not the only one!

In 2019, my wife and I took our two sons out of school, packed our cherished items into a 5×10 storage unit in Vermont, and got rid of our home and everything in it to become full-time digital nomads. It was both liberating and challenging to say goodbye to everything we owned. Not to mention, our friends and family that we visited with frequently.

As a digital nomad, you make a lot of sacrifices. You give up the comforts of home, the possessions that once brought you joy, and deep interpersonal relationships. You give these up in exchange for cultural variety, food experiences, architecture, and a new perspective. It’s rewarding, but it’s also incredibly complex, emotionally.

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Can You Hold on? I Have to Let the Dog Out…Working from Home.

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On January 25, 2021

In Culture, Remote Work, Sales

A new work schedule has become our new lives – Here’s a typical schedule for those working from home or at distance.

The Typical Daily Schedule Working from Home

  • Wake-up
  • Workout
  • Get kids off to school,
  • Grab coffee with a friend, (for me, my second or third coffee for the morning)
  • Back at home – Turn on the computer hit the emails, video calls, assignments, and projects
  • Work through lunch
  • Pick up kids from school
  • Start dinner
  • Go back on the computer for similar work from morning
  • Have dinner with family.
  • Spend time doing something other than work
  • End the night with some email

Oh, I almost forgot – text messaging and phone calls available from wake-up to bedtime.

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Remote Work, what does it mean for a business owner?

Remote Work – What it Means for a Business Owner?

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On January 20, 2021

In Culture, HR, Remote Work

As a small business owner, we typically wear a lot of hats.

Over the last year, we were pushed into wearing a hat that small business owners may have never imagined they would ever be wearing. Whether you were ready for it or not, remote work is here. Although we are not strangers to daily challenges as small business owners, this one was a bit tougher to solve in a day. As your remote work coach and expert, I am here to break down some of the ways you can set your business up for success while keeping the company culture thriving. We will lean into wearing this new hat of ours, that doesn’t seem to be leaving any time soon.

Now, in order to approach remote work successfully, we need to look at three things. It’s important for you and your business to hire the right people and lead them well so you can work well remotely. These three themes really impact what your every day will look and feel like.

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