Do you work from home? 4 Tips to Boost Your Effectiveness

When you start working from home then you realize that it is a very demanding process and it takes discipline to be able to be effective.

That’s why below I’ll share with you 4 practical tips that will enhance your effectiveness.

1.Professionalism:

• Appearance:

Our appearance is part of our professionalism (it doesn’t matter if you work from home). It is necessary for you to feel psychologically that you are professional.

Dress up and take care of yourself as you would if you were at work.

• Workplace:

“Build” a workplace in your home. Let yourself know that in this space you only go when you work and let people in the house know about it also.

• House Rules:

Make rules at home! Children, roommates and family in general should know these rules.

Let them know when you’re taking a break, when they can bother, and generally how the whole procedure works.

Example: When you talk on the phone, they should not talk to you or yell and don’t touch things that are in your workplace.

2. Programming:

• Create or maintain your routine:

It is very important to create or maintain a routine when the time of work begins.

Example: Look at your emails, make coffee or something to drink, and talk to your colleagues.

This will put you in a new reality and you won’t be distracted by other things.

• Schedule your Breaks:

Your brain needs breaks and for this very reason, schedule them so you can rest to give 100% of yourself.

3. Communication

When you work from home, communication – effective communication is more important than EVER!

And in this case and only the advice is to Hyper – communicate!

• How?

i) Talk to your colleagues and supervisors (with a camera) every day to enhance your communication.

ii) Schedule staff meetings for the daily-weekly proceedings

iii) Encourage the feedback process in each task

iiii) Have a little fun with the whole team.

iiiii) Maintain the positive climate

4. Work Planning:

Being at home doesn’t change the fact of your work planning, instead you need more planning and organization!

• Basic rules: Time frame, priorities, other works.
• Plan your work from the day before and do it by communicating with your colleagues and supervisors
• It is necessary when they give you a task to ask a timeline. There are many tools that can be used and enhance your effectiveness.

If you work from home, follow these 4 tips and you will definitely enhance your effectiveness.

Christofi Vasiliki
Communication, Soft Skills
NAMA Certified Anger Management Specialist, PR Specialist
Trainer and Coach