The current Corona pandemic has forced the government to enforce social distancing and physical distancing policies by carrying out work from home activities. Almost all companies ask their employees to work from home to help break the chain of the spread of the Corona Virus (Covid-19). This work from home activity certainly has its own challenges for office workers, especially company owners. Especially those who are not used to managing their business or business from home. Launching the Independent, Monday (30/03/2020), Karen Eyre-White, productivity coach and founder of the GoDo business organization, shares tips for maintaining performance during work-from-home activities.
1. Get used to it
Karen revealed that at least by doing work from home activities, there is something that can be cut, namely time. If you usually need 1 hour from home to work, with work from home, you only need a maximum of 5 minutes to be at your desk. Well, the first thing to do first is habituation. Working at home and in the office are two different things so that their application is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand.
2. Be Realistic About Your Target
Second, Karen recommends every employee and company be realistic about the targets to be achieved. This is because the situation that requires you to stay at home during the Corona pandemic will be different when compared to normal conditions. This also includes a business plan that needs to be adapted to the current situation.
3. Don't Forget to Rest
Yes, you work at home, but that doesn't mean you forget about resting time. Work responsibilities are important but don't forget to take breaks, including spending time with those closest to you at home. Note that if you feel comfortable working at home, you don't need to get enough rest. In the afternoon, try to leave your desk for a moment so you will come back feeling refreshed.
4. Keep Communicating with the Team
You also need to maintain good communication with the team. Even if you work from home, communication between teams must still be established. If communication is usually done by holding meetings in the office, this time you will rely on technology to be able to meet face-to-face indirectly with your team via video calls or video conference calls.
5. Treat Work from Home Activities Just Like Normal Work
According to the 2019 State of RemoteWork publication, loneliness will make people less motivated and less productive. Therefore, the most important thing that you need to do is treat your WFH activities like real work. Just because you're doing it at home doesn't mean you're taking it for granted. If necessary, create a special room in your home for work so that it will avoid the temptation to lie in bed.
Well, those are tips for managing a business from home when working from home. Not only for employees and companies, but SME players have also started implementing WFH activities, you know. With this WFH condition, the role of technology is very important to maintain the continuity of the business itself. Online accounting and finance activities are here to help you manage your business anytime and anywhere with just a mobile or laptop application, you know.
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