Top Tips to Remain Productive While Working from Home

 

Remote working has become a popular and trending work culture among professionals for perks like increased focus, flexibility, improved productivity and better work-life balance. It has yielded 1.4x more days of work every month for a professional than otherwise, a study says. 

 

 

Those unfamiliar with the practice of working from home require some time to adjust and accommodate their work schedule to daily life. In situations where professionals across the globe are required to work remotely, the necessity is to remain productive.

 

So, how to increase productivity while working from home? We have selected a handful of tips to remain disciplined and maintain productivity while working out of the confines of office cubicles.

Smart ways to keep Productivity intact when Working Remotely

 

Office space comes with its set of perks like team spirit, enthusiasm and solidarity. When working remotely, adopting ways that bridge these differences of workspace environment can help maintain productivity. A tweaked working environment and self-motivation can contribute substantially to uphold efficiency.

 

Keep co-worker communication alive with more face times than emails

 

Emails come in handy when you need to contact a co-worker or manager distanced by miles. Nevertheless, it does not involve engagement and human connection; essentials that help keep a healthy balance of mind. Plus, walking up to your colleague for a query or solution offers an entirely different experience than shooting a mail. Thus, to bring in the engagement and connection with your co-worker when working from home, you may just as well connect with them via a video call.

 

Outline boundaries for your ‘workspace’ at home

 

When working at an office space, your boundaries are typically defined. However, such specified limits are equally essential when working from home, for quite the same reason as scheduling work hours.

 

Working from the comfort of a couch is appealing as well as comforting. However, creating and defining your workspace can enhance productivity when working remotely.

 

 

Collaborate for real-time updates and response

 

Collaborative tools like Slack can be used for real-time updates and responses while working from home. It ensures that the overall productivity of a team does not go down due to the absence of colleagues in-person, which may cause some delay in work. 

 

Take the aid of technology to keep away distraction

 

Apps like Focus, Remote Bliss, Freedom and many more have successfully helped users to be high on productivity by blocking specific websites for set durations.

 

 

Some also help improve your focus with effective time management techniques like setting up short sessions of 25-30 minutes for work interspersed with short breaks.

 

Take regular breaks while working

 

Regular breaks can help process information better and increase retention capacity. Cultivated as a healthy habit, it allows your brain to project a bigger picture of the work at hand and improves clarity on steps to be taken for enhanced productivity.

Working from home may not allow sticking to a rigid daily schedule. Therefore, be proactive to inculcate discipline and set a daily schedule when working remotely. You can also sync your working hours with colleagues to stay connected. Creating a to-do list will help you remain prompt in answering project status queries directed at you, outline day’s deliverables and segregate your time for the effective completion of tasks.

 

You can also email a weekly update of deliverables and project completions when working remotely to stay connected and get noticed for your performance.