What You Need to Succeed in Remote Work

Do you have what you need to work remotely?

Is the school closed and all the babysitters busy just when you have the most to do before a big event at work? Or do you have a long way to the office and want to avoid commuting someone or a few days a week?

Working from home is becoming more and more common. Infection risks and incubation times can be a reason for working remotely, but telecommuting can also be a way to create a balance between work and leisure. And to reduce environmental impact by avoiding long trips and much more.

As more and more people work remotely access to the company's current information; and the possibility of Collaborate effectively with other colleagues extremely important, even critical.

To succeed, among other things, you need to ensure that you use technology in a smart and structured way that makes it as easy as possible for employees to do their job.

In this article, we at Cognit have developed a number of tips based on many years of experience in the field. Please read and share with your colleagues to increase your chances of success.

Tips for you as a leader:

• Ensure that you communicate as much with employees who work remotely as with those in the office
• Pay attention to the decisions made in the coffee room or in spontaneous meetings and make sure that include Even those who work remotely
• Was clear about what is expected Employees who work from home. Do you have the same working hours? How reachable do employees need to be during a working day? How can you enable effective division of labour and follow-up?
• Use video meetings to a much greater extent than you might feel comfortable with—looking people in the eye is extremely important.
• Updated Documentation and access to the management system; becomes much more important when co-workers can't stick their heads in for petty issues. They will rely more heavily on what is published.
• Visualize and present results of what the company, groups and individuals have done to create and reinforce the “we” feeling.
• Give praise - remote workers are often forgotten to a greater extent than people you see every day. Take the time to pay attention even to those who are not in the office.
• Culture and a “why” become especially important when many people work remotely. You need to continually talk about why you do what you do, why it matters, and why the individual employee is a key to success for the organization at large.
• Make it as easy as possible to collaborate. A clear structure in your digital collaboration tools can reduce a lot of frustration and make life easier.
• Live as you learn
• Get started as soon as you can, there's no point in waiting

Tips for you as an employee:

• Consider every home working day as a normal working day. It is a good idea to follow the same procedures as if you were going to the office, changing into work clothes can make you feel more professional even if you work at home.
• - No, it is not the time to run a machine wash/walk the dog/clean or anything else during working hours. Focus on work Just as if you were at work. Don't forget to talk to your loved ones about what it means to work from home, to avoid misunderstandings and unreasonable expectations
• Communicate much more than you think is needed. No one should have to doubt your work ethic just because they can't physically see you. Communicate and inform frequently. It's not a stupid idea to check in to Teams in the morning to announce that you're up and running or to write a message to your colleague that you've reviewed the document they asked for input on.
• Make it easy for colleagues to know more about you. Fill out your Office 365 profile to make you searchable and contactable
• Don't forget that actually end the day. When the job is always available, it's easy to push yourself too hard. Set routines, and keep them. It wins everyone on.
• Give positive feedback Pay attention to good colleagues. It's easy to feel shielded when you don't see your colleagues every day. Find new ways to socialize digitally.

Cognit makes it easy for management and operations to make information easily accessible and create effective collaborations.

Med Our Packaged Solutions we can quickly ensure that you can work efficiently and in a structured way using Office 365 and/or AmpliFlow.

After receiving our help, you will:

• Made the management system available through an Intranet that already from day 1 contains a scale structure with the pages you need to fill - making it easy to publish and find relevant information
• Simplified collaboration, meetings, communication and gained a Structure of Microsoft Teams. So that you can meet, talk and collaborate without hindrance.
• Ensure that standardised work will be carried out correctly every time, so that the job is performed correctly, traceable and that deviations and suggestions for improvement are collected and managed. You do not depend on a specific person for that matter.

Contact us today to book a project - there's no point in waiting.