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Effective Home Working
Facilitator -
Chris Dalzell
• Be more productive at home
• Harness your time & energy
• Manage your state and mood
• Relax and look after your mental health
• Achieve greater results
Learning Outcomes
Close other apps Put the topic in your world Mute microphone to listen – unmute using ‘space bar’ to talk as invited
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Which describes your current position ?
• Isolation
• Loneliness
• No ‘team vibe’
• Lack of routine
• Distant manager
• Feedback?
• Less fun
• Family
• Energy loss
• Anxiety
• Questions about the future/role
What are the key challenges you face ?
Working from Home – the Reality
House Rules
Get dressed !Establish
boundaries
Move
regularly –take a walk
Speak to
people
Use software
that works for you
Ensure your
work is secure from hackers
Take screen
breaks
Try to create
work zones
QUICKTIPS
4. EAT THE FROG!
3. SET DAILY GOALS
2. SELF-DISCIPLINE – NORMAL HOURS, DRESS, ‘VIRTUAL COMMUTE’
1. DEDICATED WORKSPACE
5. OBSERVE REGULAR BREAKS
9. REWARD YOURSELF!
8. SWITCH OFF SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWS FEEDS
7. ‘DO NOT DISTURB’
6. CHANGE LOCATION – BREAK THE PATTERN
10. SOCIALISE AT SET TIMES
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Regular Company updates
Communication is Oxygen
The Business
Team
You
What part are you playing ?
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Accountability & Transparency
There will need to be :
✓ Trust
✓ Accountability
✓ Responsibility
✓Monitor Performance levels
Software can help
❑Microsoft Team
❑Slack
❑Zoom
❑Asana
❑Focusmate
I will……
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Take ownership
• Define your role
• Capture ‘unconscious’ thinking and assumptions
• Define best behaviour –Standard Operating Procedures
• Define protocols – rules and standards ( short and precise)
• Processes – diagrams ,flowcharts ,project plans ad procedures ( I page)
• Update company/organisational knowledge bank
TASK BOXING
TAME YOUR INBOX
FORWARD
RESPOND (2 mins)
DEFER (Diary)
DELETE
PROGRESS CHART (KANBAN)
DOING
TO DO
DONE
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DELETE!DELEGATE
The 4 DsTasks
NOT IMPORTANT
SPRINTS
STOP
WORK
Stress container -Exercise
What's in yours?
VULNERABILITY IS SHOWNBY THE SIZE OF THE
CONTAINER
Stress flows into the container
Helpful coping strategies = Tap working to let stress outUnhelpful coping strategies = Tap blocked so stress container overflows
If the container overflows, problems can develop
What can help support good mental health ?
4 pillars
1. Relax
2. Eat
3. Move
4. Sleep
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Access Training/Support
▪ Opportunity to upskill
▪ Training & support for software
▪ Remote technical support
▪ Physical & Mental health
THANK YOU