Remote Working Part 1 – Overview

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Obviously not everyone can work remotely as some vocations require workers to consistently attend their employers premises or travel to perform their tasks in person. But for those of us are allowed to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and present some practical advice by writing and publishing it on the Internet in the hope that I could give others valuable ways for adapting to remote working or managing remote workers.

I can tell you that there are groups of so called ’experts’ on the web who will try and sell you online education for substantial sums of money, believe me you don’t have to do this.

I am lucky enough to be able to work anywhere I choose and just about everybody who asks me what job I do wants to get an idea of how I manage to work remotely. Don’t be fooled here I am still perfecting the art of remote working as everyday I discover persons on the net who show me new knowledge and I am constantly uncovering new software and approaches that make my life easier and improve my productivity.

In the past seven years I have immensely adapted my working methods to enable me to do just about all of my work remotely with a box of online tools and rigid self discipline. One late night whilst searching the net I discovered Quickbooks online and this inspired me as to what just might be possible. The encounter with web based ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was inspiration for me and the start of my ‘remote working experience.

I have to mention up front that proficiently working remotely is as much about the systems as it is about self management. Working remotely also means imparting to your co-workers, supervisors and clients as to what they can expect and how they will maintain contact with you.

In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Why self discipline is important’ I discuss how to focus.