1. Cover
2. Series Page
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. What You’ll Learn
6. Contents
7. Introduction: The Art of Being Indispensable—from Wherever You’re Working: Stand out and thrive as a remote employee.
8. Section One: Getting Work Done
   1. 1. How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home: You’re only as distracted as you let yourself be.
   2. 2. Things to Buy, Download, or Do When Working Remotely: You need the right digital infrastructure.
   3. 3. Working from Home When You Have Kids: Tips for doing your job with little distractions underfoot.
   4. 4. How to Transition Between Work Time and Personal Time: Set good boundaries.
   5. 5. Staying Motivated in a Remote Job: You’ll need some new routines.
9. Section Two: Navigating Common Challenges
   1. 6. Working Smoothly with a Virtual Boss: Set goals and expectations early on.
   2. 7. How to Resolve a Conflict with a Remote Colleague: Stop emailing and pick up the phone.
   3. 8. 4 Ways to Demonstrate Your Value—Remotely: Talk about your successes (without bragging).
   4. 9. Starting a New Remote Job: Five ways to get up to speed quickly.
10. Section Three: Caring for Your Mental and Emotional Health
    1. 10. 3 Tips to Avoid Work-from-Home Burnout: If you’re “on” all the time, that’s a problem.
    2. 11. Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure: Create purposeful recovery periods.
    3. 12. 5 Tips to Reduce Screen Time While You’re Working from Home: Choose physical over digital whenever you can.
    4. 13. How to Combat Video Call Fatigue: Don’t multitask, and take plenty of breaks.
11. Section Four: Thriving in Virtual Meetings
    1. 14. What Everyone Should Know About Running Virtual Meetings: Focus on relationships, prepare, and lead.
    2. 15. Elevate Your Presence on a Video Call: Look at your camera, not your colleagues’ faces.
    3. 16. Break Up Your Brainstorming Sessions: Embrace silence and use small groups.
    4. 17. Virtual Off-Sites That Work: Running one is probably easier than you think.
    5. 18. Stop Zoning Out in Zoom Meetings: Listening better will help.
12. Section Five: Being the Boss
    1. 19. How to Manage Remote Direct Reports: What changes (and what doesn’t) when people work from home.
    2. 20. 5 Questions (Newly) Virtual Leaders Should Ask Themselves: Think strategically about what your role is.
    3. 21. Make Yourself Available to Remote Employees: Six strategies can help.
    4. 22. How to Keep Your Team Motivated, Remotely: A framework to help employees stay energized and engaged.
    5. 23. Tips for Coaching Someone Virtually: Your physical location still matters.
    6. 24. How to Manage a Remote Employee Who’s Struggling to Perform: Show empathy without lowering the bar.
13. Section Six: Solving Problems on a Remote Team
    1. 25. How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote: You need a range of behaviors and skills.
    2. 26. Managing a Team Across 5 Time Zones: Everyone should share the scheduling burden.
    3. 27. How to Raise Sensitive Issues with Your Remote Team: Make people feel safe.
    4. 28. Ideas for Helping Remote Colleagues Bond: From book clubs to video games.
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