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