Working Smarter at Home — A 1-Day Course

 Closed In-House Course

Course Synopsis

Working at home gives you the opportunity to control a large part of your day-to-day environment. You can add to your personal comfort and generally improve the quality of your life in ways unavailable to those working from the corporate office.

Ideally, working at home will give you an opportunity to improve your job performance, while, at the same time, 'buying back' some quality time in your personal life.

This course will enable you to gain maximum advantage by understanding productivity inhibitors and how to manage them. It will also help you to best meet your preferred work style for business and personal needs.

Course Objectives

Delegates will learn how to:

• Identify the advantages, demands and drawbacks of home-working
• Review realistic goal-setting and ways in which to keep yourself motivated
• Plan 'your day, your way', without supervision
• Identify your key time-management issues and how they relate to your key work objectives
• Develop strategies for providing and controlling interruptions to your plans
• Recognise your obligation under health & safety legislation

Outline Course Contents

Establish personal objectives for the course

What are the implications of working at home?

Obstacles to working smarter at home

The 'suitable' home for home-working

Work-style preferences

The importance of needs

Internal and external motivators

Losing your balance

Addressing issues of isolation and loneliness

The importance of anchors

Using your peak time

Co-ordination and work planning

Interruptions, distractions and temptations

Top tips for working smarter at home

Contracting for effective working

Completion of a personal action plan