Home Office

Home Office

Professional comprehensive human development instructor and business productivity consultant Helios Herrera defines the term home office as teleworking or remote work.

“It is work that you can do outside of a corporate environment, that can be done at home, in a café or a park from a computer or phone.”

According to research conducted by the talent company Manpower, the home office It is a labor trend that is gaining more and more acceptance. In Mexico, 57% of companies use this modality to some degree.

Some disadvantages of working from home are:

• Promote sedentary lifestyle
• Feeling like you don't belong to a work team
• Generate isolation
• Unlimited or extended hours
• You don't separate the boundaries between private life and work

Can you work from home and work as a team?

Good teamwork can be achieved by implementing home office, but to achieve this it is essential that everyone sees themselves as a team and not as individuals. To be able to achieve this successfully, here are some points to take into account:

Assign roles. Having an employee who knows what his or her job is helps avoid conflicts.

Constant Communication. It can be via chat, calls or even video calls, but it is important that the entire team knows which direction they are going.

Talk and resolve conflicts. It is about being able to reach an agreement that is convenient for all parties.

If you want to implement a home office work scheme To make it effective and measurable, you must have a clear work strategy to follow and communicate to your team what their responsibilities will be. To do this, it is essential to make use of technology. Here are some of the tools you can use to do this effectively:

Google Docs. Allows you to share any document, whether text, spreadsheet or presentation, and you can work on the document in real time.

Skype. Whether you want to have direct contact with a client, a prospect or a work team, it offers chat, calls and video calls.

CRM. This is without a doubt the tool par excellence for keeping track of your relationships with clients and prospects. Through this tool, the entire work team will be synchronized regarding what is happening with the company, the opportunities that exist and the follow-ups that must be carried out.

These microtips for organizing and decorating your space will help you if you decide to work from home and assign a specific space for it:

• Seek natural light. Try to place your desk as close to a window as possible, but take into account the position of the light due to its reflection on the computer.
• Invest in furniture. Buy comfortable furniture. You will spend many hours a day in that place and it is vital to feel comfortable in order to be productive.
• Get organized. Have everything you need to work on hand, but without having extra objects; avoid having a messy desk.
• Avoid distractions. Don't turn on the television, avoid checking social media, and try to put on relaxing music.

If you have already decided and are sure that you can work from home, remember that you must be very disciplined, set office hours and, above all, have a work area.