4 Ultimate PC Productivity Tools

pc-productivityEditor’s Note: This is a guest post from Wendy Graham of online colleges.

If you work from home or attend online college, you know the importance of keeping productive; while working from the comfort of your house may seem like the best of all possible work environments, it can have its drawbacks. For one, you must have strong reserves of self-discipline and treat your work life as it were… a job. This can be difficult if one uses the same home computer for work and leisure. If this applies to you, consider the following programs.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Communication Issues, Knowing Yourself, ProductivityTags: , , , , , ,
5 Comments »

7 Tips to Survive and Thrive When Working from a Home Office

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Evita of Evolving Beings. In our first part of this series we considered the benefits of allowing employees to work from home and in the second part we talked about how to optimize a tele-commuting situation. Today we follow up with 7 Tips to Survive and Thrive When Working from a Home Office.

Working from a home office, especially for yourself can either be looked upon as a big blessing or big curse. Which it will be completely depends on how successfully you set up your home environment, as well as yourself in it.

(Karl’s note: Below is 5 minute video of Evita giving a detailed tour of her home office and how the layout affects her work.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Knowing Yourself, Motivation, Productivity, Work happy tipsTags: , , , , , , ,
19 Comments »

5 Important Rules to Follow When Tele-commuting

home-office-blueEditor’s note: This is a guest post from Evita of Evolving Beings

In our first part of this series, we considered “Why Companies Should Allow Their Employees to Work from Home”. Today we follow up with 5 important rules to follow when working from home.

Having experience in working from home for a company (through my husband), and working from home for myself, I would like to explore the topic of working from home from both angles.

Let’s look at how to make the most of your work happiness when you telecommute for a company:
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Career Fulfillment, Fun Environment, Leisure Time, Productivity, Work happy tipsTags: , , , ,
14 Comments »

Why Companies Should Allow Their Employees to Work from Home

Dogbert-ethics-2

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Evita of Evolving Beings

It seems that as technology expands forward, it is allowing more and more people the freedom to not be tied to a desk at their office any longer.

More and more people are either being approached by their company with an option to work remotely, such as from home, or are themselves suggesting the option to their company.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Leadership, Management, ProductivityTags: , , , , , , , , ,
18 Comments »