I’m thinking about starting a new remote work training community, it’s going to be called “Be The Best Remote Worker You Can Be”.
I think remote work will be the norm for some time to come due to the current erm “situation” and having the best skills to do that work will make you stand out.
Even when we are allowed out of lock down, people will have seen the benefits of remote work and there will not be a clamour to resume the daily commute to play office politics, remote work is here to stay in my opinion.
That’s why I think remote work training would be useful.
Why I’m qualified to build this community
I’ve been working remotely full time for more than 10 years (since May 2008 to be exact).
I’ve delivered thousands of projects to my clients, and I’ve only met one of them physically in all that time.
I’ve built a 100% remote team to deliver service to clients so I understand the challenges of managing a remote team.
I understand the mentality, tools and skills needed to be an effective remote worker.
What I think this community looks like
It’s a members only community with online training modules and a forum to ask questions.
I’ve brainstormed some of the training modules (see below) but this will evolve over time as I see the problems people are having.
- Building Your Workspace
- Communication touch points (probably the most important skill to learn)
- Managing Your Workload (covering overload and underload)
- The self discipline of remote work
- Tools for remote work
- Working in a shared space (kids, spouse)
- Remote work / life divide (not balance, divide)
- The remote manager
Who Is This Community For?
It’s for people working in a digital role that can be performed remotely, online over the internet.
It’s for people who have been told to remote work due to the pandemic.
Interested?
At the moment I’m judging interest in this community and I would ask you to complete this form if you are interested in learning to “Be The Best Remote Worker You Can Be”.
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Hello Neil, I think this is an excellent idea and you are certainly most qualified to run such a group. The experience you have is invaluable. So, this is a comment of encouragement. I would be interested to join but more out of curiosity, I would most probably not be an active member as I am semi-retired now.
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