The office as we know it is ending, and llamas have gone remote 🦙
A roundup of the latest remote work news and insights
Does anyone else feel like days seem like weeks right now? This week flew by really quickly, but it also felt like each day was super long. It feels like time itself has entered a time warp and we’re all feeling minutes, hours, days and weeks differently. Perhaps it’s because our reality has changed so suddenly and drastically.
Yesterday was the one-month wedding anniversary for Victor and me. We got married in Las Vegas on March 16 and left the city just as everything was shutting down. It’s hard to believe it’s been a month.
During this month, I have been incredibly encouraged by the sheer volume of content related to remote work best practices. And I’m excited to see the content encouraging employers to put their employees’ needs first. That’s conscious leadership. And it’s going to revolutionize how we all work and connect.
Here is some of the remote work/conscious leadership content I found interesting this week:
This Forbes piece reminds leaders that the body-in-seat mentality doesn’t work for increasing team productivity.
One key insight for me: Set “office hours” for your team where you know everyone will be online and can quickly collaborate or answer questions. The rest of the time is free for deep work. Essentially, this is scheduling synchronous and asynchronous communications patterns for your team.
This Scrapinghub blog covers 5 ways companies can move their entire team remote.
One key insight for me: Earlier this week my newsletter covered how to make the post-coronavirus transition to a partial or fully remote team. This blog covers some of the same topics. I appreciated the insight about having a company handbook and documents that all staff can use to answer FAQs.
Vox published this lengthy article about the office as we know it is ending.
One key insight for me: Experts speculate that during the economic turmoil ahead, investors will want companies to cut every cost possible. That means office space overhead. More than 30% of the American workforce could end up working remotely permanently as a result. Also, those companies that already had flexible work policies were better able to navigate the work from home transition in March.
One key insight for me: Entrepreneurs are so creative! What a great idea for this farm to raise some money to stay in business and bring joy to those of us who need some connection to nature right now.
As we wrap up another week, I want to share with you the belief that whatever your circumstances, and whatever you’re feeling right now, there is comfort and hope even in dark and uncertain times. Human beings have such resilience. Our spirits and energy rise above the physical trials of life. We can turn confusion into clarity. We can turn trouble into triumph.
I’ve been enjoying listening to the teachings of Cristof, who focuses on the spiritual and energetic aspects of life and our current situation. His words are encouraging as we consider the light in the darkness right now. I hope you can also find teachers who will provide you much-needed encouragement and wisdom as we transition to a new world and new way of being.
Work happy. Live happy. BE happy.
Meredith
I will soon be launching a training series for employers and employees to hone their remote work skills. Stay posted for these exciting and timely new courses!
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