Remote ≠ WFH Fridays.
Working from home (WFH) and remote working aren’t the same thing; the goals are different.
Working from home gives a team member temporary leave of absence from the office. If the setup isn’t right then the risk of an employee missing out on key pieces of information, or being unproductive, is limited. Typically they are back in the office in a couple of days and any issues can be resolved relatively quickly.
Remote working gives a team member the ability to work away from the office for weeks or months at a time. Any issues with the setup can cause problems if they aren’t resolved quickly, seriously impacting on productivity and undermining the success of any remote working initiative.
If you are able to support working from home then you should have some of the building blocks in place to enable remote working.
This is an extract from our book Ready for Remote. It’s our manifesto for the future of work. It tells the story of how we build and nurture remote teams; the tools we use and the principles we follow.
It’s a story of freedom, purpose and productivity. In the book we openly offer up some best-practice advice for anyone thinking of building remote teams.
