Remote working: Boundaries, trust and isolation (ep41)

In today’s episode we’re talking about working productively and effectively from home with author of The Tracksuit Economy, Emma Heuston.  Emma is a practice leader at LegalVision and works entirely from home.  Emma shares her own experience about working from home, including the advantages and challenges, how the decision to work remotely has impacted her career and talks to us about her book, The Tracksuit Economy, which is all about working remotely.   Highlights from this episode include:  Emma’s advice for making remote flexible working effective, including the importance of trust between colleagues, establishing processes and procedures and using technology effectively   A discussion about the challenges Emma has faced from working entirely from home and how she has approached them  How to build trust and collegiality with a remote team   Implementing boundaries at home when home is also your office. Emma’s advice includes creating a physical boundary for your office and switching emails off your phone during weekends  Emma’s advice about how to find a remote working position or negotiate remote working at your current position   The importance of keeping in touch and not letting yourself feel isolated when working remotely   If your current circumstances aren’t working for you, look for an easier way  Thank you to LawCPD for sponsoring this episode!  LawCPD offer premium CPD courses Australia wide.  All their courses are provided online which makes it really easy to complete your CPD from anywhere. Find a full range of courses offered by LawCPD here!  Links mentioned in this episode:   If you want to connect with Emma you can find her at The Tracksuit Economy, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.   The Juggle Community, our online Facebook group  Find us on Instagram and Facebook  The Juggle website, where you can find all episodes of The Juggle and sign up to be notified when a new episode is released  Listen to our episode about combating mum guilt  Download our free guide to making an application for flexible work   Happy juggling!