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Toggle Think Before You Work status

Think Before You Work

Toggle Can you handle working from home? This question is tougher than it sounds status

Can you handle working from home? This question is tougher than it sounds

Try a few "practice days" before you make your final decision.
Toggle Will you be working from home occasionally, part-time, or full-time? This will affect both your ultimate decision and possibly your approach to the task, as well as any budgeting concerns. status

Will you be working from home occasionally, part-time, or full-time? This will affect both your ultimate decision and possibly your approach to the task, as well as any budgeting concerns.

Toggle Make a list of the pros and cons status

Make a list of the pros and cons

Will you be saving money, or spending more on office supplies? If you're a freelancer, you'll have to open an IRA, and also consider health insurance. These factors should all be taken in to consideration.
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Home Office Essentials

Toggle A quiet room or personal area with enough space for all your supplies status

A quiet room or personal area with enough space for all your supplies

This should be ;separate ;or partitioned off from the rest of your home, a place where you can work undisturbed.
Toggle Laptop or desktop computer status

Laptop or desktop computer

Both are good, but if you have to pick, a laptop may be your best bet, since it's portable.
Toggle A desk and comfortable adjustable desk chair. status

A desk and comfortable adjustable desk chair.

Toggle Pens, pencils, and any other necessary writing tools status

Pens, pencils, and any other necessary writing tools

Toggle Legal pads or notebooks; paper status

Legal pads or notebooks; paper

Toggle Memo pads/sticky notes status

Memo pads/sticky notes

Toggle Printer and paper status

Printer and paper

Toggle Dry-erase board with markers status

Dry-erase board with markers

Toggle Bulletin board with pins status

Bulletin board with pins

Toggle Filing cabinet with file folders status

Filing cabinet with file folders

If you run a business out of home, this ;may be necessary.
Toggle Specialty tools of your trade status

Specialty tools of your trade

This could be a draft board with a place to stash blueprints, or a dressmaker's dummy. Whatever it is you need for your job, you better make sure you have it!
Toggle Working Effectively from Home status

Working Effectively from Home

Toggle Ensure your work space is conducive to working status

Ensure your work space is conducive to working

This sounds like a no-brainer, but if you don't set up an office environment that allows you to comfortably work and stay focused, you won't be productive.
Toggle Schedule your day status

Schedule your day

In order stay motivated and productive, you need a structured routine so you can effectively manage your ;tasks, especially if you have deadlines to meet.
Toggle Track your Time status

Track your Time

Monitor how much time is spent not working. What are you doing, and how much does it detract from your work schedule?
Toggle Avoid checking personal email or visiting social networking sites during work hours status

Avoid checking personal email or visiting social networking sites during work hours

This can distract you for hours, and will inevitably cost you your day...and possibly your job.
Toggle Stay Connected status

Stay Connected

If you work from home full-time, it's easy to lose contact with family and friends. Set aside time during the day (during a break, for example) to call or email close contacts...stay in the loop.
Toggle Take breaks status

Take breaks

Even working from home entitles you to a respite from your desk. Just be sure it's a reasonable break, and you use it wisely.
Toggle Change your scenery status

Change your scenery

If you're going stir crazy, it's ok to step out for a walk, or bring your work with you - take your laptop to a coffee shop or favorite place and work from there for an hour or two.

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Considering a work-from-home position? There are some essential factors you need to think about before making the move. Our Work From Home Checklist outlines how to make your home office a positive environment for work. Check out helpful tips on how to stay productive and make the most of your workday from home.

Who it's for

This Work from Home Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.

  • Standardize quality - run the same Work from Home steps every time, regardless of who executes
  • Save time - reuse a proven Work from Home workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
  • Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
  • Onboard faster - use the Work from Home checklist as the SOP and training guide
  • Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth

How to use it

How to use this Work from Home Checklist:

  1. Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
  2. Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
  3. Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
  4. Reuse without rebuilding - when Work from Home comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.

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