Work from Home Checklist
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Think Before You Work
Can you handle working from home? This question is tougher than it sounds
Try a few "practice days" before you make your final decision.
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.
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.
Home Office Essentials
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.
Laptop or desktop computer
Both are good, but if you have to pick, a laptop may be your best bet, since it's portable.
A desk and comfortable adjustable desk chair.
Pens, pencils, and any other necessary writing tools
Legal pads or notebooks; paper
Memo pads/sticky notes
Printer and paper
Dry-erase board with markers
Bulletin board with pins
Filing cabinet with file folders
If you run a business out of home, this ;may be necessary.
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!
Working Effectively from Home
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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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Presented by:
Lauren Meir
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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:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Work from Home comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.