5 Easy Ways to Work Smarter

With Your Distributed Team

by Guerric de Ternay http://www.contriber.com/

How to Become a More Productive Remote Worker

Healthy Diet: Zero Notification

Every time you receive a new email, your brain gets a shot of dopamine. It’s a direct reward for

checking your phone.

Eliminating notifications limits the amount of information competing for your attention. It will help you regain focus on the important

priorities of your workday.

Shift from being reactive to proactive.

#1

Avoid News and Social Media

Social media and news are playing with your brain.

Just avoid spending time on any of them during your workday.

Your remote job requires you to work with social media? Use 3rd party apps that keep you away from news feeds.

#2

Set a Time for Online Overlap with Your Distributed Team

Remote workers are not hermits.

Everybody needs to interact with their team.

Plan a certain number of hours of overlap.

Everyday, our distributed team is connected for at least two hours on Contriber and Skype.

We schedule our meetings at this time as well.

#3

Organize your Remote Workspace and Minimize Visual Distractions

Keep It Simple.

#4

Learn to Say ‘No’ to Irrelevant Online Meetings

Explain the reasons why you should skip the meeting. Make sure to do this ahead of time,

rather than just before the meeting.

If you cannot say ‘no’, you can still try to shorten the meeting. Do 20 minutes instead of 30.

Keep in mind Parkinson’s Law of Meetings: a meeting expands so as to fill the time allocated.

#5

Improve Quickly At Working With Your Distributed Team

Learn about how to work with a distributed team on blog.contriber.com

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by Guerric de Ternay http://www.contriber.com/