6 Steps To A Flexible Work Arrangement

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In the posts below I outline the process I used in order to achieve my full-time telecommuting arrangement.

The following exercises and instructions are a culmination of 6 months of trial and error, preparation and final execution.

I believe that the tips and strategies outlined in the following posts at best can lead you to working 5 days a week from the comfort of your home or at the very least, allow you to negotiate 1 day work from home a week or more flexible work arrangements that don’t require you to work from 9-to-5.

Introduction to The Insider’s Guide To Becoming A Teleworker

The ideal employee: A Teleworker

Defining your goals: Understanding why you want to Telework

Finding out where you stand in your company

Step 1: Becoming a Fast, Effective and Independent Employee

Exercise 1.1: Overviewing your current working process

Exercise 1.2: Isolating your most important work activities

Exercise 1.3: Improving the teleworking compatibility of work related activities

Exercise 1.4: Eliminating all unnecessary tasks

Exercise 1.5: Eliminating all unnecessary people

Exercise 1.6: Eliminating all unnecessary communication

Exercise 1.7: Creating systems to speed up work

Exercise 1.8: Creating plans to deal with persistent problems

Step 2: Increasing Value to Secure Your Position

Exercise 2.1: Get a special ability

Exercise 2.2: Get your company to spend time and money on you

Exercise 2.3: Let them know the pain of your absence

Step 3: Testing Your Teleworking Ability

Exercise 3.1: Testing your Part-Time Teleworking ability

Exercise 3.2: Testing your Full Time Teleworking ability

Step 4: Overcoming fear and believing in yourself

Exercise 4.1: Facing your Teleworking fears

Exercise 4.2: Expressing Ideas Clearly to Overcome Resistance

Exercise 4.3: Role Playing to Overcome Situational Fears

Exercise 4.4: Dealing with Negative Self Talk

Step 5: Approaching your boss: Asking to Telework

Exercise 5.1: What to prepare before asking for permission

Exercise 5.2: Finding good reasons to work remotely

Step 6: Post-Office and potential problems

Exercise 6.1: Common teleworking problems and solutions

Final Words