The remote work productivity training program
Make remote work work for you.
Our Remote Work Program embeds remote productivity – wherever you are.
STAGE 1 – Learn the fundamentals
Stage 1 is all about understanding your team and creating team buy-in. We do this by engaging the team in a short explainer workshop and collecting distraction and productivity data.
STAGE 2 – Assess your remote productivity
In Stage 2 we use analytics to identify your team’s biggest remote productivity issues and design evidence-based solutions with the team. We work with team members to make sure their remote set-up supports them to make the most of their time at work.
STAGE 3 – Make change stick
Stage 3 is about helping your team to apply the knowledge they’ve developed during the first two Stages. After reviewing the improvements made in Stage 2, productivity champions take ownership for the team’s productivity and learn how to intervene in future.
We went deep to design this program. Here’s what we found out.
People want to work remotely half the time
Building 20 2020, The Future of Remote Work.
On average, respondents hope to work remotely 49% of the time when restrictions are lifted (a 22% increase on per-COVID restrictions).
Employees with no management responsibility want to more than double remote working time when COVID-19 is no longer an issue (an increase from 21% of their pre-restriction work time to 47%).
But there are challenges
With fewer face-to-face interactions, the most common challenge is communication (33%) followed by social isolation/ loneliness (32%) and having to deal with too many distractions at home (32%). Some respondents also struggle to disconnect from work (30%) and stay motivated (30%).
Especially maintaining team culture
Without face-to-face interactions, employees worry that workplace culture will slip. Worry about team culture is seen as the biggest roadblock to expanding remote work when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted (49%), almost twice that of the second biggest roadblock, technology (25%).
But remote work is good for business
By working remotely, respondents saved 65 minutes per day on their commute. 65 minutes per day is equivalent to 10.9 days per year.
If employees are allowed to work their desired extra 22% remotely when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, employers stand to save around $1433-1654 per employee annually on rent.
…and great for employees
Getting rid of the commute was the most popular major benefit of remote work (selected by 61% of respondents). This was 13% more than the second most popular benefit of flexibility (48%), while 35% of respondents said saving money was a major benefit. Around 1-in-3 respondents also cited more time with family (34%) and better work-life balance (30%) as major benefits of remote work.
Removing the commute altogether is worth $6948 per year in gained leisure time per employee. If 22% of the commute time is removed then employees will gain the equivalent of around $1529 in leisure time annually.
Most of all – training matters
Being productive at work is not innate. 51% of respondents strongly agree/agree that they would benefit from tailored training on how to work effectively remotely.
Training on how to work effectively remotely increases an employee’s perception of their productivity. 50% of respondents who have been offered training strongly agree/agree that they are more productive than in the office, 9% higher than respondents who haven’t been offered training.
60% of employees who have been offered training on how to work remotely effectively strongly agree/agree that they would benefit from further training, 20% higher than those who have not received training.
Remote employees mainly struggle with time management, online engagement (e.g. remote meetings), and they want to know how to be more productive. We’ve baked all these issues into an engaging program, which we customise to ensure it meets the unique needs for your team.