Obviously not all of us is allowed to work remotely as there are some types of work that require employees to consistently attend their place of work or travel to undertake their work face to face. But for those of us have the chance to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and present some practical guidance by distributing it on the web with the sole objective of providing valuable shortcuts for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.

I should warn you that there are groups of so called ’experts’ on the net who will try and sell you online education for big sums of cash, trust me you don’t have to do this.

I am privileged to be permitted to work in whatever location I choose and just about everybody who asks me what work I do wants to learn how I am able to work remotely. Don’t misinterpret me I am still learning about the art of remote working as everyday I encounter people on the net who show me new knowledge and I am constantly discovering new systems and processes that make my life easier and make me more effective.

Throughout the past seven years I have significantly adapted my working practices to allow me to do just about all of my work remotely with a kit of online tools and rigid self discipline. One early morning whilst browsing the net I discovered [1] Quickbooks online and this inspired me as to what just might be possible. My encounter with ’cloud’ based [3] ‘on demand’ [4] small business accounting software was the turning point for me and the launch pad of my ‘remote working journey’.

I should inform you up front that efficiently working remotely is as much about the tools as it is about self management. Working remotely also means informing your team members, managers and customers as to what they can expect and how they will stay in touch with you.

In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Tips on self management’ I talk about how to focus.