When we went into lockdown and became a global remote workforce, one of the first and immediate consequences was the shift from the controlled environment of a workplace to the less controlled environment of the home-office.
All of a sudden, people who relied on structure and imposed discipline had to become much more cognizant, responsible and self-disciplined. We went from a workforce of employees to a workforce of virtual entrepreneurs almost overnight.
As newly minted entrepreneurs, one of the things about running a start-up or your own business is realizing that you largely only accountable to yourself. One of the accountability policies that the shared services unit implemented had to do with timesheets.
The requirement was that timesheets needed to be submitted by Friday, each week. Something I find useful is to create artificial external requirements to get things done. Calendar invites, meetings, promises to others, anything that reframes deliverables as something which others are waiting on. One adapts, as is the case for NSFW policies and content. What happens at home behind closed doors has always been different than what happens at the office.
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