HOME OFFICE TYPE OVERVIEW
What Home Office Type Are You?
In the current situation more and more people are confronted with a new working reality - the Home Office. What sounds great at a first glance, comes with a number of challenges. Check out if you are a Home Office Champ or how you could improve your work from home.
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Take the test below to find out which of the 12 different Home Office Types you are and how you can find performance and satisfaction by working from home.
Good luck!
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How To Become a H.O. Champion?
Find out about your personal Home Office Type and see the expression on the four different Home Office Dimensions.
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(++ and + indicate high and good levels; - and - - low and very low levels)
How To Improve Towards Your H.O. IKIGAI?
WORKING ATTITUDE:
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Try to set up strict HO routine
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Get up earlier​ and follow your "office day routine"
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Make sure you dress in a casual office attire
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Start the working day by setting the targets for the day
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Prioritise your goals for the day
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Make sure you plan enough breaks
HOME OFFICE SITUATION:
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Most importantly find a good spot in your home that you link with "work" only and no other "off work" activity.
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Make time arrangements with the people you live with (most importantly children) on when you can and can't be disturbed.
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If you don't have ergonomic office furniture at home, make sure that you make sufficient break and loosen your back
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Make sure to keep areas in your home strictly "work free"
CHANGE RESILIENCE:
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Unless you have lots of online meetings: plan for virtual chats with friends and family to cope with feeling lonely
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Counteract stress by meditation, sports, or whatever helps you to cope with stress
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Embrace the new situation by writing down the PROs of working from home
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Don't overwork! Be strict to yourself and stop at a set time
WORK CONTENT:
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If the tasks you are assigned with can't be performed, contact your employer and try to rearrange your responsibilities.
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If you are heavily depending on the close cooperation with team mates, set up fixed times for virtual meetings to keep the interactions you need going.
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If you are depended on non-digital resources, try to arrange scans of such material