{"id":26,"date":"2015-02-13T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2015-02-13T21:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T21:50:12","slug":"successful-teleworking-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/successful-teleworking-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Teleworking Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Successful Teleworking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/photodune-3110628-women-analyzing-data-s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-37 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/photodune-3110628-women-analyzing-data-s-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Women Analyzing Data\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/photodune-3110628-women-analyzing-data-s-300x249.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/photodune-3110628-women-analyzing-data-s.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In order for Teleworking to be successful, there should be a plan. When there is, it\u2019s obvious that the agency wants it to work. Certainly, they don\u2019t want telework to negatively impact careers. We uncovered a few tips for successful teleworking.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>K<strong>eep your work relationships intact.<\/strong> Touch base with your team members often. Reschedule your commuting days as needed. Get feedback weekly from your supervisor. And make sure he\/she knows your career goals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep your career on track.<\/strong> Make the important meetings, even if it means changing your schedule. Be flexible. And review your emails &#8211; be sure they are tactful and diplomatic. Update your status often and take credit when it&#8217;s appropriate. Be clear about your career goals.<\/li>\n<li>S<strong>et rules.<\/strong> It&#8217;s easy to be too available at home. It&#8217;s up to you to set work hours, when and how you can be interrupted and what areas are off-limits. And while you&#8217;re setting rules, make a schedule and stick to it. When you telework, it&#8217;s easy to slack off without thinking, or you can become a workaholic. Neither option is good. Balancing your work and home life, as much as you can, will make you happier and more productive. And your telework plan will be successful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In a report to the Congress on the status of telework in the Federal Government, efforts to promote telework were reported.<a title=\"Teleworking: Report To Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/teleworking-report-to-congress\/\"> READ MORE on the effectiveness of agency-wide telework efforts.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Successful Teleworking In order for Teleworking to be successful, there should be a plan. When there is, it\u2019s obvious that the agency wants it to work. Certainly, they don\u2019t want telework to negatively impact careers. We uncovered a few tips for successful teleworking. Keep your work relationships intact. Touch base with your team members often. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,8,11,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}