The largest collection of work from home resources

With most companies offering remote work options, a large share of the world's knowledge workers are now working remotely. But working remotely does not come naturally to most managers and employees. This resource page is our effort to bridge the knowledge gap and help everyone succeed with remote work.

Blogs and guides

• How to set up an ideal work from home workspace — A guide to choosing the right location, furniture, hardware, internet, and software for your home office.
• 9 work from home best practices — Proven practices for staying productive and healthy while working from home.
• Mastering remote team communication — Nine techniques to improve communication and performance in remote teams.
• Challenges of managing remote employees — Common challenges like time zones, communication gaps, and priority mismatches — and how to overcome them.
• 5 keys to improve productivity of remote teams — Practical tips for managers to get the best out of their remote teams.
• How to engage remote employees — Strategies for keeping remote workers connected, motivated, and engaged.
• Ultimate guide to work from home resources — A curated guide covering setup, hiring, management, and best practices.

Hiring and managing remote teams

• Hiring remote employees for your business — A three-step process for creating the ideal candidate profile, sourcing applicants, and making the hire.
• Monitoring remote employees — How to track input, measure productivity, and monitor effectiveness of remote workers.
• How to measure productivity of remote employees — 8 proven methods for measuring the productivity of work-from-home and remote employees.
• Survey: working from home is creating new challenges — Results from our survey of small businesses on the impact of remote work.

Tools for managing remote teams

• Toolkit for managing remote employees — A comparison of popular tools for time tracking, project management, communication, and collaboration.
• Best project management tools for small businesses — A review of project management tools including Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and more.
• Zoom versus Microsoft Teams — A detailed comparison of the two most popular video conferencing solutions.
• HiveDesk time tracking software — Automatic time tracking with screenshots, employee scheduling, and project management for remote teams.

Productivity resources

• Best productivity books — A review of 21 of the best productivity books to change your mindset and approach to work.
• Productivity methods — A guide to popular productivity methods including GTD, Pomodoro, Eisenhower Matrix, OKRs, and Time Blocking.
• Project management techniques — An overview of Waterfall, PERT, CPM, Kanban, and Scrum techniques.
• Top 10 project management books — The best books for both experienced and new project managers.

Time tracking

• What is project time tracking software — An overview of project time tracking software and how to use it.
• How to select the best time tracking software — A guide to evaluating and selecting the right time tracking tool for your business.