Five Critical Aspects for Effective Home Offices
Our online webinar training programs are designed to address the five criteria aspects that affect virtual employees and their productivity rates. Training your employees in each critical aspect can 
reduce cost and increase company profits.
Proper home office facilities
An inadequate home office can wreak havoc on the employee’s ability to focus and concentrate. A properly located home office will increase productivity.
AREAS OF STUDY:
- Ergonomics – how to create a work space that reduces injury and physical strain.
- Office location – possible locations for creating a home office that provides seclusion and a quiet working environment.
- Security – how to protect and secure your company data.
Adhere to business hours while avoiding distractions
Employees that succumb to the distractions that can accompany a home office may be wasting company time and money. An employee that learns to avoid distractions is more driven and excels with assigned tasks.
AREAS OF STUDY:
- Strategies for preventing external interruptions including the phone, doorbell, and impromptu visits.
- Tips for working with spouses and children all of ages to establish boundaries during working hours.
- Tactics for encouraging your community as a whole to respect your work and working hours.
Increasing employee take-home pay with tax deductions and new perspectives
Employees that do not take advantage of IRS tax codes simply don’t have as much available income to offset personal expenses and often they turn to the employer to request a raise. Employees that understand tax deductions are able to increase their earning power – without additional costs to the employer.
AREAS OF STUDY:
- Introduction to home office deductions (including property taxes, utilities, mortgage interest, etc) based upon percentage of space allotted to the home office.
- In-depth analysis of potential tax savings.
- Keeping strong records for documenting home office expenses.
- Understanding of tax form 2106 and the 2% floor applied by the Internal Revenue Service.
Controlling personal finances
Employees that are suffering from personal financial issues have higher absentee rates and often use company time to address financial issues - not to mention lack of focus while working. Employees that use fiscal planning and budgets find that their earnings go further, while strengthening their ability to provide strong services to the employers.
AREAS OF STUDY:
- Importance of a “rainy day” or “emergency” fund. Unique strategies for increasing your savings.
- How to create a household budget.
- Tips for negotiating with creditors.
- Enhancing communication with your creditors, creating payment plans, and eliminating verbal abuse and harassment for debt collection purposes.
Personality Traits
Employees that lack organizational and time management skills are wasting your valuable time and money searching for lost items and ineffectively moving from task to task. Employees with strong skills are quickly able to locate the items needed, have the ability to organize and prioritize, and are able to accomplish the tasks vital to your business.
AREAS OF STUDY:
- Time management skills.
- Tools for prioritizing and to-do lists.
- Personality profile worksheets, identification of weaknesses, developing strategies for improvement.
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