Remote Work Strategies

Find best practices, resources, and support to help you continue to perform your role, manage new responsibilities, and maintain a sense of community with your coworkers. For the latest updates and guidance from Tufts University, please visit go.tufts.edu/coronavirus.

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Find ways to keep working effectively, manage responsibilities, and avoid distractions as you take your job to a new setting.​

Have advice on remote work? Help contribute to a growing list of practices and creative ideas that other members of the Tufts Community have found successful.​

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BBC Worklife
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Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way

Companies around the globe have rolled out mandatory remote work. Whether you’re a newbie or WFH veteran, here’s what you need to do to stay productive.
Inc. Productivity
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Working Remotely for the First Time?

These Seasoned Experts Have Advice for You to Follow.
Harvard Business Review
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How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

Remote communication isn’t always easy.
Tufts Technology Services
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Working Remotely: Tufts Technology Services Guide

Tufts provides a number of tools that enable the community to continue to be productive while working remotely.

Managing

Tufts HR
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Tips for Managing Remote Workers (PDF)

Find tips from Human Resources on setting expectations, communicating, and selecting tools.
Harvard Business Review
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A Guide to Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers

There are specific, research-based steps that managers can take without great effort to improve the engagement and productivity of remote employees...
Forbes
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When Your Employees Are Remote, You Have To Stop The Body-In-Seat Mentality

If you want to drastically improve the productivity and effectiveness of your remote team, start giving your team dedicated blocks of time throughout the day...
Fast Company
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10 CEOs explain how to compassionately communicate from a distance

It’s possible to build rapport remotely. Find out what’s working for business leaders navigating this new territory.
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Meeting Online

It takes a lot more than getting everyone online to have a productive virtual meeting. Find best practices for facilitating conversation, leading presentations, and engaging in online meetings.

SHRM
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Virtual Presentations, Meetings Require New Approaches for Success

SHRM Online spoke with experts about the different strategies required to succeed...
Harvard Business Review
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What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting

Virtual meetings — even impromptu ones sparked by fears of a contagion — can be run more effectively, using basic meeting best practices and easy-to-use, inexpensive technology.
The New York Times
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It’s Not Just You: In Online Meetings, Many Women Can’t Get a Word In

Overlapping chatter. Interruptions. Few nonverbal cues. For women, virtual meetings can mirror the inequities of in-person meetings.

Community

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How to Help

Tufts University is grateful to be able to serve our community during this time of crisis.
CNBC
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Virtual happy hours, team yoga sessions: How coworkers are staying connected while they work from home

Here are some ways coworkers are staying connected.
Tufts Sustainability
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How to Start Commuting by Bike

With spring in full swing, there is no better time to maintain social distancing and start your bike commute.
B2C
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10 Virtual Team Building Activities to Build Stronger Teams

Virtual team building activities can help you build more collaborative teams. Try these 10 remote team building activities as a start.

Caregiving

Tufts HR
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HR Programs & Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Find benefits to support you and your family.
Harvard Business Review
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Balancing Work and Elder Care Through the Coronavirus Crisis

...there are also millions of people who are juggling work and elder care in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The New York Times
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How to Work From Home With Children

If you work from home with your kids around, you know it can be a challenge when you need to focus on one or the other. These tips can help.
Tufts HR
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Online Summer Camps & Other Experiences for Children

Find out what options there are for virtual summer camp, tutoring, or other experiences for your children.