Why Your Work Attitude Needs to Change in New Normal
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Having experienced unrivalled levels of change in a stressful and tumultuous year, many of the changes that came to light over 2020 are here to stay.
Increases in casual/contract workforces, global access to talent, working from home, meetings with colleagues and suppliers over Zoom, Teams, Skype and the pace of innovation and change to name a few.
As these changes aren’t going anywhere, those who shift their work attitude, ditch their old habits and find ways to work effectively in a 24 /7 environment, are those who will thrive. Whether you work at home, work from an office or are a digital nomad, we have 9 tips to help you reach the end of 2021 with as much energy as you started.
- Instead of checking your email as soon as you wake, write down your intention for the day. This could be two or three goals you wish to achieve by the end of the workday.
- If working from home is your new normal, establish routines to create boundaries around your ‘work self’ and your ‘home self’.
- Define your workday. You do not need to be available every hour of the day, even if you may now live at ‘work’.
- Attempt to find time for self-care throughout the workday. This may be going for a walk, whatever helps keep you refreshed and avoid burn-out.
- Try to set realistic goals, just because you’re working from home doesn’t mean you have more hours in the day available to work.
- Take time to assess everything that happened in 2020 and strategically plan for the changes that come in 2021.
- Underquoting may bring in cash in the short-term, but can cost you immensely in the long-term, try to remember the value you and your team provide when quoting.
- Rather than being tempted by a glass of wine at the end of the day, try to incorporate regular exercise as this will also improve your actions during the workday.
- 2020 was a time of change, and we are now experiencing the ‘new normal’, attempt to find ways to make these changes work for you.
