Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection (5 Books)

Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection (5 Books)

by Harvard Business Review
Released June 2023
Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN: 9781647826208

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Book description

Everything you need to get your best work done, no matter where you do it.

For many, working remotely is a dream come true. For others it comes with stress, distraction, and endless video-call fatigue. No matter how you feel about the new world of work, aspects of being part of a far-flung or hybrid team can be challenging. Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection offers ideas and strategies to help you enjoy the benefits of working from anywhere—and deal with the difficulties that come along with it. Included in this five-book set are: HBR Guide to Remote Work, HBR Guide to Managing Flexible Work, HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance, HBR Guide to Being More Productive, and HBR Guide to Beating Burnout.

You'll learn how to:

  • Craft a remote work routine that works for you
  • Manage difficult conversations when you can't meet in person
  • Keep your team engaged, both in person and virtually
  • Adjust to your coworkers' flexible work arrangements
  • Set boundaries without alienating your colleagues
  • Motivate yourself when there's no one looking over your shoulder
  • Avoid work-from-home burnout

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. HBR Guide to Beating Burnout
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. What You’ll Learn
    5. Contents
    6. Introduction: Rethinking Burnout
    7. Section One: Protecting Yourself from Burnout
      1. 1. Don’t Get Surprised by Burnout
      2. 2. Six Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them
      3. 3. How to Get Through an Extremely Busy Time at Work
      4. 4. How to Avoid Burnout While Working from Home
      5. 5. Making Compassion a Habit
      6. 6. Collaboration Without Burnout
    8. Section Two: Bouncing Back from Burnout
      1. 7. Beating Burnout
      2. 8. Five Steps for Women to Combat Burnout
      3. 9. Even If You Love Your Job, You May Need to Recharge
      4. 10. To Recover from Burnout, Regain Your Sense of Control
      5. 11. Instead of Pushing Yourself Too Hard, Help Others Around You Perform
      6. 12. Carve a New Path at Work
      7. 13. When Burnout Is a Sign You Should Leave Your Job
      8. 14. Reawakening Your Passion for Work
    9. Section Three: Preventing Burnout on Your Team
      1. 15. Making Work Less Stressful and More Engaging for Your Employees
      2. 16. How Are You Protecting Your High Performers?
      3. 17. How to Help Your Team with Burnout When You’re Burned Out Yourself
      4. 18. Three Ways to Break Your Employees Out of the Busyness Paradox
      5. 19. Helping Remote Workers Avoid Loneliness and Burnout
    10. Section Four: How Organizations Can Combat Burnout
      1. 20. Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People
      2. 21. Just Hire Better Bosses
      3. 22. The Best Ways Your Organization Can Support Working Parents
      4. 23. Employee Burnout Is a Leadership Problem
      5. 24. Burnout: What It Is and How to Measure It
    11. Index
  3. HBR Guide to Managing Flexible Work
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. What You’ll Learn
    5. Table of Contents
    6. Section One: Getting Started
      1. 1. A Primer on True Flexibility
      2. 2. What Mix of WFH and Office Time Is Right for You?
      3. 3. Set a Hybrid Schedule That Works for You
    7. Section Two: Making the Ask
      1. 4. How to Negotiate a Remote Arrangement with Your Boss
      2. 5. Adventures in Alternative Work Arrangements
      3. 6. Asking Your Boss for a Four-Day Workweek
    8. Section Three: Getting Work Done
      1. 7. How to Get More Done in Less Time
      2. 8. Staying Focused When You’re Working from Home
      3. 9. Being Mindful in an Online Working World
      4. 10. How to Leave Work at Work
    9. Section Four: Staying Connected
      1. 11. Did You Get My Slack/Email/Text?
      2. 12. Staying Visible When Your Team Is in the Office—and You’re Not
      3. 13. Working on a Team Spread Across Time Zones
      4. 14. How to Stay Connected to Your Work Friends
      5. 15. New to the Team? Here’s How to Build Trust (Remotely)
    10. Section Five: Making the Most of Meetings
      1. 16. What It Takes to Run a Great Hybrid Meeting
      2. 17. When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?
      3. 18. How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation
    11. Section Six: Managing Your Flexible Team
      1. 19. Setting Flexible Schedules with Your Team—Fairly
      2. 20. The Downside of Flex Time
      3. 21. What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace
      4. 22. Giving Feedback When You’re Not Face-to-Face
      5. 23. Tips for Managing an Underperformer
    12. Index
  4. HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance
    1. Harvard Business Review Guides
    2. Title Page
    3. HBR Press Quantity Sales Discounts
    4. Copyright
    5. What You’ll Learn
    6. Contents
    7. Introduction
    8. Section One: Take Stock
      1. 1. Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
      2. 2. Assessment: Are You Focusing on What’s Important to You?
    9. Section Two: Make Decisions and Manage Your Time
      1. 3. No, You Can’t Have It All
      2. 4. Make Room in Your Work Life for the Rest of Your Self
      3. 5. Before You Agree to Take on New Work, Ask Three Questions
      4. 6. Stop Work Overload by Setting These Boundaries
      5. 7. Nine Practices to Help You Say No
      6. 8. Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week
      7. 9. How to Get the Most Out of a Day Off
    10. Section Three: Explore Flexible Work Arrangements
      1. 10. Winning Support for Flexible Work
      2. 11. Five Strategies of Successful Part-Time Work
      3. 12. Staying Focused When You’re Working from Home
      4. 13. What to Do When a Personal Crisis Is Hurting Your Professional Life
    11. Section Four: Manage Your Relationships
      1. 14. Being Too Busy for Friends Won’t Help Your Career
      2. 15. Two-Career Couples Need Long-Term Plans
      3. 16. Balance Parenting and Work Stress
      4. 17. How Working Parents Can Manage the Demands of School-Age Kids
      5. 18. Keep Your Home Life Sane When Work Gets Crazy
    12. Section Five: Take Care of Yourself
      1. 19. Six Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday
      2. 20. The Difference Between Workaholics and Working Long Hours
      3. 21. How to Forget About Work When You’re Not Working
      4. 22. Regular Exercise Is Part of Your Job
      5. 23. Reclaim Your Commute
      6. 24. Get Better Sleep
      7. 25. Don’t Take a Bad Day Home with You
    13. Index
  5. HBR Guide to Being More Productive
    1. Harvard Business Review Guides
    2. Title Page
    3. HBR Press Quantity Sales Discounts
    4. Copyright
    5. What You’ll Learn
    6. Contents
    7. Section One. Take Stock
      1. 1. Make Time for Work That Matters
      2. 2. Are You Too Stressed to Be Productive? Or Not Stressed Enough?
      3. 3. What’s Your Personal Productivity Style?
    8. Section Two. Plan Your Day
      1. 4. You May Hate Planning, but You Should Do It Anyway
      2. 5. Making the Most of “Slow Time”
      3. 6. Align Your Time Management with Your Goals
      4. 7. A Tool to Help You Reach Your Goals in Four Steps
      5. 8. Sprints Are the Secret to Getting More Done
      6. 9. Accomplish More by Committing to Less
      7. 10. How to Say No to Taking On More Work
      8. 11. The Most Productive People Know Whom to Ignore
      9. 12. Fending Off a Colleague Who Keeps Wasting Your Time
      10. 13. Give Yourself Permission to Work Fewer Hours
      11. 14. You’ll Feel Less Rushed If You Give Time Away
    9. Section Three. Find Your Focus
      1. 15. Five Ways to Minimize Office Distractions
      2. 16. Train Your Brain to Focus
      3. 17. The Two Things Killing Your Ability to Focus
      4. 18. Faced with Distraction, We Need Willpower
      5. 19. How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Workday
      6. 20. Coffee Breaks Don’t Boost Productivity After All
      7. 21. Gazing at Nature Makes You More Productive: An Interview with Kate Lee
      8. 22. Five Ways to Work from Home More Effectively
      9. 23. Things to Buy, Download, or Do When Working Remotely
    10. Section Four. Motivate Yourself
      1. 24. Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull
      2. 25. How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
      3. 26. How to Beat Procrastination
      4. 27. Steps to Take When You’re Starting to Feel Burned Out
      5. 28. Pronouns Matter When Psyching Yourself Up
      6. 29. Staying Motivated When Everyone Else Is on Vacation
    11. Section Five. Get More Done on the Road
      1. 30. How to Use Your Travel Time Productively
      2. 31. How to Get Work Done on the Road
    12. Section Six. Take Time Off
      1. 32. Going on Vacation Doesn’t Have to Stress You Out at Work
      2. 33. Don’t Obsess Over Getting Everything Done Before a Vacation
      3. 34. Ease the Pain of Returning to Work After Time Off
    13. Index
  6. HBR Guide to Remote Work
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. What You’ll Learn
    5. Contents
    6. Introduction: The Art of Being Indispensable—from Wherever You’re Working: Stand out and thrive as a remote employee.
    7. Section One: Getting Work Done
      1. 1. How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home: You’re only as distracted as you let yourself be.
      2. 2. Things to Buy, Download, or Do When Working Remotely: You need the right digital infrastructure.
      3. 3. Working from Home When You Have Kids: Tips for doing your job with little distractions underfoot.
      4. 4. How to Transition Between Work Time and Personal Time: Set good boundaries.
      5. 5. Staying Motivated in a Remote Job: You’ll need some new routines.
    8. Section Two: Navigating Common Challenges
      1. 6. Working Smoothly with a Virtual Boss: Set goals and expectations early on.
      2. 7. How to Resolve a Conflict with a Remote Colleague: Stop emailing and pick up the phone.
      3. 8. 4 Ways to Demonstrate Your Value—Remotely: Talk about your successes (without bragging).
      4. 9. Starting a New Remote Job: Five ways to get up to speed quickly.
    9. Section Three: Caring for Your Mental and Emotional Health
      1. 10. 3 Tips to Avoid Work-from-Home Burnout: If you’re “on” all the time, that’s a problem.
      2. 11. Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure: Create purposeful recovery periods.
      3. 12. 5 Tips to Reduce Screen Time While You’re Working from Home: Choose physical over digital whenever you can.
      4. 13. How to Combat Video Call Fatigue: Don’t multitask, and take plenty of breaks.
    10. Section Four: Thriving in Virtual Meetings
      1. 14. What Everyone Should Know About Running Virtual Meetings: Focus on relationships, prepare, and lead.
      2. 15. Elevate Your Presence on a Video Call: Look at your camera, not your colleagues’ faces.
      3. 16. Break Up Your Brainstorming Sessions: Embrace silence and use small groups.
      4. 17. Virtual Off-Sites That Work: Running one is probably easier than you think.
      5. 18. Stop Zoning Out in Zoom Meetings: Listening better will help.
    11. Section Five: Being the Boss
      1. 19. How to Manage Remote Direct Reports: What changes (and what doesn’t) when people work from home.
      2. 20. 5 Questions (Newly) Virtual Leaders Should Ask Themselves: Think strategically about what your role is.
      3. 21. Make Yourself Available to Remote Employees: Six strategies can help.
      4. 22. How to Keep Your Team Motivated, Remotely: A framework to help employees stay energized and engaged.
      5. 23. Tips for Coaching Someone Virtually: Your physical location still matters.
      6. 24. How to Manage a Remote Employee Who’s Struggling to Perform: Show empathy without lowering the bar.
    12. Section Six: Solving Problems on a Remote Team
      1. 25. How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote: You need a range of behaviors and skills.
      2. 26. Managing a Team Across 5 Time Zones: Everyone should share the scheduling burden.
      3. 27. How to Raise Sensitive Issues with Your Remote Team: Make people feel safe.
      4. 28. Ideas for Helping Remote Colleagues Bond: From book clubs to video games.
    13. Index

Product information

  • Title: Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection (5 Books)
  • Author(s): Harvard Business Review
  • Release date: June 2023
  • Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
  • ISBN: 9781647826208