Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Works Out of Office?

What’s in the Book?

Where This Book Was Written

1 Why You Shouldn’t Try an Out of Office Experience

You Are Too Social

You Are Too Easily Distracted

You Don’t Have the Space

You Need an Office for Clients

You Need Regular Team Contact

Not All Gloom

Out of Office Work Style Self-Assessment

2 The Benefits

Control of the Environment

Reduced Stress—Improved Health

Community Involvement

Saving Money

Setting Priorities

Setting Hours

Childcare and Bonding

Managing the Process

Recruitment and Retention

Feels Less Like Work

3 The Challenges

Partners, Pets, Children, and Other Demons

Interruptions

Domestic Chores

Broader Challenges

Isolation

Support Tasks

Technology

Relationship Building

Accountability

4 Working from Home

Where in the Home?

Office Contents

The Employee Based at Home

5 Working on the Road

Essentials Items

Smartphones and Smart Travelers

Staying Healthy

Getting Rewards

6 Getting Organized

Workflow

Carrying It All with You

7 Rule Setting

The Connectedness of All Things

Unplugging—Not the Future

Shaping Behavior

Pros and Cons of Always On

Creating a Rule Book

Rule One

Rule Two

Rule Three

Rule Four

Rule Five

8 Work/Life Integration

Balancing Act

Priorities

The Myth of Multitasking

Integration, Not Balance

No More Priorities

No More Weekends

A Fair Exchange

Stop Watching the Clock

Stop Conforming

9 Time to Go Back to the Office

10 Tools and Tech to Help

Videoconferencing

Skype

FaceTime

Google Hangout

GoToMeeting

Gadgets

Neat Receipts

Mophie Phone Case

Collaboration Tools

Dropbox

Box

iDoneThis

Microsoft SkyDrive

iCloud

Productivity Assistants

RescueTime

Coffee Break

Breaker

Index