Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda
Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy
now if you're someone who knows that you
can do your job from home and you have
been wanting to work from home but you
haven't had the chance or really know
how to approach your boss about it then
today's video is for you
I'm going to teach you four key steps
that you need to go through if you want
to successfully be able to ask your boss
to let you work from home
now as a career strategist I've had the
honour of being able to help numerous
professionals land their dream job
offers and if this is something that
you're interested in working with me
one-on-one I can give you details about
that at the end of this video working
from home is a new trend that I don't
see going away anytime soon
in a lot of companies although FaceTime
is still very important a lot of
companies now are shifting to working
from home working remotely because it's
helping them to save costs and it's
helping to keep employees around longer
due to the flexibility of not having to
commute and even though the majority of
companies still require that their
employees show up to be physically
located at a specific location in order
to be able to do their job there are
also many corporate positions that can
be successfully executed from home so if
you just know with all of your might
that you can successfully perform your
job from home and you even feel that
you'll even be more productive because
you won't have the distractions of
having to drive to work or take a long
commute then I'm gonna teach you my four
steps on how to ask your boss to let you
work from home now let me set this up as
a premise this is not going to work for
everybody these four steps aren't
necessarily going to work magic on you
because it's all going to depend on your
specific situation with your company and
how accepting they already are with
allowing people to work from home so
here are four factors that you want to
check off your list first before you run
off to your boss to ask him or her to
let you work remotely factor number one
some employees in your company already
work from home if that's the case then
it is a much easier sell for you to talk
to your boss to ask to also work from
home because if you happen to be the
first person asking for this it'll
likely be more of an uphill battle
factor number two your team or coworkers
are already remote maybe you have team
members who work in completely different
countries in the UK in Asia in Europe in
other parts of Europe I mean if that's
the case then this is going to be again
a much easier justification for you to
be able to work from home because if
your co-workers are already located in
different
time zones in different physical
locations then it shouldn't be too hard
of a cell to let you to just work from
your home location factor number three
you can work from anywhere this means
that your laptop or computer is already
set up for you to be able to
successfully work from home remotely
that you don't need any special
equipment or technology to be able to
work from home factor number four you
just know that you'll be more productive
now working from home isn't for everyone
some people find that they are less
productive if they were given the
opportunity to work from home but if
you're someone who knows that you will
be more focused because there are fewer
distractions and you don't have to spend
your time and energy going on a long
commute back and forth from the office
then this is something that isn't a
factor that could also help you to
justify your case so if you feel that
you'll be more productive and focused
this is a good reason for you to ask to
work from home as well so if you know
that you have these four factors in
place then I will share with you my visa
technique which will help you to ask
your boss to work from home so the first
thing to start off with when asking your
boss to work from home is V which
represents value start with your value
you want to remind your boss of all the
accomplishments the achievements the
value that you have brought to the
organization over the years and a good
way to do this is to start your sentence
by saying as you know and then continue
onward with explaining your performance
your achievements the accomplishments
that you've made and the actions that
you took that were above and beyond your
regular duties and the impacts that
these have had on the organization and
once you've explained your value then
you can talk about I which stands for
independence remind them of how
independent you've been throughout the
years in being able to accomplish your
tasks and assignments with little
reliance on your boss or manager and how
you've been able to succeed being able
to figure things out on your own let
them know that hopefully this has
established a sense of trust between you
and your boss because you have been able
to independently perform your work
successfully and after you talked about
your independence then go into S which
stands for situation now's the time to
get into your situation
and explain to your boss in a very clear
and non complaining way how you feel
that at this point in your career given
the accomplishments the achievements
that you have made in addition to the
commute that you have to take each day
plus the fact that your team members are
currently located geographically
elsewhere and aren't physically in your
office and on top of that that there has
already been precedent set in your
company where there are other employees
who are currently successfully working
from home that you are looking to do the
same you want to be able to justify it
so make sure you list all the relevant
reasons as to why you've come to this
decision and finally the last fourth
step is a which is to ask ask but be
firm so you're gonna end off your spiel
by saying something along the lines of
given the reasons I've just explained I
would like to make the request to work
from home the blank number of times per
week or month and then once you're
finished going through visa you're gonna
want to do one thing and that is zip
your lips and stay silent and look over
pleasantly at your boss essentially let
your boss Mull it over at that point he
or she may say yes on the spot or
they'll want to think about it and then
give you an answer so there you have it
my visa approach on how to ask your boss
to let you work from home if you
implement this please let me know and
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