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I will help you sift through all the information out there about remote working and cut to the chase about the key success factors you need to make working at home, work for you.
Interview Series
Help! Working from Home with the Kids.
In these short, 10 minute interviews, I invite parents to share their experience with other parents, regarding how they are dealing with being thrown into working from home with their children who are normally at school or preschool .
There are no easy answers and we are learning as we go. You’ll hear some real gems here as parents dig deep and come up with creative and practical approaches.
Professional Development & Training
Health & Productivty Training For Remote Workers
Are you looking for a cost effective way to help your remote workers stay healthy, focussed and engaged? I offer:
- Interactive webinars offering a suite of strategies on how to stay healthy, focused and productive when working from home.
- Self paced e-learning program allowing your team to develop their remote working skills quickly and effectively, in the context of COVID-19, but also for the future where this work style will be more common.
Resources, Tips & Tricks
Free Resources
- Use my free self-care planner, to keep your wellbeing front and centre, and as a discussion tool with your team and manager.
- Tap into my curated library of quality, free resources available here.
- Parents, don't forget to tune into the Help! Working from home with Kids interviews below.
About Thea O'Connor
Not just theory, but years of remote working experience!
I have been working from a home-based office for 10 years since my daughter was born - initially part-time and now in a full time capacity.
So when it comes to staying healthy and productive when working from home, you won’t just hear theory, but years of lived experience.
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Interview Series
Working from Home with the Kids
In these short, 10 minute interviews, I invite parents to share their experience with other parents, regarding how they are dealing with being thrown into working from home with their children who are normally at school or preschool .
Remote Work Specialist Rowena Hennigan has been living for 5 weeks under the strict lockdown rules in Spain, with her husband and 6 year old daughter. Restrictions include children not allowed outside, and no outdoor exercise. For Rowena, the daily trip to the outside bin, which she takes very slowly, has become critical for her wellbeing!
Since COVID19 Amy has been working in her children's cubby house, as their main house is rather small (6 x 9 metres). She and her partner both work part time. In between doing their own jobs, they share the supervision of their two children, aged 4 and 7.
Thea speaks with Kerry Grace, CEO of Regional Development Australia, Mid North Coast, NSW. She has 3 teenage children at home - one doing university, the other 2 schooling from home.
Russell Pell, is the Media and Innovation Manager for Regional Development Australia, mid north coast. Russell has 2 children who are 11 and 8 years old, and he lives with his partner who is self employed as a furniture designer. Russell is glad that his forward thinking boss transitioned to remote, flexible working 6 months before COVID-19.
I speak with Tania Arlington who works almost fulltime in the events industry. Before COVID she worked partly from home and partly in the office. She is a single parent now working at home with her two children aged 12 and 8 year.
Nikki McKee works full time as a company director of Travelbay. She is a single mother who lives with her 10 year old son.
I talk with Steve Eltis Director of People and Culture at WMQ, about how he and his wife are managing working from home with 4 children also now at home. Steve manages a team of 40. His wife is a teachers (0.8EFT) who is now partly at home also.
Here I speak with Tom Burton, Pro Vice Chancellor of Community and Global Engagement, Charles Sturt University. He is working from home with his two energetic young sons aged 4 and 7, and wife who works part time.
Nicki works full time as Head of Marketing for Parents at Work. She is a single mother sharing a small home with her 9 year old daughter.