The coronavirus outbreak has made us rethink everything we know about how we work and run our businesses. With the exhausting year of 2020 behind us, aside from an end to the pandemic, our hope for 2021 is to carry out all of the things we have wanted to do for so long. What most of us are looking forward to in 2021 is getting back to normal social life – something that we all miss to a great extent. But what about our professional lives? Something we’d speculate about before the pandemic turned out to be the only way for millions and millions of people to continue their working lives in a somewhat normal fashion. 2020 provided us with an incredible opportunity to “normalize” remote work. From an employer’s perspective, not having a physical office and allowing employees to work from home means eliminating pricey real estate expenses and a step-up in the company’s ability to recruit the needed talent more efficiently. It’s hard to disagree that the 9-to-5 office-centric work involves many inefficient processes while lacking flexibility. The switch to distant work has made it possible for many of us to hang onto the best practices of office culture while liberating ourselves from the obligatory commute. On top of that, remote employees have the freedom to customize their days around their personal needs. The benefits of working from home are crystal clear. You can walk your pet or start a load of laundry between video calls. You can exercise when you feel like, or take a power nap if you get tired. While all the benefits are great, it’s easy to get distracted. It’s essential to stay organized and disciplined; otherwise, you’ll end up with a ton of work, accumulated stress, and emotional exhaustion. In the US, for example, the overwhelming majority of employees were logged on for an additional few hours per day during the COVID-19 shutdowns, and the situation hasn’t improved for those who are still working remotely. While some employers might consider it as an advantage, a situation like this could negatively affect a team’s performance ability in the long run. Let’s suppose your workforce is going to stay remote for a while and you are concerned about results from your distant squad. And by now you’re probably aware that working from home successfully requires certain qualities and skills.