Work Better/Live Happier – Working From Home Effectively

Studies have reported that those who work remotely at least once a month are 24% more likely to be productive and 86% of people feel that working remotely reduces stress.
Learn how to work from home with this free online course for professionals working remotely and explore the skills and techniques required for successful and collaborative remote working. Designed for travel, tourism and hospitality professionals, these skills are easily transferred to any work-from-home career.
Stem the spread of COVID-19
Governments around the world have made serious choices for their communities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They may do it again should another pandemic hit.
As a pandemic spreads, businesses and their employees are being faced with the new challenge of preparing their workforce to work from home.
Learn how to work remotely
From remote meetings to setting up a home workspace for productive working, working remotely will take some getting used to.
Online courses for remote working
We’re proud to offer this Tourism Academy course on building professional skills to work from home effectively and productively.
You’ll discover personal techniques, online project planning and collaboration tools, and learn to effectively communicate with your colleagues, no matter where you are.
Our online course includes practical advice that will support you and your employees not only in minimising disruption but also to improve how you collaborate as a team.
Reap the benefits of remote working
Studies have shown that those who work remotely at least once a month are 24% more likely to be productive and 86% of people feel that working remotely reduces stress.
Whether you’re prepared or not, events like the Coronavirus mean that many companies HAVE to make the move to remote work, whether they like it or not.
With the right training and consideration, tourism & hospitality businesses around the world can enjoy the very real benefits of a workforce who are able to work from home.
Work From Home Effectively
As the popularity of remote working continues to spread, workers today can collaborate across cities, countries and even multiple time zones. How does this change office dynamics? And how can we make sure that all employees, both at headquarters and at home, feel connected? Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of Wordpress and CEO of Automattic (which has a 100 percent distributed workforce), shares his secrets.
What's the secret to unlocking the creativity hidden inside your daily work, and giving every great idea a chance? Harvard professor Linda Hill, co-author of "Collective Genius," has studied some of the world's most creative companies to come up with a set of tools and tactics to keep great ideas flowing — from everyone in the company, not just the designated "creatives."
Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity — and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.
5 practical steps you can share with your people.
Feeling burned out? You may be spending too much time ruminating about your job, says psychologist Guy Winch. Learn how to stop worrying about tomorrow's tasks or stewing over office tensions with three simple techniques aimed at helping you truly relax and recharge after work.
The world is full of leadership programs, but the best way to learn how to lead might be right under your nose. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and shares the three simple but crucial questions would-be company chiefs need to ask to thrive in the future.