Making
Telecommuting Work for your Business
By Monte Enbysk
Reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small
Business Center
Telecommuting
has gotten a bad rap. Some say that employees can't
be serious about their careers if they'd rather work
from home. Others insist that work groups fall apart
if team members aren't physically in the office.
But
the bad rap may not hold: The International Telework
Association & Council (ITAC) reports that the
number of workers who telecommute at least some of
the time (the preferred term today for many is the
less-U.S.-centric "telework") tops 23 million,
a number that continues to grow.
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Quote
of the
Month
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder
I work, the more I have it.
Thomas Jefferson
(1743 - 1826)
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Instant
Results
I want to thank all of you for taking a moment out of
your busy day to read my ramblings. It s not for everyone,
but my hope is that I inspire and even teach a little
bit with each one.
| Last week
I took the youngest of my children, Justin on a
one hour introduction to flying lesson. Many of
you know I flew my own plane in the late 80 s for
business and pleasure, and more recently my son
and I took up small r/c model plane flying. |
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While at the flight school I met the individual who sold
me my plane 20 years back and helped me with my training
for my pilot license. While talking about the present
generation of new pilots being trained he remarked that
fewer were completing. The problem was the need for instant
results, and little patience for the long training process.
I remarked how we see that every day in “our kids and
he responded that many of the business men looking for
pilot licenses had the same desire for “instant results
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Quickly the connection to technology formed in my mind.
Clearly both I and my clients carried the increased expectation
of having our technology tools immediately produce results
for us, and also expected to be able to bypass long training
and learning curves. Hearing that our lack of patience
was not just aligned to our computers and connectivity
tools, but it was a widespread part of our lives, made
me feel a lot better. This independent confirmation that
we are all rushing along, and cannot lose precious seconds
gave me a real understanding of the day to day events
that we live with.
The panic and stress in the voice of a client witnessing
their e-mail going down for an hour or an Excel document
opening slowly no longer made me feel guilty of not delivering
great service. I realized that we were all now part of
a “zero tolerance mentality that will forever require
perfect response, and no lost time.
I realize that it is only when one appreciates the value
of their technology investment that they can express such
a need for operational excellence. A clear sign that you
have successfully integrated technology into your life
is the desire to get things running fast.
Today you no longer will accept lost productivity due
to equipment failures. You now operate in an ultra productive,
but highly stressed world. It won t go away, but understanding
it is the first step in learning to live with it.
Have a happy and safe holiday season. Remember our holiday
season hours remain 24/7/365. Every day, every minute,
every second. When you need us we will be there.
Thank you from the LMS team.
Larry, Bobbie, Kay, Vito, Norm, Chris, Ed, Greg,
Frank, Akira, Dennis, Tom, Robert, Brian, Shawn,
Scott,and Scott!
Larry Shulman
President
L.M.S. Technical Services, Inc.
21 Grand Ave.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
631.694.2034
631.694.2315 fax |
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Budgeting for 2008
by
Heather Scheibelhut, Next Step Networking
“IT budgeting can t be that difficult, right?
You just add up the cost of your computers. Simple! Oh
wait, we have to factor in the cost of software. So it
s still a piece of cake. Oh yea, what about staff training?
And repairs? And tech support? And consulting fees? What
happens if my server crashes?? AAAHHHHH!!!!! Will this
nightmare ever end?
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