One of the focuses in many workplace environment in the last couple decades has been the encouragement of a “team” approach to work. Many companies organize themselves into teams instead of departments and individuals are evaluated on how good of a “team player” they are in the work environment. Going solo with your own home business may be a bit of a culture shock if you’re used to working as part of a team. Not being part of a team means that you are in charge of making all the decisions, but it also means that you really have to … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I actually work fairly well with others. I didn’t start my own business so that I wouldn’t have to work with people and I confess I sometimes miss having other people to bounce ideas off of, brainstorm with, and just generally help me stimulate my creativity and generate innovative solutions to problems. I know that some people really are at their best when they are working alone and, while I can be pretty productive working by myself, I’m not always at my creative peak. I’ve been doing some experimenting and research, however, and have … Continue reading →

Other than a couple books on “style” for writers and a nice new paperback copy of “Webster’s Dictionary,” (the old one finally becoming so tattered I had to let it go) my work-at-home reference library is somewhat lacking. I’ve accumulated many books on nonprofit management, fund raising, grant writing, and public policy over the years, but these aren’t really reference books I’ve been turning to recently as I’ve been building my freelancing and public relations business. It dawned on me that this might be a good topic to get some feedback from all of you work-at-homers about… In the past, … Continue reading →