Out of Office ― How to Work from Home, Telecommute or Workshift Successfully

This is the only complete, practical, and up-to-date how-to-guide for everyone who works outside the office (or is considering doing so). Both a reference and tutorial, it addresses all the personal issues and tradeoffs associated with out-of-office work, helping you assess whether it makes sense for you, and solve the problems most often associated with it. Unlike competitive books that are painfully out of date, it reflects all that’s been learned about the human side of out-of-office work in the past decade. Packed with real stories from real people, it addresses today’s realities: what it takes to run a meeting from a coffee shop, manage a Skype call from 35,000 feet aboard an airplane, handle deployment to an “undisclosed location” in service to your country; or juggle the demands of a domestic situation while you’re working at home all day. From setting limits to making technology serve (not enslave) you, Out of Office covers it all. It’ll help you decide whether out of office work is right for you now… and, if it is, it’ll help you make it work better than it ever has before.

Photographer, author, writer, and speaker Simon Salt has been working from locations that are definitely Out of Office for more than six years. He has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and various other print and online publications and has spoken to audiences across the globe. He presents topics as diverse as mobile, digital, and social marketing and creativity. He also has a comedic session on how to speak English the English way.

Educated in Britain, Simon has degrees in Information Technology, Business and Finance, and Behavioral Science. He also has a master’s degree in Logic, Text, and Information Technology—but he still has yet to pass high school math! He is a lifelong learner and is currently attempting to learn Spanish.

Simon is a strong believer in community service and has served as a volunteer firefighter, led a wildland search-and-rescue team, is a certified FEMA Community Emergency Response Team trainer, and currently rides with the Patriot Guard Riders honoring fallen service personnel.

This is Simon’s third book, and is already planning his next one—he is also considering therapy to help his addiction to writing. When not sitting at a keyboard, Simon is behind a camera, helping tell other people’s stories—something he loves to do.