Strategies for Showing Your Boss That You’re Keeping Busy

One of the worst parts of working from home: Feeling like your superiors don’t think you’re busy since they can’t see you being busy. How do you let them know that you’re toiling away, particularly on days when you don’t have deliverables or face time with your manager? Here are a few strategies:

Keep talking. “The key to effective remote work in all circumstances is increased communication,” says Barbara Larson, executive professor of management at Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, who suggests simply asking your boss how she’d like to stay updated on your work. “Just acknowledging that your boss might have those questions goes a long way to establishing an open line of communication.”