We are delighted to be joined by author of The Remote Work Era Rhiannon Payne.

From Rhiannon:

"At the end of 2020, I published The Remote Work Era book, which is a comprehensive guide for women to go remote and thrive in their careers. It includes interviews with 50+ women remote work leaders globally, at organizations including the Wikimedia Foundation, Basecamp, Buffer, Doist, and more."

"As I wrote in The Remote Work Era, 83% of workers who report having a disability or chronic illness say they are only able to work BECAUSE of opportunities to work from home.

Remote work can open the door to a whole new world of possibilities for workers with disabilities or health challenges!"

"2020 was, from a global perspective, probably the worst year any of us can remember. But the sudden switch to working from home also offered a new perspective on what is possible in spite of the hardships, expanding people’s horizons for what it means to work and new ways to shape their lives.

In the book, I explore how this workforce shift can be particularly impactful for women and marginalized workers — outside the context of forced remote work during a pandemic and shutdown, which was incredibly harmful. In normal times, remote work empowers people to work from anywhere and have more options for managing responsibilities like childcare.

But my biggest reason for publishing The Remote Work Era was my own journey and how remote work completely changed my life."

To hear more about Rhiannon's own perspectives and what we can dream of in a remote working life, please do join us for this session.

Further info on the book here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/remote-work-era/

About Grow Remote:

Grow Remote is an award winning social enterprise based in Ireland. We make remote work local by supporting individuals, communities in companies in a number of ways. One aspect of our work is building community around remote workers through our chapters that give people a support network while remote working, a place to learn more about remote work and to grow their careers.

And in our training courses we help people new to gain skills, in demand in industry, to land a great remote job through our Remote Work Ready course (fully funded for eligible individuals) and we support and upskill remote leaders through our Leading Remote Teams course developed in partnership with IDA, Solas and Laois-Offaly ETB.

Find more information at: GrowRemote.ie