汉森提出的第三个建议是，争取拉拢更多的同事加入这项事业。“仅仅一两个人尝试远程办公，是注定要失败的，因为这一两个人将与团队严重分离，”他说。“一个更好的办法是，让团队成员在某些时候全部远程办公，让每个人都有机会体验这种工作方式，这样就不会有人成为那个总是占据公司会议线路的‘离群索居者’。”他补充说，在一些公司，团队或部门开始实行“周三在家工作”制度，这样每个人每周至少可以有一个不受干扰的工作日。

    最难反驳的观点是，“如果我看不见你，我怎么知道你在工作呢？”汉森说。“这反映出一种根深蒂固的恐惧感——老板害怕失去他对公司的掌控力。反驳这种观点，需要你放慢脚步，从小处着手——‘我周二在家工作，您瞧瞧，我已经出色地完成了这么多工作’——然后逐渐增加你远程办公的时间。”

    汉森说，在他供职的芝加哥协同软件制造商37signals公司，大部分员工都采用远程办公的工作方式。“我们的最大问题不是在家工作的员工故意磨洋工，而是他们过于操劳了。他们的心智进入了一种流畅状态，一刻不停歇地忘我工作。有时候，为了防止他们最终精疲力竭，你还必须保护自己的员工，坚决要求他们休息一段时间。”当然，除非亲眼所见，你的老板或许不相信天底下还有这样的事情。

    期待你的反馈：你有没有说服一位持怀疑态度的老板允许你远程办公？你是怎样做的？请在本文下方留言。（财富中文网）

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    And third, Hansson suggests enlisting more of your colleagues to the cause. "Trying out telecommuting with just one or two people is doomed to fail, because that one person, or two people, will become too isolated from the group," he says. "A better way is to have all the people on your team work remotely some of the time, so everyone gets a taste of it, and no one is the 'odd man out' who's always calling in on the conference line at meetings." At some companies, he adds, teams or departments start with "work-at-home Wednesdays," so everyone gets at least one distraction-free day per week.

    The hardest argument to counter is, "If I can't see you, how do I know you're working?" Says Hansson, "It reflects a deep-seated fear of losing control. Fighting that requires that you go slowly and start small -- 'I worked from home on Tuesday and look at all the great stuff I got done' -- and then gradually increase the amount of time you telecommute."

    Hansson says that at his company, Chicago-based collaboration software maker 37signals, where most of the staff works remotely, "the biggest problem we have had is not people goofing off while working at home, but people overworking. They get into a state of flow and just keep going. Sometimes, to keep them from eventually burning out, you have to protect employees from themselves and insist that they take some time off." But of course, your boss may have to see that to believe it.

    Talkback: Have you ever convinced a skeptical boss to allow telecommuting? How did you do it? Leave a comment below.