Work from home, from the office or remote will depend on your personality, the nature of the work, your personal circumstances and your employers choice

The government is facilitating the planning process whereby High Street retail units can be converted to residential. Last year my daughter-in-law spent 2 weeks in August working remotely via her laptop in a French orchard under an apple tree

And I cannot see the point of taking a business or first-class flight from Heathrow to New York for a meeting being a credible decision. The so-called advantage of establishing a personal association cannot be justified in the place of a skype, zoom or team meet considering the subsequent £5 - 7,000 saving.

Working from home or remotely is not a new phenomenon and some companies have been embracing this modus operandi for several years.

Will more high value commercial property be converted to residential? Commercial properties can be a significant part of investment portfolios and a downgrade could have a very negative effect on pension funds. We are in a rapidly expanding high tech environment which can facilitate remote working. Banks have constantly been promoting their excellent personal customer relationship. How good that relationship is will now be determined by a internet link!

From September I shall be conducting for the first time my one to one leadership and career coaching sessions with MBA students via Skype and they will be embarking on a new blended learning curriculum. 

Working from home can create a sense of isolationism.

For others the thought of not having to run the engine to deice the windscreen whilst they grab a coffee and then to find that their train is cancelled and the next one running twenty minutes late is a relief beyond description.

Lets see if there is a surge in terms of office blocks converting to residential and our boarded up high street becoming a haven of activity whereby shop premises become a home or offices for the locals who need to get out of the house but without the de-icer.

But working from home/remote or office will be influenced by the various determinants;

1] Nature of your work

2] Your home environment. Do you live in a bedsit or a three bedder with young noisy children! And of course a dog which barks at postal and amazon deliveries.

3] Corporate policy

4] Your personality where you have a choice

For example the Influencer and Supporter personality type will enjoy the people camaraderie and would therefore prefer to spend some weekdays office based.

The Creative would also like a mix whilst the Analyst is happy to work remote or exclusively from home.

Check out your personality type at the Lowe Personality Profiler jobcoach.org.uk