4 key remote work competencies linked to personality
Remote work offers flexibility and convenience—but it also demands a different set of skills, including strong discipline, focus, and self-management. Which competencies are most strongly linked to success when working from home?
Date: 18. March 2026
Categories: PGarticle
We’ve all been there.
You start your day with good intentions. Coffee is ready. Laptop is open. You feel productive. You are sitting in your “home office”, which is also your dining table.
Then… emails start coming in. Teams messages pop up. Someone schedules a meeting that could have been an email. The dog wants attention. The kids need something. Suddenly it is already 11am? and you haven’t really started what you planned to do.
Remote work is convenient — but it also requires a different kind of discipline, focus, and self-management.
That is exactly what we see in the Hogan research at Personality Guidance AG, as the Swiss distributor of Hogan Assessments, when we look at what makes people succeed in remote working environments.
Remote work is just one of many areas where the science of personality can provide clarity and practical guidance. As we love to say: Personality matters!
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