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The Best Return-to-Office Policies Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All

The Best Return-to-Office Policies Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All

Update: 2024-01-022
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A growing number of companies are mandating office time for employees and structuring hybrid work under broad, rigid rules. But pushing people into the office is a mistake, argues Kimberly Shells, a senior director in the Gartner HR practice. She shares research showing how much flexibility and autonomy and belonging workers want. And Shells says organizations can still foster those qualities in an in-person office culture that also improves productivity and collaboration. She explains that companies should follow through on a clear purpose and craft policies that allow for options, flexibility, offsite team-building events, and support services such as on-site childcare. Shells cowrote the HBR article “Return-to-Office Plans Don’t Have to Undermine Employee Autonomy.”
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The Best Return-to-Office Policies Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All

The Best Return-to-Office Policies Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All