Return-to-Office Mandates: How to Lose Your Best Performers

Your organization’s highest-performing employees want executives to focus on outcomes and accountability, not office badge swipes.

Editor’s note: Since we originally published this story, even more data has come to light on the effects of RTO mandates. We have updated this story with a video in which Brian Elliott explores the newest RTO mandate research and lessons learned from company examples. He also shares predictions for what’s coming next for companies like Amazon that have imposed RTO mandates. Watch the embedded video at the bottom of this story.

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Return-to-Office Mandates: How to Lose Your Best Performers | Brian Elliott

Executives should be focusing on employee outcomes and accountability rather than performative in-office appearances.