Halloween is fast approaching, and the spooky vibes are in full swing at my house. As I sat down in my gauze covered living room to write this month’s blog, I came across a statistic from the aptly named, Fears & Remote Work Report. This report, which surveyed nearly 4,000 Americans stated that 53% of…

Just when I thought I had read my last RTO (return-to-office) policy article, Amazon announced that employees would be required to be in the office 5 days per week come January 2025. That announcement has created a subsequent backlash of articles with headlines such as “Amazon’s Return to Office Mandate is a Huge Mistake” and…

M Mandate. It’s become a four-letter word these days. To employees, it’s a word that evokes feelings of confinement and a loss of autonomy. Lately I’ve heard business leaders swap out the word mandate for magnetize. “You need to magnetize people back to the office, not mandate them back.” While I don’t necessarily love that…