I was listening to the We Not Me podcast yesterday with Jennifer Dulski (CEO of RisingTeam) and she made a powerful point: what % of CEOs demanding RTO are themselves in the office 5 days a week? More of than not, they're rarely there, adding another level of resentment from employees.
Yep! We saw same in Future Forum survey work from 2021-2023 -- Execs give themselves more flexibility than employees. Some of that is "understandable" in that they're also traveling, expected to work weird hours, etc. But they also often expect that from employees as well. Flexibility for me, not for thee...
3 days in is already too much IMO. It hurts my brain trying to understand how senior leaders can still think RTOs (and one size fits all approaches, while we’re at it) are a good idea after everything we’ve been through, and learnt during, the last 5 years in particular.
HRDs are also responsible for upping their game and working with their CEOs to come up with policies that serve the business and the people better.
I was listening to the We Not Me podcast yesterday with Jennifer Dulski (CEO of RisingTeam) and she made a powerful point: what % of CEOs demanding RTO are themselves in the office 5 days a week? More of than not, they're rarely there, adding another level of resentment from employees.
Yep! We saw same in Future Forum survey work from 2021-2023 -- Execs give themselves more flexibility than employees. Some of that is "understandable" in that they're also traveling, expected to work weird hours, etc. But they also often expect that from employees as well. Flexibility for me, not for thee...
Hear, hear! PS - great to discover your work here and looking forward to following along!
Great article, Brian.
3 days in is already too much IMO. It hurts my brain trying to understand how senior leaders can still think RTOs (and one size fits all approaches, while we’re at it) are a good idea after everything we’ve been through, and learnt during, the last 5 years in particular.
HRDs are also responsible for upping their game and working with their CEOs to come up with policies that serve the business and the people better.
I'm with you. It's a bit of yearning for a past (that never really existed) as well.