Greetings Decision maker,
It seems like every day, a new headline flashes across our screens: another company is rolling back the clock on employee flexibility, calling workers back to the office for three, four, or even five days a week. Company leaders justify these decisions with the mantra of boosting productivity and enhancing company bottom lines. This trend has long piqued my curiosity as a hybrid work expert. That’s because we’ve seen increasing evidence that highlights the myriad benefits of workplace flexibility, not just in enhancing productivity but also in bolstering employee engagement and catalyzing company growth.
However, recent research from the Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh Mark Ma and his graduate student Yuye Ding uncovers the real reasons that so many leaders disregard all the data in their RTO decisions. This study uncovers a startling reality: RTO decisions stem less from concrete evidence or a belief in enhancing firm value and more about managerial control dynamics and using employees as scapegoats for unsatisfactory firm performance. Contrary to the claims of improving firm value, RTO fails to positively impact financial performance. Instead, as the study and my interview with Dr. Ma reveals, the research paints a concerning picture of declining employee satisfaction in the wake of these mandates, without any
corresponding uplift in financial metrics or overall firm value.
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Looking back at the results of the presidential election, it's surprising to see how wrong the polls proved yet again. In 2016, in 2020, and in 2024, polls consistently underestimated support for Donald Trump. You'd think that this third time, it might be the charm, and they would calibrate correctly. Not so! It reminds me of the anchoring bias, a cognitive bias that causes us to be anchored to our initial mental models and perspectives, and not change our minds nearly quickly enough based on new information, such as about Donald Trump supporters being less willing to answer pollsters when they call. A good lesson to
remind me to change my mind faster and more emphatically based on new information (and put less trust in the polls).
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