Hybrid Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

3 TO MAKE HYBRID WORK, SOLICIT EMPLOYEES’ INPUT

by Sue Bingham

The hybrid workforce will introduce flexibility that millions of people never had before the pandemic. The three-days-in-the-office, two-days-remote workweek is already popular. This hybrid work model covers place, but companies need to start paying more attention to process and, most important, people. No matter the hybrid work configurations they end up favoring, employers must get serious about adapting to employees’ needs by soliciting their input along the way.

The business case is clear: At a time when competition for talent is great, creating an organizational structure that doesn’t include the employees’ preferences can result in turnover, as employees leave for greater ...