| | September 2021MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM9individually owned open office desk. This change would place an increased importance on the ways we lead, trust, and interact with each other and would be centered on four core principles: Autonomy, Empowerment, Community, and Accountability.Four Principles for the Return to the Office:1. Autonomy: The ability to choose for yourself how and where you work.- Give team members a framework to help them to determine (on their own) the best setting for each and every task - regardless if that setting is at home or the office. No one should have to come to the office by default. They should come by choice and because it will allow them to be their best.2. Empowerment: Having the tools, resources and settings available to you to "do your best work."- Provide a suite of specific work experiences for your team, both within the office and at home, that are designed for distinct modes of work ­ from focus and collaboration, to rejuvenation and play. These tools and spaces should be supported both physically and digitally.3. Community: Possessing the human connections to your organization that remain with you no matter where you work. - Distributed work will require us to be more intentional in building a sense of belonging. Take advantage of our natural sense of propinquity, our ability to develop relationships with the people we spend time with, to develop both physical and virtual connection points throughout each day.4. Accountability: A shared commitment to excellence and contribution as individuals and a team.- Managers will need new tools increased training to maintain positive and reinforcing relationships with their teams. The focus should be on outcomes, expectations, and growth and development ­ not on time spent at the office.The Return to the OfficeThe return to the office is a bit of a misnomer. This is not only because we are no longer returning to just an office ­ but for many of us ­ it's because we are returning to a relationship with our organizations that did not previously exist. Forward-looking organizations understand that our return to work is not a return at all, but is instead a chance to help each team member be at their absolute best no matter where or how they work. While all executives agree that a business transformation's biggest challenge by far is corporate culture, there's another culprit to be very aware of, egos
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