How often do you consider the feelings of your team when you make a company-wide decision? How your team feels matters. Here’s why. As organizations begin their back to work programs, many have provided surveys to get a sense of where their teams are at. While we are huge advocates of listening your people, it can do more damage if you hear them, but don’t actually do anything about what they ask for.  Let’s start with a little story.  Company A and Company B both want return to office programs in place. In both cases, the following is true:  Ideally, they’d prefer if everyone comes back 5 days a week  The staff have been working remotely since March 2020 with little disruption to revenue streams  Both have conducted surveys in which most of their staff want to remain 80-100% remote  Both are aware that not maintaining WFH options has consequences  Company A sends employees back to the office and continues business as usual with little to no support or consideration of their team’s feelings. Company B, however, considers all of the following, starting with these simple steps that we believe are vital to a strong employee experience, strategic for higher …