Suggestions for executives frustrated with their return to office plans: 1) Recognize that you're paying people for different types of work. You spend most of

Suggestions for executives frustrated with their return to office plans: 1) Recognize that you're paying people for different types of work. You spend most of your days in meetings, but hopefully the majority of your company is heads down on product and services. Different jobs have different needs. 2) Provide incentives! Give your employees a reason to return to the office. Have lunch catered once or twice a week, or more. Provide decent coffee. Add EV chargers. Open a game room or gym. 3) Listen to your employees and try to appreciate _why_ they're asking for something different than what you're offering. Solve their problems. 4) Make sure your network is up to the job. Aggressively fix connectivity both away from the office (e.g. VPN) and at the office (Wifi, Ethernet, etc). Upgrade the damn MPLS that's running an office building with 50 MBps for 500 people, that routes all traffic back through your data center regardless of destination. 5) Fix your conference rooms. Are they easy? Do the gadgets actually work? Can people on the phone cut into a conversation? Can all parties hear each other? 6) Fix the AC that's frosting windows in one office and melting furniture in another. 7) Visit your sites without notice to ensure they meet standards. Eat in your cafeterias occasionally. The food isn't the same as in the executive dining room. 8) Completely rethink the open office space and your other floor plans.