RTOs Won’t Fix It: What Execs Are Getting Wrong About Performance and Culture

There’s a growing gap between executive expectations and workforce realities, and Return to Office (RTO) mandates are one of the most high profile areas where this is playing out. 

What You’ll Hear

• The real motives behind RTO mandates – from genuine collaboration concerns to disguised workforce reduction strategies
• What the data actually shows about productivity, innovation, and engagement in different work models
• Case studies of companies that implemented RTOs without addressing underlying performance issues
• Which org profiles benefit from in-office requirements versus which are experiencing diminishing returns
• How leadership teams can develop work models that serve genuine business needs rather than reverting to pre-pandemic defaults

Who It’s For

You’re accountable for aligning people strategy with real business outcomes—revenue growth, retention, productivity—but you’re also managing the changing expectations of a workforce that wants flexibility and purpose. You want answers grounded in data, strategy, and real-world examples.

Get Expert Advice

We’ll carve out time for Q&A and live mentorship so you can pressure-test your current thinking, raise challenges you’re seeing on your exec team, and hear directly from others navigating this terrain in real time.