steps out of the corner office, stares into the abyss of a sparsely occupied floor, and only the abyss stares back. Disconcerting questions arise: What kind of a place is this, and what kind of a leader am I if so few people want to show up? The hierarchy effect, already weakening before the pandemic, has been undermined even further by the living (and successful) experiment of hybrid work. Leaders are facing more than a back-to-office struggle: They are wrestling with a new, post-pandemic identity. Old Approaches Fall ShortSome have responded by looking to reassert a degree of traditional control.

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