How to truly encourage work-life balance

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Model flexible work behavior with your messaging strategy

From the onset of the pandemic, work-from-home or hybrid work arrangements became increasingly common, if not the norm. While studies have shown that working from home can lead to more hours in the work week, this situation can also allow employees more proximity to attend to their personal lives.

With work-from-home and hybrid work becoming increasingly commonplace, HR strategies need to adapt, and communications teams must relay any messaging about policy changes quickly and clearly. Your organization can model a flexible atmosphere us by keeping company-wide messages to a minimum after working hours, provide dedicated time during the work day for employees to attend to personal tasks such as child care, just to name a couple of examples.