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Checklist of key actions:

1. Clarify and abide by local laws and policies and ensure all employees have a safe and clean place to work
2. Define or confirm organization-wide policies and guidelines
3. Train, coach, and incentivize leaders across the organization to proactively model equitable and inclusive hybrid best practices
4. Establish direct and indirect listening systems to understand how employees’ needs are adapting
5. Use data from listening systems to refine your hybrid policies, guidelines and approach
6. Provide managers with guidelines and training to facilitate team discussions and build team hybrid work agreements
7. Equip managers to champion a transition to a hybrid working model that works best for their respective team
8. Communicate consistently, e.g., through a single, easy-to-reach hybrid work portal for best practices, functional playbooks, tips/tools and Q&A
9. Challenge leaders to shift performance assessment to outcomes-oriented metrics
10. Build a common roadmap with your organization’s IT function