Managers must create an environment that encourages employees to share aspects of their personal situations as relevant to their work scheduling or location and/or to trust employees to make the right choices for themselves and their families, balanced against the needs of their teams.

Management’s responsibility is to expand the domain of which work-life issues are safe to raise.

Here's five steps to create a culture of psychological safety:

1. Help your team recognize not only their challenges, but yours as well.
2. Expose your own vulnerability by sharing your own WFH/hybrid work personal challenges and constraints.
3. Don’t expect your employees ...