Morgan Stanley CEO | Why 'Eating out, come to the office' may be a disastrous leadership approach

• Morgan Stanley’s Chief Executive, James Gorman tells employees “If you can go to a restaurant, you can come into the office".
  
  
• Data shows that leaders may well be motivated by their own weaknesses and lack of trust when denying remote working.
  
  
• Yet, should you take this stance? The majority of leaders are allowing remote working in some form.

All leaders are acutely aware that the pandemic has been a time of great change for the world of work.

Structures have changed, technology has changed and, perhaps the most unexpected outcome of the pandemic, perceptions about what should influence working life have changed. And, at the centre of all this disruption, one question has continued to divide those making the decisions – in a post-pandemic world, what do we take with us, and what do we ditch?

A prime example of this division in action is the concept of remote working. Some, such as Microsoft, Nationwide Schroders and Facebook, confirmed this year that staff could make up their own minds about where they most felt comfortable and productive, be it the office, or a homeworking environment.

Gorman’s strong opposition