"When it comes to primary motivators for going into the office, "putting in facetime" rose from 2% last quarter to 10% in the most recent quarter, according to a survey of more than 10,000 knowledge workers from Future Forum, a consortium funded by Slack Technologies LLC, Boston Consulting Group and MillerKnoll. That is not good," said Brian Elliott, executive leader of Future Forum, referring to making an appearance in front of superiors as a reason for going to the office. Workers should ideally be motivated to go in to collaborate and build relationships with colleagues, Mr. Elliott said, not because they feel it's important for the boss to see them working."

Q8. Which management skill is needed to distinguish between employees who are just "putting in [in office] facetime...[to make] an appearance in front of superiors...or because the [employees] feel it's important for the boss to see them working." and employees who are "...motivated to go in [to the office] to collaborate and build relationships with colleagues,..."?