Why can't managers work from the office all week? Panthera's Business Club - not just a workspace but a management tool

This is not an opinion. This is a management problem. Senior managers work hard. Most of them work too much.

But hard work does not necessarily mean good leadership and running a successful business.

In recent years, from working with managements, boards of directors, senior managers and consultants, we have come to one uncomfortable but critical insight:

Managers can't work from the office all week – and expect to improve as leaders.

Not because of a lack of commitment. Not because of a lack of talent. But because of the environment.

The real problem: The office is managing you.

When you sit in your office five days a week, something quiet but profound happens:

• Everyone comes to you through the job.

• Calls are filtered

• The truth is softening.

• And the schedule controls you more than you control it.

In the office, even excellent managers mostly hear what is convenient for them to say.

The more senior the position, the further away the truth is from the table.

The illusion: “I meet all stakeholders”

Managers tell themselves:

• I meet clients.

• I talk to suppliers.

• I am in touch with the employees.

But almost always –

And the difference is critical.

Behind the desk, they talk about the position. Outside the desk, they talk about the person.

True leadership is created outside the office.

Leadership is not built just from decisions. It is built from listening.

But real listening rarely happens:

• Within the hierarchy

• Inside politics

• Within a dense organizational routine

To hear the truth, you need to change the context.

Panthera's management method

At Panthera we say this clearly:

Even if you have an office in Tel Aviv, a manager who doesn't leave it regularly is running his organization with partial blindness.

Therefore, we have developed a clear concept:

At least one day a week – no work from the office.

Not a day off. Not networking.

What happens on a day like this?

On such a day, the manager:

• Meets customers, suppliers, and partners – not for a formal meeting but for a conversation

• Holds personal introductory meetings

• Listens more than he talks

• Meets people outside the hierarchy

• Allows real connections to happen

It's a day when "not much is enough." But a lot is understood.

Why does it work?

that:

• Truth only emerges outside the hierarchy.

• People talk differently when there is no table separating them.

• Real problems only become apparent when you don't try to solve them right away.

• Connections generate growth long before strategy

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Why a business club is the right infrastructure

Not an office. Not a cafe. Not an event.

But

• Outside the organization

• But in action

• With regular people

• Over time

• No roles, no agenda, no hierarchy

A business club is a space where leadership can practice.

Our promise (and we stand behind it)

Managers who persist in such leadership activity

• Improving as managers

• Become more confident in decisions

• Sharpens judgment

• and lead an organization that responds faster to the market

Not because they worked harder, but because they listened better.

Panther is not a spaceship.

Panthera is not a real estate solution. It is

A place that allows managers to:

• Leave the office

• To meet real people

• Come back smarter, more connected and more accurate

Finally – one question for the manager reading this

When was the last time you left the office to listen – not to manage?

We have developed a management tool for you with a daily workday schedule that will be done in Panthera.

What does Executive Listening Day actually look like?

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Galit Ben Simhon

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