n my first job out of college, I found that I enjoyed software engineering while releasing new products for a company in France. Unfortunately, the company culture there left me feeling disengaged and discouraged. I couldn’t imagine continuing to work in an environment like that, and I realized that a lot of other people had similar experiences with their work cultures. I wanted to change that. I had never actually set out to start a company, but this led me to start Front — so I could build a company that inspires meaningful work for people everywhere.

When I started Front, I had two major goals:
1. Create a product that can improve the experience of working for many people and companies; 2. Create a company culture that inspires people to do meaningful work and be happy in their
lives as well.
Seven years later, my co-founder and our teams are continuing this mission. We’re making work better for those who use our product, and we’re taking proactive measures to bring balance to our team’s lives, in and outside the office.
Create an inspiring company culture
These are a few of the things I do for my team to ensure everyone has work-life balance and can feel their impact at work. These are all super repeatable, and if you run a team I encourage you to try them out!

1. Prioritizing health and family
During onboarding, I do a presentation about the opportunities and challenges facing Front. In this meeting, I also take time to emphasize the importance of maintaining work-life balance by encouraging new hires to make a commitment to prioritizing their health and their families. Two big examples of things I cover during this presentation are:
1. Showing examples of how I spend my time each week with a chart showing percentages of different categories of my job.
2. Highlighting ways you can prioritize balance while working here by using our product and taking advantage of benefits like PTO, VTO, and Wellness credits.

It sounds simple, but I believe when a CEO takes time to prioritize this topic every single time a new person starts at a company, it sets the tone for the rest of the employee experience during their tenure.
2. Facilitating creativity
At Front, we’re currently paying employees to limit phone usage, so they have more time to reflect and generate new ideas. I have struggled with my relationships with devices and notifications, and I think a lot of people know that their usage is not healthy, but we rarely take action to improve this. So far,

motivating our team with this small monthly bonus has worked very well, and the responses we’ve gotten have been super positive.
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