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Powerful CEOs across corporate America who are used to calling the shots are facing a humbling reality: It's the talent—the people in the trenches helping companies create products and sell services—who ultimately will decide what level of remote work sticks around long term.

At least that's the view of work-from-home advocates like Carina Wessels, a governance, legal and compliance executive at the insurance giant Alexander Forbes.