First proclaimed in 1999 by Pet Sitters International (who wanted a day off, perhaps?), National Take Your Dog to Work Day is the Friday following Father's Day.

Of course, for remote workers (a large number of people, though still a minority of the workforce), every day is take your pets to work day. (As well as take your kids to work day and take the noise from your neighbor's leaf blower to work day.) Still, it's nice to take a special day to recognize the morale-boosting contributions of the furry colleagues who interrupt our Zooms with nuzzles, barks at possible ghosts, or attempts to knock coffee cups over onto laptops.

Pets can make our lives cute, fun, and (in ways both good and bad) exciting. In fact, just as organizations know they can win employee loyalty and retention by being family-friendly, SHRM suggests that employers can also take steps to be pet-friendly places to work.

In celebration of National Take Your Dog to Work Day, we're pleased to feature some team members from Leading Edge's department of Leading Places to Bark:

Cookie

Deputy Bread Thief

Relevant human: Alena Akselrod

Duke

Senior Director, Innovation and Disruption

Relevant human: Sara Singla

Holly

Director of Grounding

Relevant human: Abby Crawford

Loki

Senior Pawject Manager

Relevant human: Isabel Shech

Olivia

Associate Director of Strategic Rearrangement of Desk Items

Relevant human: Seth Chalmer

Reuben & Veronica

Co-Chairs, Nom-Nom-Nominating Committee

Relevant human: Marisa Diehl

Woody

Chief Nap Officer

Relevant human: Chris Harrison

Ziggy

Canine Resources Consultant

Relevant human: Samantha Jakubowski