by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 19, 2024 | Change, Management, Performance
What’s your go-to cure for the hiccups? Growing up, my family was convinced that the best cure was a good “scare.” I can still remember my parents (and grandparents) trying to startle me out of a case of hiccups. I don’t know if this actually works, but I...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Connection, or more specifically, the lack of connection, has been a topic of concern for nearly everyone I’ve met with lately. How do we keep remote employees feeling connected? When we bring people together in the office, how do we encourage them to actually...
by Jason Lauritsen | Apr 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Stories are powerful. They entertain us. They help us communicate. They invite us to connect with others. But the stories we tell ourselves as we try to make sense of the world around us might be the most powerful. My teenage son recently ran...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I read an article in The Atlantic titled “Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out” and I can’t stop thinking about it. (FYI: The article requires a subscription to read it, unfortunately.) The gist of the article is that...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Change can be messy. And the change to hybrid schedules has proven to be pretty messy for a lot of organizations. Many of the leaders I’m speaking with are struggling to make sense of this messiness. In one case, a leader was puzzled over why less than half of his...
