by Jason Lauritsen | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of the most common questions I get from managers and leaders is about building trust. In most cases, they understand the importance of trust to a healthy and productive relationship with their employees, but they are stumped about how to do it or even where to...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been making the case now for a while that a primary reason that employee engagement remains so dismally low within so many organizations is that leaders (and HR) treat work as a contract instead of as a relationship. When the goal of management shifts from...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Next week, I’m headed off to Las Vegas to speak at and attend the HR Technology Conference. I’ll be spending the week with those who build, consume and generally are interested in technology solutions to human resources problems. If you will be there, drop...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Is it just me or does it seem like we are overcomplicating everything in our workplaces? Policy manuals, competency models, career lattices, even performance appraisals…complicated, often convoluted, stuff. We even make simple things complicated. “Dress...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Over the past year or so, the phrase “employee experience” has barged its way into conversations about human resources and employee engagement. This prompted some eye rolling from some who felt like this was just another example of repackaging the same old...
