by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
A lot of my work lately has been focused in the area of employee engagement, including as it relates to discretionary effort. In fact, I’m speaking at a number of conferences this fall, sharing my presentation “Employee Engagement Is Broken” with...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the blogs I follow that consistently provides me with new perspectives and ideas to chew on is Life in Perpetual Beta by Harold Jarache. Harold has some great vision and ideas about how the organization is changing and what that means to how we learn and do...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
It seems lately I’ve been referencing Dan Pink’s book, Drive: The Surprising Truth about what Motivates Us. It is a great book that presents some powerful conclusions that should challenge our thinking about how we design work and practice leadership. If...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I grew up as a country boy on a farm in rural Iowa. I was surrounded by farming everywhere I went. I don’t know that I honestly paid a lot of attention to the business of farming growing up (other than the various unpleasant jobs I helped with during summer...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Creating a strategy for your organization around talent starts with defining the what and how of talent for your organization. Talent can be leveraged and managed very differently from one organization to the next. So, one of the keys to doing effective work in...
