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Engaging Employees from Inside Bad HR Processes
 Engaging Employees from Inside Bad HR Processes 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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When I speak to people about treating work as a relationship with employees rather than a contract, there’s a question I am commonly asked. It typically sounds something like this: “How do you make work feel like a relationship when you are trapped inside a bureacratic organization with archaic processes?” This question is a great…

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Soft Skills are Hard. We need to stop calling them soft. #Workhuman
 Soft Skills are Hard. We need to stop calling them soft. #Workhuman 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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I’m just back from spending four epic days in Nashville at my favorite conference event of the year, Workhuman. As is always the case after this event, I’ve got a lot of ideas swirling in my head from the great content and conversations. Sidenote: I know I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again.…

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An Unexpected Reminder of the Power in Genuine Appreciation
 An Unexpected Reminder of the Power in Genuine Appreciation 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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This week, while staying in Chicago for work, I ventured out to find a nearby sports bar to watch a basketball game and grab some dinner. In fairness, this wasn’t just any basketball game. I was planning to watch my beloved Duke Blue Devils play. And, I was appropriately dressed in Duke gear to show…

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A “Non-Obvious” Conversation about Employee Engagement with Jamie Notter
 A “Non-Obvious” Conversation about Employee Engagement with Jamie Notter 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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Today, I’m doing something a little different on the blog. My longtime friends Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant have just published a new book titled “The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement.” They present a unique perspective that I think you’ll find interesting. What follows is a short interview I did with Jamie over email to…

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Reading Between the Lines on the 4-Day Work Week
 Reading Between the Lines on the 4-Day Work Week 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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Last week, Quartz published a piece about a New Zealand company that has implemented a 4-day work week policy. This company offered the shortened work week without any reduction in pay or other benefits. They tested it and then implemented it broadly when they found that it didn’t cause any decrease in overall performance for…

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Open Offices Suck, Annual Engagement Surveys are Dead, and other Lies
 Open Offices Suck, Annual Engagement Surveys are Dead, and other Lies 1024 512 Jason Lauritsen
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I love CBS Sunday Morning. This past Sunday, Faith Salie shared an op-ed monologue about how much she dislikes open offices. I’ve embedded the video at the bottom of the post for you to check out. She makes a pretty compelling argument. Just a few years ago, open offices were THE ANSWER to the future…

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Before the Resolutions, Work on your Purpose
 Before the Resolutions, Work on your Purpose 300 168 Jason Lauritsen
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Yesterday, as I was climbing onto the treadmill to start undoing the damage I’d done to my body over the holiday, I noted how few people were at the gym. Then I thought, “Next week is going to be different.” It’s resolution time of year. Next week, the gym will be full of new people and…

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8 Future of Work Trends to Prepare for NOW
 8 Future of Work Trends to Prepare for NOW 600 300 Jason Lauritsen
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It’s gotten pretty popular to write about the future of work recently. It’s fun to think about the future and what might happen. Usually, much of what’s written is speculation based on hunches and educated guesses. Because the future is yet to be written, writing about it encourages you to be creative in your predictions.…

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Vulnerability is a Barrier to Employee Engagement
 Vulnerability is a Barrier to Employee Engagement 680 678 Jason Lauritsen
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When you start to understand work as a relationship, it starts to raise some interesting questions that you may not have asked before. For example, how does our comfort with being vulnerable impact how willing or able we are to “engage?” When I reflect on the relationships in my life and all of the stories…

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Words of Gratitude (#18) for Joe Gerstandt
 Words of Gratitude (#18) for Joe Gerstandt 612 612 Jason Lauritsen
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Note: I have been writing a note of gratitude on the blog each day in November leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My hope is that these posts will inspire you to do the same. Write an email, Facebook post, or a text to tell people they have made an impact on you. Gratitude is contagious. Do it…

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