by Jason Lauritsen | Jun 20, 2019 | Change
We’ve been working on making work suck less for quite a while now. Gallup has been measuring employee engagement for nearly 30 years and the results have always been terrible. Most employees are not fully engaged at work. In other words, work isn’t working very well...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 27, 2018 | Change
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...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 7, 2010 | Change, Leadership, SHRM
Let me first say that I can’t believe I’m about to write this post. After all, I’m supposed to be the radical, status quo crushing HR leader who runs around in his spare time calling himself a Talent Anarchist. If anyone should be...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jun 7, 2010 | Change, Leadership, Process
The holy grail in HR seems to be to find a system or process that will impact every employee and affect change uniformly across the board. We strive to build performance management and talent management processes that can be applied at every level across the...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 19, 2010 | Change, Leadership
Being the expert feels good. It means that you get to render your judgement about others actions and hand out advice freely. In HR, we are frequently called upon to be the expert when it comes to employees. And boy do we love to give out advice on...