by Jason Lauritsen | Jun 25, 2021 | Culture, Decisions, Leadership, Management, Post-Pandemic, Workplace
Some of the best advice I ever got came almost 30 years ago. I was in high school. Being a bonafide band nerd, I was spending a week of my summer vacation at the Clark Terry Jazz Camp hoping to polish my trumpet skills enough to become king of nerds—First Chair...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 27, 2021 | Communication, Culture, Decisions, Post-Pandemic, Relationships, Video, Well-being
I don’t know about you, but as more people get vaccinated, the world seems determined to make its way back to normal. In some ways, this is comforting. But I’m feeling a little unsettled. Amidst the terribleness of the pandemic, we were forced to stop and...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 9, 2010 | Culture
I had the good fortune yesterday to spend a few hours with some really smart folks talking about organizational culture. The conversation reinforced for me how complex the topic of culture really is. While I’d love to report that I walked away from...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 25, 2010 | Culture, Leadership
I recently sat in a facilitated discussion about the development of emerging leaders with a group of my peers from large employers in my area. During the course of the conversation, one particularly seasoned HR leader at the table offered up that one of the most...