by Jason Lauritsen | Jun 23, 2022 | Engagement, Management, Relationships, Uncategorized
The longer I study and teach management, the simpler things become. For example, this week, I was again asked how managing a hybrid team is different than managing a team that is in the office full-time. When someone asks this question, they are expecting me to share...
by Jason Lauritsen | Nov 4, 2021 | Employee Experience, Engagement, Uncategorized
Last week, I launched a survey to better understand what challenges leaders are anticipating during the next year related to employee engagement. Some themes are emerging in the data. There’s concern about employee burnout. There’s a focus on how to keep remote and...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 10, 2020 | Engagement
Given where we find ourselves at the end of 2020, it’s not surprising that one of the biggest concerns being discussed by managers and leaders everywhere is employee productivity. Whether your work requires you to be face-to-face with customers or patients or it...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 25, 2020 | Engagement
The honeymoon is over. That’s actually both a terrible and perfect way to describe where we are right now. The past six months haven’t felt anything like a honeymoon, but they may end up feeling that way in hindsight someday. When everything changed in the spring, we...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 28, 2020 | Engagement
I originally wrote this post for my friends at Workhuman. I asked their permission to share it here as well because I thought you might find it valuable. If you’d like to view the original post, you can find it...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 21, 2020 | Engagement
When I feel overwhelmed or stressed, my go-to strategy to find my way back to feeling calm and centered is gratitude. That allure of comfort is powerful. But that path leads nowhere. The old normal is gone. And good riddance. We can do better. As I write this today,...