by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 19, 2024 | Change, Management, Performance
What’s your go-to cure for the hiccups? Growing up, my family was convinced that the best cure was a good “scare.” I can still remember my parents (and grandparents) trying to startle me out of a case of hiccups. I don’t know if this actually works, but I...
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 | Jan 27, 2022 | Management, Trust
Few things have a more powerful effect on employee engagement and performance than trust. Hopefully, I don’t have to convince you of the importance trust at work. We have thirty or forty years’ worth of research to demonstrate its importance (examples: here,...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 9, 2021 | Change, Decisions, Management, Post-Pandemic, Workplace
What do you do if your organization has decided that everyone is coming back to the office and your people don’t want to come? And what if you feel the same way? One of the most challenging times to manage is when you get stuck between a company decision (that...
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 | Jun 18, 2021 | Leadership, Management, Well-being, Wellbeing, Workplace
While it’s been a long time since it first happened, I still remember the gravity of the responsibility I felt when first asked to supervise people at work. A manager has a profound impact not just on our experience at work but also on our life. When you get it...
