by Jason Lauritsen | May 20, 2025 | Performance, Checking-In
Recently, my teenage daughter got hit with some feedback she didn’t love. It was the kind of feedback that holds up a mirror and reflects back something you didn’t intend— and probably didn’t want to see. Her response? First, hurt. Then...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 5, 2024 | Performance, Culture, Leadership, Workplace
Few things trigger more angst for less payoff than the annual performance review process. Just the thought of it is enough to send a lot of people into panic mode–employees, managers, and HR alike. I’m not suggesting that the review process is entirely without merit,...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 19, 2024 | Management, Leadership, 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 | Mar 13, 2024 | Workplace, Performance
A few weeks ago, I read an article in The Atlantic titled “Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out” and I can’t stop thinking about it. (FYI: The article requires a subscription to read it, unfortunately.) The gist of the article is that...
by Jason Lauritsen | Dec 14, 2023 | Workplace, Performance, Strategy
Change can be messy. And the change to hybrid schedules has proven to be pretty messy for a lot of organizations. Many of the leaders I’m speaking with are struggling to make sense of this messiness. In one case, a leader was puzzled over why less than half of his...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 31, 2023 | Performance, Strategy
I’ve been struggling for the past few months. Honestly, I’ve probably been struggling for much longer than that. I just finally became aware of how bad burnout was recently. To start with, I was exhausted all the time. Regardless of how much I slept, I never seemed to...
