by Jason Lauritsen | Nov 20, 2025 | Relationships, Management, Workplace
Every week, there are new headlines about how AI is changing how we work and find jobs. But in all of this discussion about AI, there is an important truth that rarely gets highlighted. The more AI infiltrates our lives and work, the more important our human...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 29, 2025 | Performance, Management, Relationships, Strategy, Workplace
The performance appraisal process is broken. While positioned as a tool to manage performance, it’s primarily designed to create documentation to justify both compensation and disciplinary decisions. If you’re in a position to fix this process for your organization,...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 10, 2024 | Relationships, Engagement
Connection, or more specifically, the lack of connection, has been a topic of concern for nearly everyone I’ve met with lately. How do we keep remote employees feeling connected? When we bring people together in the office, how do we encourage them to actually...
by Jason Lauritsen | Apr 4, 2024 | Relationships
How Your Stories Bring You Closer to Loved Ones How Sharing Stories Builds Trust in Relationships Stories are powerful. They entertain us. They help us communicate. They invite us to connect with others. But the stories we tell ourselves as we try to make...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 10, 2023 | Checking-In, Engagement, Relationships
It was my birthday and I was craving some time with my kids. In a brazen attempt to pry my kids away from their technology, I offered a trip to Dairy Queen for some ice cream. My hope was, once they were a captive audience in the car, we’d be able to chat a bit. But...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jan 6, 2023 | Checking-In, Relationships
Like so many others, I decided to take some time off between Christmas and New Years. My goal was to largely put work aside to rest up, spend time with my family, and reconnect with some friends. The first few days went pretty well due to all of the great...
