by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Human Resources has become the red-headed step child of the business world. It breaks my heart, but despite the fact that our role is to facilitate the management of the organziation’s most potent resource, we still aren’t taken seriously in far too many...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, I wrote about letting go and the challenges inherent in that for me. I got a number of really great responses to that post that indicated that I’m not the only one who has some struggles with letting go at times. One response, though, stopped me in...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Learning to be a leader can be hard. A lot of us have had to learn the skills of leadership on the job. We weren’t really trained to be a leader before we found ourselves in our first role that required us to lead. We just had to get started. The complicated...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m struggling to learn a profound lesson in my work that clarity and control sometimes can’t be gained until you first let go. My mentors and others keep pointing me towards this lesson, so I know it’s one of great significance. But, this...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
We have a tendency to over complicate things when it comes to management. When I speak to groups about talent, a question that will often come up in Q&A is: “How can we retain the best people at our company?” This is a really important question. Our...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The seven day countdown is on at my house. One of our favorite shows, Big Brother, debuts a new season on July 12. Judge me if you must. I know that there are some of you out there who look down your nose at reality television as some sort of substandard type of...
