by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I grew up as a country boy on a farm in rural Iowa. I was surrounded by farming everywhere I went. I don’t know that I honestly paid a lot of attention to the business of farming growing up (other than the various unpleasant jobs I helped with during summer...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Creating a strategy for your organization around talent starts with defining the what and how of talent for your organization. Talent can be leveraged and managed very differently from one organization to the next. So, one of the keys to doing effective work in...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
For the past week, Joe and I have been having a discussion on the Talent Anarchy blog that was prompted by a post written by Ted Coine that you can (and should) read here. The conversation has revolved around the merits of collecting feedback on your job performance...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Organizational fit (or cultural fit) is a topic that gets a lot of discussion, particularly in recruiting circles. We strive to find people who will be a good fit for the organization–people who will quickly and naturally fall into the rhythm of the...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit on a panel discussion about employee engagement at the Southwest Learning Summit hosted by the Dallas Chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development). The panel discussion was tuned to help training and...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The curtain has closed on the Olympics and we can now return to our regularly scheduled programming. For two weeks I resisted writing about the Olympics. But, before I completely close the book on the Olympics, there are a few reflections that I want to share....
