by Jason Lauritsen | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week, I launched a survey to better understand what challenges leaders are anticipating during the next year related to employee engagement. Some themes are emerging in the data. There’s concern about employee burnout. There’s a focus on how to keep remote and...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, the time had finally come for me to speak in-person at a large conference for the first time in a long time—nearly two years, in fact. I’d known for months that this was coming, and I was really curious how it would feel to once again be face to face...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week, my daughter ran her first cross country race. For those who aren’t familiar with cross country, at her age, it’s a mile and a half run in the “country” (i.e., on grass, through the trees, up and down hills, etc.). She’s new to running and had never run any...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m a fan of the This American Life podcast. I rarely miss an episode. In a recent episode titled “Essential,” they talk to a series of people whose jobs were deemed essential during the pandemic about how their experience working through COVID changed them. As I...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
At least in some places (like where I live in Nebraska), it can be easy to forget that we are still trying to escape a pandemic. We are all anxious and ready to move on and move forward. I know I am. But in our fervor to get back in action, we need to remember that...
by Jason Lauritsen | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 2012, I published my first book, Social Gravity, with my coauthor and long-time BFF, Joe Gerstandt. We wrote the book to share what we had learned about the importance of networks and relationships to achieve important things in your life. Joe and I met while...
