by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 19, 2018 | Management, Performance, Workplace
I’ve spent a large part of the last year writing a book about performance management and here’s what I’ll tell you— performance management sucks. One of the big questions I wrestled with was “how did we get this so wrong?” That...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized, Workplace
The HR Technology Conference has become one of my favorite events of the year. It’s a great opportunity to get a feel for the broader trends in HR and work. Each year, I try to take in a few sessions and spend some time walking the Exhibit Hall. My goal is to...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 16, 2017 | Coaching, Communication, Management, Relationships, Workplace
One of the advantages of moving jobs frequently early in your career (like I did) is that you get to experience a lot of different workplaces and management styles. A few of my first couple of jobs out of college were case studies in bad management. I had the “I...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 12, 2016 | Performance, Workplace
One of the things I am most proud of from my corporate HR tour of duty happened during my last stop as an HR executive about six years ago. Before it was trendy to do so, we lead a process to kill the traditional annual performance management appraisal. I won’t...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 9, 2011 | Performance, Workplace
As every other HR department has done before and will likely do again, my team is working on answering the question, “What should we do about our performance appraisals?” So, I’ve been thinking a lot about the topic lately. As a result, I’ve...
by Jason Lauritsen | Sep 2, 2010 | Decisions, Reality TV, Workplace
I’m a fan of reality TV. Think of me what you will, but I find many reality shows entertaining and fascinating for a variety of reasons. So, I tend to sample a lot of different shows to see what they are about. Recently I stumbled upon...
