The Simplest Way to Build Trust

The Simplest Way to Build Trust

Few things have a more powerful effect on employee engagement and performance than trust. Hopefully, I don’t have to convince you of the importance trust at work. We have thirty or forty years’ worth of research to demonstrate its importance (examples: here,...
Sending My Kids Back to School Broke Me

Sending My Kids Back to School Broke Me

I thought I was doing pretty well. When our lives (and my business) got turned upside down in March, I hunkered down. I’ve been through some tough times before, so I knew that I could survive whatever was to come. My wife and I figured out the “school from home” mess...
No. The Future of Work is NOT Work From Home

No. The Future of Work is NOT Work From Home

A lot has changed over the past several months at work. This virus showed up and lit the status quo on fire. A majority of office workers now work from home. And we’ve been scrambling ever since.  The most intense disruption has been felt in jobs and work that once...

Employee Engagement for You: July 2020 Edition

When I feel overwhelmed or stressed, my go-to strategy to find my way back to feeling calm and centered is gratitude. That allure of comfort is powerful. But that path leads nowhere. The old normal is gone. And good riddance. We can do better. As I write this today,...
Jason Lauritsen