by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m just back from spending four epic days in Nashville at my favorite conference event of the year, Workhuman. As is always the case after this event, I’ve got a lot of ideas swirling in my head from the great content and conversations. Sidenote: I know...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 21, 2019 | Leadership, Performance, Uncategorized, Wellness, Workplace
Last week, Quartz published a piece about a New Zealand company that has implemented a 4-day work week policy. This company offered the shortened work week without any reduction in pay or other benefits. They tested it and then implemented it broadly when they found...
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 | 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...