Jason Lauritsen: Employee Engagement

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  • Travels from: Gretna, NE
  • **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000

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THE TRUE PATH TO EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

This impactful keynote inspires your audience to transform how they lead by helping them to understand one fundamental truth:

We ALL experience work like a relationship.

That means we crave the same things from work that we do ANY important relationship in our lives: acceptance, appreciation, and commitment.

Through this eye-opening talk, Jason delivers an experience that helps leaders put an end to any outdated ways of managing people, so they can instead liberate employees to deliver their best.
 
THIS KEYNOTE IS IDEAL FOR AUDIENCES WHO ARE:

Struggling to engage employees
Seeking to create more fulfilling experiences for people at work
Ready to unlock the full potential of those they lead

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:

  • A better understanding of what it takes to keep people engaged
  • Deep insights into how to get the best out of their people
  • A new outlook on leadership

HOW TO ENGAGE AND RETAIN TOP TALENT
The Check-In Method presented in this keynote empowers audiences to self-assess their relationships with those they lead. In doing so, they learn to turn opportunities for connection into the support employees need to be happy, effective, and productive.

The Check-In Method helps audiences become the leaders people want.

By learning this fail-proof formula to strengthen their relationships with individuals and teams, each attendee uncovers the secret to dramatically improving retention, performance, and engagement.
 
THIS KEYNOTE IS IDEAL FOR AUDIENCES WHO ARE:

Struggling to engage in challenging conversations with those they lead
Seeking to elevate employee performance
Wanting to solve the challenge of employee retention

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:

  • A process to help them immediately improve how they relate to people on their teams
  • An understanding of what it takes to inspire peoples’ best work
  • An approach to leading others that ensures retention and performance

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS
We’ve heard it our whole lives,“It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know that matters.”

In this dynamic keynote, Jason teaches audiences how they can make a bigger impact, move their organizations forward, and fuel their success by leveraging the profound power of relationships.

Jason shares the Six Laws of Social Gravity and invites audiences as a roadmap to help attendees transform their careers, businesses, and lives for the better.
 
THIS KEYNOTE IS IDEAL FOR AUDIENCES WHO ARE:

Seeking to understand how they can achieve greater personal and business success with more ease
Grappling with a lack of purpose or belonging at work
Wanting to build a network that contributes to their success, happiness, and wellbeing

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:

  • The 6 Laws of Social Gravity, and how they relate to their success
  • Powerful tools to attract ideas, information, and opportunities
  • The ability to start being more intentional and skilled in the way they grow their network

Jason Lauritsen is a well-known employee engagement speaker, author, and consultant who is dedicated to transforming the workplace and helping organizations create a more engaged and fulfilling environment for their employees. He is recognized for his insightful and thought-provoking presentations, as well as his practical strategies for improving employee engagement and workplace culture.

Jason uses a blend of research, practical experience, and storytelling to empower managers to have a more positive impact on their people.

As both a former corporate executive and entrepreneur, Jason has always been dedicated to creating organizations that are good for both people and profits.

Jason also led the research team for Quantum Workplace’s Best Places to Work program for three years. There, he studied the employee experience at thousands of companies to understand what the best workplaces in the world do differently than the rest to engage their employees.

Jason Lauritsen’s approach to employee engagement is a departure from traditional, top-down management strategies. He believes that by listening to employees, empowering them, and fostering a sense of ownership and belonging, organizations can create an environment where people thrive.

His expertise in performance management, leadership, and workplace culture has made him an influential figure in the field of employee engagement, and his work continues to shape the way organizations approach and prioritize employee satisfaction and productivity.

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