Unlocking High Performance

Jason Lauritsen
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Unlocking High Performance is a podcast for leaders who want strong results without burning their people out in the process. Hosted by Jason Lauritsen, the show explores how clarity, alignment, and connection shape performance at work. Jason draws from his work with CEOs, executive teams, and leaders to examine why work so often becomes heavier, slower, and more frustrating than it needs to be and how to fix it. Some episodes are solo reflections. Others are conversations with leaders and practitioners navigating real constraints and consequences. Each conversation looks beyond tactics to understand the leadership and organizational conditions that make performance possible. The podcast focuses on the systems that drive performance, not leadership theory or quick fixes. Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how work actually gets done and how to build environments where people perform at their best.

  1. What Caring Actually Looks Like as a Leader

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    What Caring Actually Looks Like as a Leader

    In this solo episode, Jason explores with a question that sounds simple until you look at it closely. What does it look like to care for someone as their leader? He talks through why care at work has to look different from the care we show at home because the relationship has specific purpose. And he highlights the moments when the most caring thing a leader can do is to step into a difficult conversation with the employee. Key highlights from the conversation: ➡️ Why the way we care for the people we love outside of work can actually backfire when we bring it to the people we lead ➡️ The mistake Jason has watched leaders make hundreds of times, avoiding a hard conversation because they mistakenly think that keeping employees comfortable is the kind thing to do ➡️ A moment from Jason's own career when avoiding the hard conversation was making things worse ➡️ What leaders should do to truly care for their people in a way that supports their performance and engagement at work JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/

    16 phút
  2. Scaling Without Losing Your Culture with Spencer Douglas

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    Scaling Without Losing Your Culture with Spencer Douglas

    When a company grows fast, it's easy to see only the good in it. The wins keep coming, so the quieter thing underneath is easy to miss. Some of the core things that fueled the company’s growth start to drift, and it rarely shows up as a culture problem at first. It shows up somewhere else, in a client commenting that things feel different or a long-term employee deciding to leave. In this episode, Jason talks with Spencer Douglas, the chief marketing officer of BZI, about what fast growth did to a culture the company had always been proud of and how the leadership team finally recognized the problem and decided to do something about it. It's a candid look at what it actually takes to protect what makes a company special when growth is coming faster than the company is ready for. Key highlights from the conversation: ➡️Why brand and culture are really two sides of the same coin. ➡️The early signals that a culture is starting to drift, the kind that show up in how clients talk about you before they ever show up in the numbers. ➡️What it sounds like when a leadership team stops settling for good and commit to being the best. ➡️How growing fast can quietly cost you the culture you worked hard to build and why protecting it gets harder the bigger you get. — Connect with Spencer: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerdouglas98/ — JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj — Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/ #UnlockingHighPerformance #JasonLauritsen #HumanResource #Leadership

    38 phút
  3. Introducing the Connected Performance Group

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    Introducing the Connected Performance Group

    In this episode, Jason does something a little different and talks through his own business, newly relaunched as Connected Performance Group. He shares why he rebuilt the way he works with clients, and lays out the system he developed over two decades for getting at the root of performance problems instead of just the surface. If you've followed his work for years but were never quite sure what he actually does for organizations, this is the episode that answers it. You can learn more and schedule an exploratory conversation at https://connectedperformancegroup.com — JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj — Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/ #UnlockingHighPerformance #JasonLauritsen #Management #Leadership

    22 phút
  4. Your Leadership Blind Spots Are Hiding in Plain Sight

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    Your Leadership Blind Spots Are Hiding in Plain Sight

    Everyone carries a particular way of seeing the world. It's shaped by where we grew up, how we were taught, and the experiences we’ve collected along the way. Most of the time, it goes unnoticed. But that lens shapes how situations get read, how people get judged, and how someone leads. When it goes unexamined, it can become a dangerous blind spot for leaders. In this solo episode, Jason looks at how the lens through which we see the world can become a leadership liability. He shares a training experience that challenged a belief he'd held for years about what good management looks like. It's the kind of belief that feels like plain common sense until someone gives you a reason to question it. What he learned changed how he thinks about supporting the people on his team. Key highlights from the conversation: ➡️Why the way you see the world is never neutral, even when it feels like common sense. ➡️The belief about checking in on your team that Jason had to rethink. ➡️How our lenses lead us to dismiss new ideas and judge people too quickly. ➡️Two practical ways to broaden your perspective and lead more effectively. — JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj — Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/ #UnlockingHighPerformance #JasonLauritsen #HRLeaders

    16 phút
  5. Proud Employees Don't Need to Be Pushed with Chris Sund

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    Proud Employees Don't Need to Be Pushed with Chris Sund

    In this episode of Unlocking High Performance, Jason is joined by Chris Sund, President and CEO of UnityMed and GQR Healthcare and COO of Nebula. Chris leads a distributed workforce across healthcare staffing, recruiting, and AI-powered talent solutions, and he shares how his teams treat experience design as a deliberate, structured part of the business. At a time when many workplaces are leaning harder into productivity pressure, Jason and Chris explore a different perspective. They push back on the idea that fun, care, and connection somehow compete with performance. Instead, Chris makes the case that proud, connected employees often do their best work because they actually want to. Key highlights from the conversation include: 👉 How Chris and his leadership team turned experience into a company-wide thematic goal across employees, candidates, and clients 👉 Why looking for friction is one of the most practical ways Chris's team improves both customer and employee experience 👉 The kinds of shared moments, from Mario Kart in the parking lot to birthday celebrations, that become the core memories employees actually remember 👉 Why leaders should sometimes let employees run with an imperfect idea instead of stepping in with a "better" one 👉 Chris's perspective on the link between employee pride, coachability, and sustained performance — Linkedin: Connect with Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophersund/ — JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj — Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/ #UnlockingHighPerformance #JasonLauritsen #HRLeaders

    32 phút
  6. The Golden Rule of Management Behind High-Performing Teams

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    The Golden Rule of Management Behind High-Performing Teams

    In this solo episode of Unlocking High Performance, Jason unpacks one of the most important drivers of team performance: clarity. He describes a pattern he’s seen repeated across organizations of every size. Leaders get frustrated with team members who seem unmotivated or off track, when the real issue is that they have not been clear about what's expected. Jason makes the case that clarity, not motivation, is the real fuel behind strong performance. When leaders assume their people understand expectations, they often create the very friction they're trying to avoid. This episode offers two simple practices that any leader can use to build real clarity with individuals and teams, including what Jason calls “The Golden Rule of Management.” Key highlights from the conversation include: 👉Why most performance problems are actually clarity problems in disguise, and how leaders mistakenly label them as character or motivation issues 👉The two practices of clarity every leader can put into action to strengthen performance and reduce friction on their team 👉Why writing things down forces a level of clarity that talking alone never can 👉How the practice of comparing notes reveals the gap between assumed clarity and the real thing inside a team 👉A practical example of how a leadership team can use comparing notes to align on what it means to be a leader in their organization 👉The hidden cost of skipping clarity work, including wasted time, repeated conversations, and damaged trust between leaders and their teams — JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj — Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/ #UnlockingHighPerformance #JasonLauritsen #HRLeaders

    12 phút
  7. Why Job Descriptions No Longer Fit Modern Work with Lisa Sterling

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    Why Job Descriptions No Longer Fit Modern Work with Lisa Sterling

    Join Jason Lauritsen as he sits down with Lisa Sterling, Chief People Officer at Perceptyx, for a conversation about why the traditional job description has run its course and what becomes possible when leaders stop trying to fit people into predetermined boxes. Lisa argues that job descriptions are a century-old artifact, originally built for factories that needed standardized, repeatable work. We are still using that same container to hold modern jobs, and it no longer fits. When we start deconstructing our jobs, we make room for people to do the work they are actually great at, and that is where real performance starts. Key highlights from the conversation include: 👉 Why the job description is an industrial era container that no longer holds modern work, and what it takes to start rebuilding roles around tasks instead 👉 A behind-the-scenes look at the hackathon Lisa ran with her people team to break work into tasks, surface hidden strengths, and decide what AI could automate or augment 👉 How matching work to people's genius zones surfaces hidden strengths, improves retention, and gets more out of the team without adding headcount 👉 How Lisa is rethinking compensation, career ladders, and job architecture when titles and levels stop driving the work 👉 A more honest way to frame the AI conversation by focusing on tasks rather than jobs, which makes the question less scary and far more useful Connect with Lisa: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamsterling/ --- JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/59nrvxnj -- Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/

    37 phút
  8. The 5 Drivers of Employee Performance

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    The 5 Drivers of Employee Performance

    In this solo episode, Jason shares the framework he calls the Five Drivers of Performance. It is what he has distilled from years of real-world leadership advising, and it challenges one of the most persistent assumptions leaders make when performance breaks down. Jason unpacks what actually drives employee performance and why most leaders misdiagnose it. He walks through each of the five drivers, from the most common to the least, and explains how to tell which one you are dealing with. Key highlights from the conversation include: 👉 Clarity is the most common cause of underperformance, and most leaders are far less clear with their people than they think they are. 👉 Feedback failures are the second most frequent driver, often invisible to the leader until the damage is already done. 👉 Know-how gaps appear when someone understands what is expected but genuinely lacks the skills to deliver it. 👉 Capability issues arise when someone is in the wrong role for who they are, regardless of how much support they receive. 👉 Desire and motivation are rarely the real problem, and when the other four drivers are addressed, they tend to take care of themselves. Download the Clarity Check-In Process here: 📝 https://schedule.jasonlauritsen.com/widget/form/wtzmGOMCMigAyG3OFAz0 JOIN THOUSANDS OF LEADERS WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://schedule.jasonlauritsen.com/widget/form/X0TvQvV1hu3kDlyy6fRe -- Connect with Jason Lauritsen: Website: https://jasonlauritsen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonLauritsenVideo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonlauritsen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonlauritsen/

    22 phút
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Unlocking High Performance is a podcast for leaders who want strong results without burning their people out in the process. Hosted by Jason Lauritsen, the show explores how clarity, alignment, and connection shape performance at work. Jason draws from his work with CEOs, executive teams, and leaders to examine why work so often becomes heavier, slower, and more frustrating than it needs to be and how to fix it. Some episodes are solo reflections. Others are conversations with leaders and practitioners navigating real constraints and consequences. Each conversation looks beyond tactics to understand the leadership and organizational conditions that make performance possible. The podcast focuses on the systems that drive performance, not leadership theory or quick fixes. Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how work actually gets done and how to build environments where people perform at their best.

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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Jason Lauritsen
  • Năm hoạt động
    2024 - 2026
  • Tập
    73
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    © Copyright 2026 Jason Lauritsen
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