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Jason Lauritsen and Linda Jonas

Jason Lauritsen is a leadership advisor, keynote speaker, and CEO of Connected Performance Group. He works with CEOs and executive teams to improve performance by strengthening alignment, leadership clarity, and workplace relationships. He is also the author of two books, Unlocking High Performance and Social Gravity.

Linda Jonas is Head of Performance Enablement at Connected Performance Group, where she develops and facilitates training programs and retreats that translate relationship-first management into practical manager capability. Her work focuses on helping organizations build cultures where feedback and performance feel human.
Picture of Jason Lauritsen and Linda Jonas

Jason Lauritsen and Linda Jonas

Jason Lauritsen is a leadership advisor, keynote speaker, and CEO of Connected Performance Group. He works with CEOs and executive teams to improve performance by strengthening alignment, leadership clarity, and workplace relationships. He is also the author of two books, Unlocking High Performance and Social Gravity.

Linda Jonas is Head of Performance Enablement at Connected Performance Group, where she develops and facilitates training programs and retreats that translate relationship-first management into practical manager capability. Her work focuses on helping organizations build cultures where feedback and performance feel human.
Employee Feedback

Why Managers Delay Feedback (and Why It Costs More Than They Think)

A single employee can quietly undermine an entire team. The person delivers results, but they aren’t a team player. Meetings become tense. Coworkers start avoiding them. Frustration builds across the group. Everyone sees the problem. But the manager says nothing. Cyndi Brassette, VP of People at Quantum Workplace, says this situation shows up more often than organizations like to admit. “Managers have a difficult time holding people accountable and providing direct, actionable feedback,” she said. “Maybe someone’s really crushing their numbers, but they have behaviors they need to work on. Those are really difficult for some managers to talk about.” When

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management vs coaching

Why Managing People Now Looks More Like Coaching

“When I care about someone, I’m going to be tough on them, and kind to them.” Joe Dicianno, Director of Organizational Development and Talent Management at UPMC, uses that idea to describe how he thinks about leadership. For him, performance and relationship are not in tension. They are connected. The expectation is clear. The support is real. And both show up in the same conversation. Christa Gochenaur, Managing Director of HR at Simplex Trading, sees the same dynamic from another angle. “If you don’t have a strong relationship with your manager,” she said, “it can be difficult to establish and maintain

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