Jason Lauritsen

Connection is often treated as a cultural outcome. Something leaders hope will improve once strategy, structure, and execution are in place. The reality is simpler and more uncomfortable. Connection is one of the main ways strategy actually turns into action. When connection is weak, execution slows and engagement suffers. When it is strong, people move with clarity and commitment.

Informed by original research inside organizations, this session goes beyond why connection matters and digs into how it actually works. Where do people experience connection at work? What strengthens it and what erodes it? And how does connection directly impact engagement, performance, and well-being? For leaders focused on results, the takeaway is simple. Culture and performance rise or fall based on the quality of connection within and to the organization.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how connection functions inside organizations and why it is a core driver of performance and strategic execution.

• Identify the leadership, cultural, and operational conditions that most strongly influence how people experience connection at work.

• Learn how the Connected Performance System, grounded in leadership clarity, organizational alignment, and performance enablement, helps leaders turn connection into a competitive advantage.

Building on the original research presented in Tuesday’s session, Connection is the Strategy, employee engagement expert, Jason Lauritsen, translates his key findings into concrete practices that strengthen workplace connection - and, in turn, execution, engagement and performance.