The 10 Most Empowering Women in Business, 2021

Importance of HR-tech
According to Johanna, technology should not only help the
management but also to employees. Tech should offer data
and support to both individuals and teams to help them to
understand what is important, what challenges they might
have, how they can reach their goals, and who could help
them with that. It should also support a holistic view. It is
important to look at well-being, competencies and
employee engagement as a system, where all the areas
interact with each other. Understanding the correlations
between these themes helps companies to realize the root
causes and focus on solving the right things.
Understanding the Requirements of People
Johanna believes that there is a huge untapped talent
potential inside organizations. The first step is to make this
expertise visible by conceptualizing it and making it
available for everyone. Companies need to help people
understand what are the strategically relevant competencies
in their organization. The second step is to enable them to
direct their own expertise towards this common goal.
This should be done individually, as different people have
different needs when it comes to competence development
and organizations should be able to support everyone in a
way that suits them.
LaaS company does this in an agile, cost-effective way. Its
service catalogue helps its employees to understand what
support they have available and who could provide them
help: it might be their colleague, sales team, HR team or
sometimes even CEO!
A Future Life
As the world around us is developing all the time, the team
at LaaS is constantly researching the future world of work
and always trying to be one step ahead. The key is to be
curious and challenge thinking. There is always room for
trial and error. In five years, the company wishes to help
thousands of companies globally to change their way of
leading wellbeing, competencies, and employee
engagement into a modern, agile leadership model.
An Enlightening Advice
In her advice to emerging entrepreneurs, Johanna says,
“Trust yourself and your intuition. Don’t try to adapt to a
role that doesn’t fit what and who you really are. If there is
something you don’t manage yet, get support around you. In
my experience, people are more than happy to help. Be
curious and dare to grab opportunities.”
16 | July 2021 www.insightssuccess.com