What motivates employees?
Over the last hundred years the topic of what motivates people has been widely studied and greatly debated. Frederick Taylor believed what motivated employees was pay. BF Skinner believed in behaviorism; reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. Others like Abraham Maslow believed the work itself was the motivator. While there is validity to all [...]
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Must-Have Job Skills of Today’s Workplace
It would seem from our research and last blog post, New Study Finds Soft Skills are More Important than Leadership Training, that soft skills are highly valued in the American workplace. Must-have job skills include personal branding, communication, flexibility, interpersonal relationships and understanding of the shared vision of the company. Employers and hiring managers are [...]
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New Study Finds Soft Skills are More Important than Leadership Training
Employers around the globe are increasingly seeking employees who fit a corporate culture over skill set. That’s not to undervalue specific skills and training. Rather it speaks to trending in hiring and training of employees. A recent study by Video Arts finds Leadership & Development (L&D) professionals are training on soft skills more than leadership [...]
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How Viatech Global Can Help When Managers Hate Being Managers
Here’s a little secret of corporate America: Many managers never signed up to be managers. It’s something that just happens over time for those who followed their passion for a particular company or industry. On the surface it may appear to be a reward but the secret of corporate America is that it’s not as [...]
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Corporate Social Responsibility Increases Employee Engagement
Does corporate social responsibility increase employee engagement? A recent article in Fast Company magazine indicated yes, “if a company is trying to be better for the planet, its workers will strive to be better for the company.” It’s a new area of research and so far the results are positive. Companies that embrace social responsibility [...]
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The Changing Role of Manager
The changing role of manager seems to have been in hyper drive over the last five years. Managing meant laying off team members, managing the remaining team and making other tough financial decisions. There have been culture trends like setting policies related to social media in the workplace and working from home. Navigating a team [...]
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How Multi-Tasking is Killing Productivity
At Viatech Global we take a scientifically based approach to employee productivity which is why we have been looking at how multi-tasking is killing productivity. From the invention of the T.V. dinner to Tupperware to social media, Americans are constantly looking for faster, better ways to meet their goals. Books have been written about increasing [...]
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Why Employees are Saying Take This Job and Shove It
Finally there is a government report we can really wrap our minds around. The so-called Shove-it Indicator is showing trends of more employees quitting jobs than being laid off. Some say the trend indicates an increase in consumer confidence while others say employees are tired of being treated poorly. It is more than likely a [...]
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The Science of Employee Engagement
Whether you have a small business or are part of a conglomerate in corporate America, there is a need for employees to be engaged. After all when employees are engaged they are most productive and that benefits the bottom line. Creating the environment for engagement is often ignored. Business executives often believe the elements of [...]
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Top Four Reasons Employees are Leaving the Company
Recent trends indicate American workers are increasingly leaving or looking to leave their current places of employment. Maybe you’re seeing this at your company and are wondering who and why. Who is going to do the work of the key players who have left? Why are employees leaving? To understand why employees leave a company, [...]
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