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In the best of times, running an effective internship program can be challenging. So, how can you create a meaningful experience for interns who never set foot in your office and connect with you only through the wizardry of online platforms?

More Than Just Fetching Coffee – How to Make Meaningful Internship Experiences Read More »

The past eight weeks have exposed how much organizations rely on an in-person approach to training and development. As we talk with our clients we hear that they are concerned about creating sub-par substitutes for the original learning experience. They are also concerned with the number of programs and experiences that have been cancelled. There will be a lasting cost to this pandemic in the loss of talent and skill development for a lot of organizations.

Your Organization is Ready to Change How it Does Learning – Build a Coalition to Ensure Success Read More »

We know many of you are wrestling with how to support the growth of your team members in new ways. Though it might be tempting to put employee development on the backburner right now, this is a time when we need it even more.

Intentional development of your people can build resilience and boost engagement – both of which will make you stronger on the other side of this challenge.

Real Talk About Building Resilience in Remote Teams Read More »

Here at Vivayic, we are in the business of learning. It’s what we do. We wake up each day excited about the opportunities to increase human potential through learning.

As we partner with clients to plan, design, and build their new learning initiatives, we also prioritize the learning of our own people. We’d feel like icky hypocrites if we didn’t. We drive employee development in ways that fit our culture, drive our business forward, and we do so in a fully-remote team environment.

Taking Care of the Forest and the Trees: Team Development in Purpose-Driven Organizations Read More »

Last week, our banking partner, Union Bank & Trust (UBT), was highlighted in a Washington Post feature article that uncovered why this family-owned bank in Lincoln, Nebraska, out-maneuvered the big, national banks in securing Payroll Protection Program loans for their customers.

A Coronavirus-related Reminder on the Importance of Aligned Values Read More »

Coronavirus has changed how millions of people are working including most of our clients. The most common question in the past three weeks has been: How is your team adapting?

This question is from a place of pure empathy because most everyone they know is dealing with the chaos of functioning in an entirely different way and in an unprecedented situation.

Managing a (Newly) Remote Team – Do NOT Follow This Advice Read More »

(The following is an open invitation to all agricultural education and culinary teachers from the Texas Beef Council and Vivayic)

To the educators preparing young people for careers in food production and food preparation,

New Online Resource for Teachers and Students Now Available for Agriculture and Culinary Programs – Raw Truth About Beef Read More »

We recently completed a 10-month project with Civic Nebraska to help develop the leadership capacity of the rapidly growing nonprofit organization. Civic Nebraska works to create a more modern and robust democracy for all Nebraskans (check out their work and sweet logo here: www.civicnebraska.org). Executive Director, Adam Morefeld, recognized the need for a formal leadership development program as a new layer of senior leaders were identified to manage the growing staff.

Helping Civic Nebraska Develop Leadership Capabilities Through Clarity, Consensus, and Coaching Read More »

Training efforts are designed to have impact by changing behaviors, improving skills, and introducing new approaches. Often, though, we find that one of the most consequential outcomes is a simple one – more clear and consistent messaging. This was the case with a recently completed project for an international chemical manufacturing client.

Hidden Benefit of Well-Designed Training Initiatives – Clearer Messaging Read More »

These are unprecedented and unpredictable times for our public health and our economy. There are some forecasts that paint a very bleak outlook for both. Sometimes, it’s hard to stop reading the news articles because the scope of the crisis is almost too big to fathom. All the while, none of us can predict how the pandemic will impact our families, daily lives, our company, or the country as a whole. I’m guessing that we’ve all experienced fear and worry over the past few days.

Building Together Read More »