Human Performance Expert Reveals the Key to Closing the Productivity Gap at TEDx
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Humantech CEO and Founder Franz Schneider delivered "You Hired an Employee, but a Human Being Showed Up Instead" at a TEDx event located at Saginaw Valley State University on August 1. During this 20-minute presentation, he revealed the key to what makes organizations achieve great things -- people. Companies understand machines and go to great lengths to make sure machines are happy and productive. When it comes to people, most companies guess.
Since 1979, Schneider has spent his career implementing initiatives to improve the effectiveness of people at Fortune 500 companies around the globe. What leverages business to succeed versus what drives them to fail was the subject of his presentation.
Technology has changed the world. It's enabled us to do and achieve unimaginable things. "We made tools to reach places we could never go; we took a peek at Pluto; we've seen the depths of the ocean; we fathomed a human heart that works; and we've come up with chocolate ice cream," said Schneider in his opening remarks. But, the most beneficial piece of technology, he explained, "is the one that can take a mundane pile of bricks and turn it into a thriving enterprise." That piece of technology is the human being.
"People are what give business life; they are the single and sole source of productivity. Most organizations don't understand how critical people are. No other element is as crucial, nor is there any other element as misunderstood and unattended to as people," he explained.
The old-fashioned way of conning people to achieve more doesn't work. "You can't beat people into high-quality performance because productivity is not negotiable," he said. If people feel like they are being "messed with" they will stop producing or do the least amount of work to get by.
To learn how to optimize performance and close the gap between what people can do if they are inspired and what they do not to get fired, view the full video.
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