From Slovenian HR Association we send to all member countries our best wishes for a happy and successful New Year 2012 Vanda Pečjak President Continue reading

In the last couple of months Slovenian HR association has organised several events. In September we approved our annual plan for 2011/2012, with clear goals and timing. In October we had a workshop on "How to handle workplace stress and stress in private life", a project supported by EU funds. In November our association celebrated our 30 year anniversary. We had a big celebration on November 24, hosted by the Slovenian company Talum. The guest of honour was the president of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Turk. There were speeches by SHRA president Vanda Pečjak, past EAPM president Dr. Rudolf Thurner, the... Continue reading

Smaller businesses are the key to driving Europe’s economic agenda. To catch their competitive edge, smaller businesses have to understand and leverage their talent strengths. They operate with lean and less sophisticated HR systems and carry specific talent risks, e.g. lack of critical mass for in-depth talent approach, limited role and compensation flexibility. On the other hand they offer entrepreneurship and talent opportunities and a strong people/owner culture base. EAPM will start a survey to make an inventory of smaller businesses views on talent, share successful practices and offer pragmatic advice on how to create business impact. The ‘green light’... Continue reading

I do not dream about giant innovations. For me it's about small changes in everyday work. Creating a culture where everyone wants to improve and develop rather than to manage "as it has always been" is my challenge. I face the challenge with humor and encouragement. Clear objectives with regular reconciliation meetings also create a climate of success. Success breeds success! Today's managers face great demands. A militant leadership style such as giving orders without justification is out. A good leader is good at reading and interpreting different types of human beings. Managers with clear views create a healthier workplace... Continue reading

In last quater of 2011 there were several acitivities in Slovenian HR association: 1. successfull registration of our new name SLOVENIAN HUMAN RESOURCE ASSOCIATION with all formal documents 2. in mid of April the launch of new website www.skz.si , still in probation status 3. May , 6 and 7, international meeting of HR managers from Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Macedonia at Bled - ALPE ADRIA 2011. The title was "Demograpfic changes and impact on recruitment. More than 60 participants joined. 4. May, 16, - the selection of national winner for European HR award 2011. National winner is mag. Vesna... Continue reading

"Uspešno vođenje projekata sa smanjenin budžetom" 28. februar - 1. mart 2011, Beograd, Best Western Hotel M Od kraja 2008. godine susrećemo se sa novom realnošću da živimo u svetu gde je skraćivanje budžeta na projektima postala svakodnevica. Svet je obuhvatila finansijska recesija koja je uzdrmala globalni ekonomski sistem do temelja. Usluge se nalaze pod cenovnim pritiskom i marže opadaju, što zauzvrat utiče na ulaganja u infrastrukturu i nove tehnologije. Ovaj seminar je posebno razvijen kao odgovor izazovima koje kompanije susreću u sve zahtevnijem poslovnom i projektnom okruženju i teškim finansijskim uslovima pod kojima posluju. Seminar je namenjen svim uključenim... Continue reading

December 16th, BHRMDA VIII HR Awards – the culmination of the most successful HR projects completed in 2010 by Bulgarian organizations. The event took place in the most exquisite club in Sofia, gathering over 500 of BHRMDA members, friends and partners. 26 HR projects took part in the competition in 5 categories: Learning and Development, Talent Management, Change Management, Recognition and Reward and CSR. This year the assessment criteria of the competition were improved in order to assess more accurately the projects which usually range in terms of scope, impact etc. and probably this resulted in a great variety of... Continue reading

HR Association successfully completed traditional 2 days annual event STUDY DAYS with title: QUO VADIS HR? ARE PEOPLE REALLY THE MOST OFF PRECIOUS VALUE? On the event there were 110 participants. The basic conslusions of the conferrrence are: > HR quadriga: knowledge, innovation, productivity and values are key stones for economy and sociaty developement > HRM is the key function to ensure future developement with special attention to talents, leaders and associates developement and engagement > It is necessary to change values in the society with positive approach for success not to search for mistakes > Vision is needed on... Continue reading

The mayority of activities in slovenian HR association are dealing with organisation of our traditional study days, whic will take place on November 25 nad 26, 2010. The title is : "Quo vadis HR? Are people really the most off our precious value?". With this topic we want to show trends in the economy and in the society with special focus on the role of people in these processes and treatment they receive in their working enviroment. We will host our president dr. Pieter Haen, who will present the global reasearch to our members. So far we have got cca... Continue reading

Labour market specialists win Nobel Economics Prize. Three labour market specialists, including one blocked for a top post at the US Federal Reserve, won the 2010 Nobel Economics Prize for research that has had an impact on employment reforms worldwide. The Nobel jury said that the work of Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen of the US and British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides helped resolve puzzles such as why people remained unemployed despite a large number of job openings. It lauded the three economists for their analysis of markets with search frictions, which helps explain how unemployment, job vacancies and wages are affected... Continue reading

HR Forum 2010 “Non-Cash Motivation - Mission Possible” 5 November 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria Dear All, Bulgarian Human Resources Management and Development Association – BHRMDA and KARIERI – the most influential business and HR media in Bulgaria, are organizing the traditional HR Forum. This year the topic is “Non-Cash Motivation – Mission Possible”. Our Forum is one of the most important and most popular events in the field of human resources management in Bulgaria. Usually the conference is attended by more than 300 people – HR specialists and managers. The Forum gives them not only the chance to be aware of... Continue reading

Preparation for big event in November 2010 The summer 2010 was a very hot and dinamic time for Slovene HR association: - we are no more partners with CPU- Center for business training, we moved our office to new location and we run our activities with our own HR resources. The new data are on EAPM website. - we finalised structural and organisational changes in our organisation after one year work of project team and we are ready to present the proposals to our members in October - we organise the traditional HR conference Study days in November with the... Continue reading

How to break the performance barrier The performance barrier should be broken, but don’t let it mean everything: "Too many people are chasing an illusion that we call the future. It will never come. Then we die." (Quote from the book "The Three Laws of Performance" by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan) Performance is what matters. Which companies have not added an extra gear to increase performance without increasing costs, it’s in time. The performance is also clarified and measurable in order to lay the foundation for career development in the long-term and wage trends in the short term. "Customer... Continue reading

HR Association of Slovenia organised HR conference on June 9 and 10 in Portorož. The title was: HR /IS NOT/ IN THE AIR AS WE LEARN ALL THE TIME There were about 120 participants and many eminent speakers from the governement, representing the key goals of slovenian structural reforms: regulation of labor market, unemployment rules,better conditions for state scholarships, lay offs and notice periods, larger changes in labor code , pension reform with the goal of increasing the pension age and stimulating saving in the second pillar. In practice sharing we compared and discussed : restructuirng, motivation on nonmaterial base,... Continue reading

Highlights from Experts' council on Active ageing-the Challenge for HR theory and practice Slovenia is facing the fast trend of demographic changes, what has a strong impact on labor market, on public finance funds and on the need for structural changes in many other sectors like health care, education, promotion of new types of economic activities with higher added value etc. HR experts support the governemnet,s goals to make significant changes in several areas, especially the plan of structural changes in labor legislation, pension system and health care system. Slovenia needs a longterm demographics strategy , longterm labor market perspectives... Continue reading

„In 2009 HRM has faced various forms of optimization: the importance of the personnel cost reduction has substantially increased alongside with the decrease of staff and wages. All forms of HR management functions have been also optimized. This year the optimization of the costs continues in many organizations. HR managers are working actively with employees and middle management staff concerning the job motivation. Unfortunately, often there is not enough time left for strategic HR Management. Speaking about the main activities of the Latvian Association of Personnel management (LAPM), at the moment this association organizes the annual HRM conference – HRM... Continue reading

Thought-through training makes the difference between the best and the mediocre The Czech chess champion Réti once played 29 simultaneous chess games. Afterwards, he forgot his briefcase and complained of poor memory. Quoted from the book "Talent is overrated" written by Geoff Colvin. It is an interesting theme to try to see what separates the best from the mediocre. The book also concludes that the once who’s getting the Nobel Prize gets it at an increasingly higher age. Not because they live longer, but because it takes longer to master the subject and do something that is rewarded. My personal... Continue reading

INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE - DISCUSSION “NEW METHODS FOR CERTIFICATION OF HR SPECIALISTS” Dear All, the Bulgarian HR Association – BHRMDA was honored to host the EAPM Executive Committee in Sofia on the 21th and 22th of January. We believe that the interesting discussions and synergy were at a very high level and that a lot of common decisions were made or tuned during that meeting. Important part of the meeting was the international round table-discussion on professional certification, which gathered more than 100 members of BHRMDA and more than 30 EAPM representatives. Three certification models were presented and discussed by... Continue reading

Strategic Talent Management Conference organized by Young Talents The impact of the reports published by EAPM/BCG and based on in-depth research in all countries of Europe remains substantial. Year after year since 2007 we see that the themes of most national conferences are based on the results of our research and reports. The topic of Talent Mnagement remains high on all HR agendas in Europe. With great pleasure I have supported the organization of an ambitious conference of HR-students at Tilburg University on the theme of strategic Talent Management. Here is young talent brainstorming about its own role and future... Continue reading

In the mid of February there will be a meeting of Experts Council in organisation of Slovenian HR Association. The Council is one of working forms of slovenian HR Association and consists of 40 key HR experts, managers, professors and researchers in HR field. The title of discussion is : ACTIVE AGEING - THE CHALLENGE FOR HR THEORY AND PRACTICE We believe that demographic changes have the significant influence on lifes of individuals and on HR policies in the companies. Today we are facing the ageing of national population what has an influence on age structure of employees as well.... Continue reading

Next Executive Committee in Sofia the 21th and 22th of January. New global HR Survey 2010 "Creating People Advantage" WFPMA/BCG What are the next challenges and priorities you see for HR? The World Federation of People Management Associations ( WFPMA) and The Boston Consulting Group ( BCG) are jointly conducting the fourth global HR survey on “Creating People Advantage”. Clic here The report will feature the latest trends in: Talent management: How companies pave the path for employees to become future leaders of the organization HR in and beyond the crisis: What companies are doing to survive the crisis and... Continue reading

HR Association of Slovenia has signed a partnership agreement with several sponsors in a national project : the best companies in human resources management. The project is called GOLDEN STRING. GOLDEN STRING has been running for several years. Each year the winners are named in 3 categories: big, middle and small companies. The winners for 2009 will be known in March 2010. The project is managed and sponsored by the largest newspaper company DNEVNIK. In several commitees there are also engaged : employers organisation, chamber of commerce, university of Ljubljana, HR association and several HR experts. HR Association of Slovenia... Continue reading

In December 2009 we can stress 3 topics: 1. executive board of HR association started preparation for HR events in 2010. In the first half of 2010 we will organise panel discussion with HR experts on the topic: Employability and activation of different types of generations. We will include also the ideas of needed changes in the regulation of labor market and pension system. 2. we continue with project team : Renewal of HE Association of Slovenia. On the first meeting we identified 15 working areas like : mission and vision, name, leadership, logo, membership, media, financing , events, recognitions... Continue reading

By Even Bolstad, Managing Director, HR Norge www.hrnorge.no Norway has a very low unemployment rate. The participation rate in working life is high, where women are mobilized almost at the same level as men. The flip side of the coin for Norway’s sake, is a very high number of disabled as well as a high absence rate due sickness. For several years, there has been a strong tri-partial effort under the label “inclusive working life” with focus on sickness absence, senior workers and disabled. The results of this “soft” and company-oriented approach have so far been disappointing. High absence/disability rate... Continue reading

Defend the company brand in turbulent times One could never afford to drop ones company brand – not even in times of recession. It’s groundbreaking for future recruitments, and also contributes to the productivity and efficiency. The employees are the strongest ambassadors’ the company’s got. It’s never as important to hold the flag up high as when a company has to give notice or dismiss personnel. Defend the company values, the company philosophy, and the fuel for the motivation and for the engagement the most when it’s turbulent! We, the human beings don’t really need much to create the feeling... Continue reading