2009

Opening remarks to EAPM Delegates Assembly meeting, Amsterdam, 11th June, 2009

By Rudolf Thurner, EAPM President

First of all, I would like to mention that during the current presidency crucial changes have happened: a dramatic change of the economic situation across Europe and on a global basis, which, of course, also had a severe impact on the hot topics of HRM:

Back in 2007, when we started as the new team in EAPM, the main picture of the economic environment was a rosy and bright one: I described the situation as a positive business and political environment supporting a significant rise in the overall momentum in corporate Europe and an increase in companies’ profitability across regions and sectors. [...]

EAPM/BCG WEB SURVEY 2009: CREATING PEOPLE ADVANTAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS
'Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis: How to Address HR Challenges in the Recession by Jean-Michel Caye, Rainer Strack' Rudolf Thurner (EAPM) and Pieter Haen (EAPM), Jean-Michel Caye (BCG), Rainer Strack (BCG)”

The report – part of a broader survey of 3,348 human resources and other executives from more than 30 European countries and more than 15 industries that will be unveiled later this year – features the responses of 883 executives on their company’s strategy in the current economic crisis and the lessons learned from the last crisis. These views, collated between November and January, have been supplemented by detailed face-to-face interviews with senior leaders of more than 90 major European companies, which were conducted between December and March.

This study was presented for the first time at the EAPM 2009 Conference on 11th June 2009.

EAPM European Human Resources Award

The EAPM European HR Award is a prestigious European prize awarded every two years to a European human resources professional with a vision of great relevance for future HR challenges. The nominees for this first edition 2009 were:

  • Eline Vassiliou (Cyprus)
  • Henna Tomperi (Finland)
  • Magali Chalumeau (France)
  • Erminia Grippo (Italy)
  • Lia Hol (Netherlands)
  • Galina Pogodina (Russia)

Henna Tomperi from Finland was the winner of the first EAPM European HR Award 2009. In ‘Brave New HR’ Tomperi has proven capable of thorough analysis of the problem and establishes a clear link to current and future HR challenges.

Opening Remarks to the EAPM Executive Meeting, Moscow, 23rd January 2009

By Rudolf Thurner, EAPM President

When I was speaking to you at the meetings of our Executive Committee in Malta and London in 2008, the main picture of the economic environment was – nearly - a very rosy and bright one:

a positive business and political environment supported without any doubt a significant rise in the overall economy and an increase in companies profitability across regions and sectors. [...]