Nordconn International and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary cordially invite you to the next SCCH CEO&HR Forum

Venue: Nordconn International, 1113 Budapest, Bocskai út 134-146, Building E, 1^st floor

The gig-economy has evolved beyond traditional freelance roles, becoming a space where specialized knowledge is increasingly in demand.

Join us at this interactive workshop and have discusssions around What is gig-economy? What is the difference between freelancers, consultants, temporary contract workers? What are the trends when it comes to working with external experts? When to work with employees and when with project-based external experts? How to calculate return of investment when it comes to your workforce? How to decide which employment contract type is the best fit for the situation?

PROGRAM:

9.00: Registration, networking

9.20: Welcome words & Key note thoughts

9.40: Moderated interactive discussions with real-life stories where hard decisions where made, money was lost, resources were wasted. How to turn a situation like that? You will be able to share and discuss what could have been done differently and learn from the examples

10.40: Snacks & Networking

PLEASE FILL THIS FORM FOR REGISTRATION NO LATER THAN 8 NOVEMBER

Participation is free of charge for SCCH members and organizing partners. 9000 HUF for non-members.

Late cancellations or no shows will be invoiced for ALL registered persons.

Based on the success of our joint meet-ups, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Dutcham, and Swisscham Hungary kindly invite you to their next CEO & HR forum event.

• What makes office time and space meaningful and effective? (for the employees and employers)
• How can you build constructive cooperating communities of different generations?
• What are the latest best practices of creating blended office solutions?

Please find more information and registration details here.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, and Visegrad+ Legal cordially invite you to the next CEO&HR meet-up on the

NEW WHISTLEBLOWING LAW – a burden or a chance to develop trust?

Venue: Electrolux Showroom, 1133 Budapest Váci út 80. (Promenade Gardens, entrance from Révész utca)

EU Whistleblower Directive has been implemented in Hungary and a number of companies must comply by Christmas.

– “Yet another pain in the neck in the middle of the year-end madness”, one might think

Come and join this professional session to hear about an easy-to-adopt solution and listen to examples, experiences, challenges and best practices from ABB, Sodexo and other companies!

Please find agenda and registration details here.

We would like to tailor make the event, and get an overview in advance. Therefore we would appreciate if you took 2 minutes to answer the questions here, even if you cannot participate this time

Participation is free of charge for SCCH members and costs 9000 HUF for non-members

From great idea to execution:

 – What and where can go wrong with an apparently motivated person/team during implementation?

– What are the solutions to disciplined execution?

Join the conversations and get inspired by your colleagues from other Swedish and Dutch companies during a WORLD CAFÉ!

Venue: Kinnarps Hungary Kft., Váci út 92., 1133 Budapest

PLEASE FILL THIS FORM FOR REGISTRATION NO LATER THAN 6 MARCH

Free of charge for SCCH members and organizing partners.

9000 HUF for non-members.

Late cancellations or no shows will be invoiced for ALL registered persons.

A very inspiring event on (de)motivation of employees in cooperation with Dutcham.

Among many other topics, we have discussed that Motivation is an inner fire that we can glow through our emotions. It is the individual’s responsibility, and therefore ours, to keep this fire fueled in the long term. Many of us think that it is the leader’s responsibility to motivate us, however, this is not true. They can stimulate, they can inspire, they can lead. It’s their responsibility to continuously involve employees in business critical questions to keep them interested and motivated. But they cannot motivate. Motivation is a personal driving force coming from within therefore we are the only ones who should be responsible for it.

We should have an overall guiding vision of what we would like to achieve and identify steps that can get us there. And of course openness to problems and challenges during the journey we reach these goals.

We have also concluded that material goods and benefits only stimulate motivation for a limited period of time. They do not motivate in on their own, they only create a false impression. The short-term effect will be the same as before. However, it should be remembered that the role of material benefits is still essential to create a stable system. Below a certain level of benefits, we cannot talk about motivated people and a stable and positive corporate culture. Above a certain level, however, these benefits make a negligible contribution to self-fulfilment and motivation. There is an equilibrium between the two and achieving it can be a realistic goal for many of us.

If you are interested what other topics have been discussed, you can watch the recording of the event here.

You can find the detailed agenda in the invitation and the presentation slides of André Francois, Happy at Work here.

5 sectors, 5 experienced top managers and a forward looking dialogue building on the key learnings that drove the transformation in 2020 – 2021

Did we really need a pandemic to transform our companies and business models?
Which were the key learnings from the transformation?
How will we be doing business in the “new normal”? Will we go back or are the transformations sustainable?
Date: 25 May, 15.00 – 16.15

Panelists:

Dr. Ágnes Fábián, Managing Director, Henkel Magyarország Kft.
Markus Hilken, Managing Director, SAP Labs Hungary
Roland Jakab, Head of Strategy Central Europe, Ericsson
Eva Malá Beluská, Regional Business Transformation and Development Manager, IKEA
András Sávos, Vice President Global Enterprise Systems and Strategic Projects Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH; President, DUIHK
Moderator: Thomas Straumits, President, SCCH; Strategic Lead, Merck Sharp & Dohme

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, in cooperation with Orban Consulting kindly invite you to two INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT SESSIONS: Successful cooperation with Swedish managers and business partners.
Dates: 23rd and 30th March, 9.00 – 10.00

During the two focused one-hour sessions, our effective trainers will deliver deep insights using short examples and case studies into intercultural differences and similarities in the working relationship with Swedish business partners and managers.

Trainers:

Klara Denzin, Intercultural Trainer and Senior Consultant, Orban Consulting
Eva Degerman, Swedish Business Expert, Orban Consulting

Session 1 (23rd March):
Culture, perception and intercultural competence
Leading multicultural teams
Successful communication
Building trust
Time management

Session 2 (30th March):
Hierarchy and leadership culture
How Swedish leaders make decisions
Convincing a business partner
The art of saying no
Summary and outlook

Registration: You will get the invitation to the Zoom meetings after registering here until 16th of March.

Participation is free for SCCH members, 10,000 HUF for one workshop and 15,000 HUF for both workshops for non-members.

Please do not hesitate to contact Márta Böddi in case you have any questions! (marta.boddi@swedishchamber.hu or +36 30 456 3713)

Kind regards,

SCCH Secretariat

Over the past years the Hungarian financial indicators have exceeded the expectations, however recent challenges with COVID 19 have turned the economy up and down.

The survival of the national economy will depend on the ability of Hungary to appropriately react and proactively mitigate the impacts.
Macroeconomics has always been an important factor to consider for our Swedish companies in our business decisions how and where to invest.

On Oct 21, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce held a well-visited webinar titled ”Outlook on the Hungarian macroeconomic climate”.
Our moderator, Péter Felfalusi CEO of Intrum led the panel across a wide area of pre-submitted questions and topics with three distinguished experts:

András Vértes, Chairman, GKI Economic Research
Sándor Jobbágy, Senior Macroeconomic Analyst, Concorde Securities
Dávid Németh, Senior Analyst, K&H Bank

Macroeconomics focuses mainly on three areas: GDP, unemployment, and inflation. They are managed by governments and central banks, who set the macroeconomic policies including fiscal and monetary policy to stabilize the economy and central banks using monetary policy to increase or decrease the money supply, and use fiscal policy to adjust government spending.

Our experts discussed their views on the national strategies during the 1st and 2nd wave of COVID-19 but also their projections on how the HUF would be impacted by these strategies over the next few years. While inflation in Hungary will continue to be in the 4% range, it is expected that our GDP will be back to 2019 levels by 2022.

What did the experts think about the “new future” after COVID -19?
The answer to that and many more questions can be found on this podcast which will be available for you until Nov 8.

Thomas Straumits
President

Date: 05 March 2019. (Tuesday), 12.00 – 14.30
(Registration: from 11.30)

Venue: SOFITEL Budapest Chain Bridge – Belle Vue Room
(1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István Square 2.)

The special guest will be Melanie Seymour CEO at BlackRock