People disengaged at work – a big challenge for leadership and … society
Foto: VectorMine / depositphotos.com Most of us have heard about the new buzzword “the great resignation” coming over from America. It describes a mass movement of employees resigning from their job in America shortly after COVID ended. People unhappy at work is nothing really new. Gallup, an institute measuring job satisfaction around the world reports […]
Priorities for 2023: A prudent and sustainable budget planning, the only option for a balanced macroeconomic situation
OP-ed Cristian Sporiș Vice-President, AmCham Romania In the context of the 2023 state budget planning, AmCham Romania reiterates, as every year, the importance of fundamental principles that must guide this process. The current macroeconomic perspective is marked by a series of overlapping crises that require efficient and prudent budget planning. The economic growth in 2022 […]
Crypto-risks
Foto: denisismagilov / depositphotos.com A Latin American country – the Republic of El Salvador – staked its economic salvage on a cryptocurrency (bitcoin), but President Nayib Bukele saw more than 55% of his bailout crumble this summer as the price of bitcoin plummeted. Country’s debt skyrocketed to 90% of GDP, as well as the fear […]
AHK Romania turned 20 and awarded the economic performance
20 years after its foundation, the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania) has rewarded the most successful representatives of the Romanian- German business environment, during its Anniversary Gala event, at the Palace of the Parliament. The awards went to the companies: DAR Dräxlmaier Automotive, for the category „Business Excellence”, Bosch Group România, for […]
The European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA) 2022 came to Romania for the first time
HRCC was a proud supporter of this initiative HRCC Board of Directors is enthusiast to announce that EASA 2022 European Architecture Students Assembly workshops took place in Romania for the very first time, after 41 years of successful international summer architectural festivals. In this context, students of architecture met and took part in construction workshops, […]
Digitalization trends shape the future of insurtech in Romania
Insurtech redefines the way people interact with insurance, changing the customer journey in all touchpoints, and while today the concept is still in an early stage in Romania, digital trends and demand are bringing it much closer to reality. Innovative technologies, craftsmanship and strategic commitments are just part of a company’s journey towards insurtech and […]
Opportunities – or looking for the upside in challenges…
Some of the British and Romanian volunteers who restore and operate the railway and its rolling stock. The author is on the left of the group Bucharest – 15 September 2022. Although I am not a regular visitor to the “sala de fitness” and do not share the enthusiasm of some of my Board colleagues […]
How do I define my success?
Foto: nupix / depositphotos.com Success is a key word in our world and apparently it is what we all want. We want it in business, in private life, we want to talk about it with our friends while being on the right side. Success is a nice garment we like to present ourselves with, it […]
The world of work will be different
Foto: huhulin / depositphotos.com From the very beginning of the pandemic, a report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) warned that the labor market would be so distorted, that it would hardly recover in 2023. Obviously, the ILO experts put the blame on the pandemic for the labor crisis, stressing that the job losses destroyed […]
Home office is killing company culture
Foto: 06photo / depositphotos.com During the pandemic, we discovered working from home. Meetings were held digitally, and physical meetings were the exception. Now, after Corona, we witness a vivid discussion about how many days a week employees should come back to the office. Enthusiasm for returning to the old style of working in offices is […]