COURSE
Designing Employee participation programs
The workshop offers an allround view on employee participation: from legal, strategic and organizational perspectives. Founders and entrepreneurs will receive orientation and a solid foundation for decision-making with regards to implementing and designing employee participation programs.
Who is this course for
01.
Startup Founders
- You want to boost your attractiveness as an employer
- You want to know more about the possibilities the new company format in Austria (FlexCap, FlexCo) has to offer
- And want to know what this means for your company and your employees
- Your employees‘ engagement and participation are a key strategic building block for you
02.
Innovative SMEs
- You want to retain key employees in the long term so as to remain competitive
- You want to think about employee participation in a strategic and holistic manner
- You look for clarity with regards to legal prerequisites and whether your company is eligible for the new company format
- And want to know what this means for your company and your employees
03.
Accelerators & Universities
- You manage training programs for founders
- And want to provide your participants with an overview over their entrepreneurial design and decision options with regards to employee participation
- You want to inform about the possibilities the new company format in Austria (FlexCap, FlexCo) has to offer
- And support decision-making for implementing and designing employee participation programs
Michael Kubiena, thank you! Eye-opening workshop with great insights for our Fybra venture in Austria.
Nicolas Borrero
Fybra
DESIGNING EMPLOYEE PARTICPATION PROGRAMS
What you will learn
- Purpose, goals and non-goals of employee participation
- Defining limits and target audiences of employee participation programs
- Participating in what: financial and other forms of participation
- Design elements, legal framework and foundations
- Integrating employee participation with other HR instruments
- Advantages and disadvantages of different formats of employee participation
- The new company format in Austria: introducing the FlexCo
Your trainer for this course
With 25 years of experience across Central & South-eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East, Michael has held roles in HR, management and consulting.
He has managed HR departments of various sizes in startups and in corporate environments, specializing in the ICT & service industries. Michael’s respective expertise lies in strategic HR, compensation & performance management, talent management, and HR & management audits.
As a consultant, Michael’s work with startups and SMEs focuses on organization design and people practices; on leadership, culture and change. Furthermore, he works on concept & strategy development in the food industry and for non-profit organizations.
With degrees in business administration and cultural studies, along with an education in systems thinking & design, Michael offers a unique perspective on organizational dynamics.
Furthermore, his passion for food and sustainable urban food systems has led to his civil society engagement, as a speaker of the Vienna Food Policy Council.
How we support you
Other topics related to Organisational Design
01.
Organization design
A holistic understanding of organizations and their key design elements allows for more flexibility and creativity when responding to the challenges your organization is facing. If you want to professionalize and future-proof your organization you will benefit from a broader toolset and all-round perspective.
02.
OKR: Objectives & results
OKRs allow to turn strategy into action and to align strategy, employees and their performance. Furthermore, by introducing OKRs organizations and their leaders can develop a powerful participatory leadership instrument which encourages taking ownership and accountability across the entire organization.
03.
The HR Toolbox
If you want to pay more attention to your employees, their wellbeing and performance, you will benefit from the impact of a fit-for-purpose HR role and essential HR practices: From recruiting & onboarding over talent management & development, to job categorisation, compensation and performance management:, career management, the importance of feedback and reflection. Even organizations without a dedicated HR function can thus create a professional and people-oriented working environment.
04.
Talent acquisition
The ability to attract the right employees to the company and retain them in the long term is a decisive competitive advantage. This includes developing an attractive, coherent and credible employer brand, communicating it convincingly and implementing it consistently.
05.
Navigating (Business) Culture(s)
In order to deal with cultural differences and diversity constructively and appreciatively, a contemporary understanding of culture and its role in everyday life and in the world of work is required. Discovering and understanding cultural patterns: one’s own and those of customers, partners and colleagues.
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