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Executive Talent - Executive Development
As Poland's economy continues to grow, more firms are reporting difficulties in recruiting and retaining top management. Anecdotal evidence suggests that more and more Polish executives are finding senior positions abroad, with regional or even global responsibilities.
As Poland's economy continues to grow, more firms are reporting difficulties in recruiting and retaining top management. Anecdotal evidence suggests that more and more Polish executives are finding senior positions abroad, with regional or even global responsibilities. Is Poland training enough top managers? Are companies investing enough in their executives? What type of executive development is most effective in delivering the leadership talents that tomorrow's business will need?
This meeting of the BPCC's HR policy group brings together experts from business and executive education to look at the market for senior managers in Poland. Polish executives are said to manage in an authoritarian style, and prone to micro-management. Does this generalisation paint a true picture? What challenges face Polish executives managing international, multi-disciplinary and multi-generational teams? Can these challenges be overcome through appropriate management training? These issues will be open to discussion among policy group members from the HR field.
The meeting will also see the launch of the new BPCC-IBD Scholarships programme for a new Executive MBA course offered by IBD Business School in Warsaw, co-designed with the UK’s Ashridge Business School, from April 2016.
Agenda
9:30 - 10:00 Registration, morning coffee
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction and welcome - BPCC
10:10 - 10:30 Leadership – trends and challenges – Natalia Pisarek, head of the Human Capital Consulting team, Deloitte Consulting SA
10:30 - 10:50 Supply and demand - Adam Piekarski, managing partner, Arthur Hunt Executive Search & HR Consulting
10:50 - 11:10 Developing executive talent through executive MBA education - Prof Jan Nowak, MBA Programme Director, IBD Business School
11:10 - 12:00 Panel disussion
Can the cultural differences in leadership style between Poland and Western Europe/North America be overcome? What is the role for executive training in bridging the talent gap? What will be the main challenges facing business leaders in the near future?
Participants - Natalia Pisarek, Prof Jan Nowak, Adam Piekarski; moderator, Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, BPCC
12:00 - 12:30 Networking over coffee, chance for one-to-one discussions with our expert speakers
The event will be held in English or in Polish, depending on demand.

Venue
British Embassy, ul. Kawalerii 12, Warsaw
Organiser
British Polish Chamber of Commerce
Event coverage
The BPCC’s HR policy group is exceedingly busy this quarter. The day after the group met to discuss pay and productivity, it met again on 6 October to look at aspects of the Polish market for executives.
Policy Groups events coverages
Managing HR in manufacturing in an era of decreasing labour supply
The BPCC held a meeting of its Manufacturing Industries group at the premises of CeDo in Kąty Wrocławskie, 30km from the Lower Silesian capital, on 14 February 2017. The subject was the recruitment and retention of factory employees, something that local employers are finding increasingly difficult as unemployment in Poland falls to record low levels.
Migrants in Poland - the role of the private sector
On 15 March 2017, a joint meeting of the BPCC policy groups for HR and Corporate Social Responsibility considered the benefits that businesses may draw from cooperation with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Poland.
Wrocław - Legal and tax aspects of delegation of employees
On the 3rd of February 2017 a seminar ,,Legal and tax aspects of delegation of employees” was held in Wrocław’s Hilton hotel. The meeting was based on the expertise of professionals representing the law firm Wierzbowski Eversheds, and under the patronage of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce.
Teambuilding through rowing on the Vistula river
One of the most innovative and useful event the BPCC has organised in a long while - and a lot of fun!
Optimising business travel – lessons for BPCC members
“An employee’s time is expensive, so when planning business travel, it’s best to use the services of a travel management company (TMC)," said Elżbieta Zysnarska, from FCm Travel Express during the last meeting of the HR policy group.
Car Fleet event attracts interest of admin and HR managers
The BPCC’s Transport & Logistics and HR policy groups met on 2 June 2016 for a comprehensive look at the business of managing company car fleets, against a backdrop of technological and demographic change.