Dr. Pavlos Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing speaks about the crucial role of professional training in enhancing skills and developing sustainable products and services . Dr. Vlachos was interviewed by Nafteboriki.gr during the CSR Hellas Summer School for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (September 23-28, 2019) in Athens, in which he delivered the lecture " Business Impact, Accountability and Reporting"

You may read the interview (in Greek) here

Kathimerini and editor Lina Giannarou share the results of "Talents and businesses in Greece: A difficult coexistence? " reseach, conducted by Dr. Pavlos Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing and Dr. Kostas Tasoulis, Associate Professor of Human Resources along with Dr. George Therious from IHU, Dr. Christos Cabolis from IMD World Competitiveness Center and with the support of Mrs.Lena Triantogiannis, ΜΒΑ Partner, Egon Zehnder  & Mrs. Evdokia Pappa, Ph.D. Research Associate, Egon Zehnder.

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Following the presentation of the "Reskilling & Upskilling" survey during the HR Forum 2019, Nafteboriki shares the key finding related to :

• The importance of reskilling/ upskilling programs is fully recognized by Human Resource executives and General Managers.
• It is important to explore actions and interventions in order to overcome identified challenges on the implementation of such programs.
• Skill gaps were identified mostly in behavioral and digital skills as opposed to technical skills.
• Organizations and Human Resource executives need to take action as to improve their readiness and capability respectively in managing crucial factors that have an impact on how "work" will change in the future.

The survey was conducted by Alba ( Dr. Eleni Lamprou )  on behalf of Greek People Management Association and with the support of the Association of Chief Executives Offices in Greece (ACEO | EASE) .

You may download the article (in Greek) here.

To get copy of the full “Reskilling & Upskilling for your Business & your HR Function” report, please follow this link.