While everyone speaks about sustainability these days, only very little time is spent on the question how the transition will actually be shaped and by whom. From the European 2050 strategy “A clean planet for all” to the Sustainable Development Goals – even though their objectives are valuable, the contribution of work and managers in […]
The environmental, economic and social challenges that European managers, professionals and policy-makers currently have to face are characterized by their multi-dimensionality, interconnectedness and urgency. Even though these volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) contemporary issues are recognised by senior leaders, as the Global Risks Report 2019 has illustrated[1], the current paradigm in management education and […]
European citizens have voted for a new European Parliament with an unusually high level of voter turnout. The mounting interest in these elections and a growing diversity of political parties within the new parliament can represent an opportunity, if translated into an innovative, solution-oriented and sustainable European Commission. Besides the gains realised by the liberals […]
Shortly after the European Summit in Sibiu, and only a couple of days before the elections to the European Parliament CEC European Managers, the European social partner organisation representing European managers, has organised its statutory meetings and a seminar on the future of Europe in Belgrade on 20 and 21 May. During the event, CEC […]
The European institutional cycle that is about to expire has been a complex one. Three events in particular have hit its foundations: Brexit, the risk of the dissolvement of the Euro as the cornerstone of the European economic system caused by the Greek turmoil of 2015 and the debate around migration and refugees. Eurocritics have […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Eurofound have published the landmark study “Working conditions in a global perspective” in May 2019. While 70% of the 1,2 billion workers surveyed were satisfied with their managers’ performance, challenges remain in the domains of gender equality, health risks and extreme long working hours, particularly outside the EU. The […]
On 17 June in Brussels, CEC European Managers is organising a panel debate on the changing role of the managerial profession. Considering the pressing economic, environmental and social challenges the EU has to face, actors as diverse as policy-makers, businesses, managers and citizens have to contribute their fair share to shape the sustainability transition. In […]
Please find the members’ news from the newsletter 106 below: CCP – Spain CCP meeting with the Director General for work, Ángel Allué The current Director General for Work under the new socialist government has received the President, Manuel Martínez, and Secretary General, Juan Antonio González, of CCP in the end of January. During […]
At the occasion of the 2019 International Women’s Day, Eurostat issued some figures on the presence of women in managerial positions in the EU. Promoting the advancement the underrepresented gender in leadership positions is a priority for CEC. “The figures issued by Eurostat on the number of women holding managerial positions in the EU gives […]