EPSA event

Leadership, Culture and Change Management

9 Juni 2022
9.00 - 13.15 CET

About the event

The role of manager will be decisive in determining the success or failure of the (digital) transformation in the world of work. Transformational, inspirational or even employee-focused leadership has long been a topic of discussion, and is only increasing in relevance. The attitudes and mindsets of the workforce need to be shaped. Employees need to be inspired to accept new things and thus to embrace processes of change in order to ensure the enduring implementation of reforms.

Managers are currently having to cope with the crisis, a challenge that is also seeing them act as role models. Over the past year, virtual leadership or ‘remote leadership’ has turned into a challenge ‘overnight’, as homeworking has increased. In times of crisis, and in view of increasing flexibility in working times and places of work, trust and control through goals, traditional management structures and time measurement systems have begun to partly replace previous patterns (control mechanisms). New forms of cooperation and collaboration need to be promoted and managed virtually, fears need to be minimised, resilience (including one’s own) needs to be strengthened, and communication needs to be encouraged. Within this, the personal responsibility of employees can be relied upon.

A range of experiences is relevant to the reorientation of leadership development moving forward. Agile structures are likely to become the new normal, as well as aspects of Work 4.0 and New Work. The next generation of managers needs to be adequately prepared. Here too, laboratories can serve another important function.

In addition to the development of skills and promoting commitment, health promotion that is geared towards prevention is increasing in importance – including when it comes to employer attractiveness. With mental health in mind, it is important to configure good working relationships and conditions. Good leadership and collaboration as well as a working environment characterised by appreciation are becoming key areas for action within today’s BGM strategies in administration. Physical health and resilience (both individual and organisational) are slowly becoming core issues, especially within the context of absenteeism in public administration.

Against the backdrop of change in the world of work, with rapidly changing requirements, the handling of performance changes – which can have manifold causes – is also becoming relevant. It is here that HR development, the BGM and diversity management at the interface with inclusion are required.

We wish to broach these relevant future topics, against the background of leadership and collaboration, with experts from the fields of science and administration.”

View the agenda below.

Registration for this workshop is closed.

Lead of the learning path
Speakers

Caroline Fischer

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Behavioral, Management & Social Sciences

Erika Landi

Director for HR Support and Social Services at the European Parliament

Frederik Hesse

Research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management

Natalia Nolan Flecha

Public Management and Budgeting Division, Public Governance Directorate, OECD
Public Management and Budgeting Division, Public Governance Directorate, OECD

Nils Fuerstenberg

Post-doc at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management
EIPA moderator(s)

The programme

TIMESESSION
08.50Registration of participants on zoom platform

 

9.00Welcome and Introduction

 

Christoph Klika, EPSA project manager and expert on EU policy implementation, EIPA

9.10Leadership in times of permanent change

 

Erika Landi, Director, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Personnel, Directorate for HR Support and Social Services

9.45Promoting Employee Engagement, Performance, change and culture

 

Natalia Nolan Flecha, Public Management and Budgeting Division, Public Governance Directorate, OECD

10.15Break
10.30 Resilient leaders: how to lead through times of change

 

Caroline Fischer, University of Twente

11.15Managing change – the new role of Green HRM (GRHM)

 

Beatrix Behrens, Seconded Expert HRM and Public Management. Head of Division Organizational Division, University of Applied Labor Studies

12.00Break
12.15Managing Change, Culture and Leadership

 

Nils Fürstenberg and Frederik Hesse, University of St. Gallen

13.15End of the Day