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HR Talks #10 with Maud Larochette (CFO & HR director @ N-Side). Français.
00:34:05
Marc Ernst, the founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in French with Maud Larochette, Chief Finance Officer & HR director at N-Side. Ms Larochette is French and this episode of HR Talks is therefore a French-language edition. Maud Larochette is one of those HR directors who is also responsible for the financial management of her company. She was also interim CEO of N-Side for a while. Her unique profile allows her to zoom out, to do HR with a helicopter view. And by extension, to do the same in the field of financial management. N-SIDE is a deep tech company. Founded more than 20 years ago, it is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve and also operates in the US market where it also has an office. In life sciences, N-SIDE streamlines the clinical supply chain of pharmaceutical and biotech companies by accelerating clinical plans, reducing risk and eliminating drug waste. Half of the world's major pharmaceutical groups use N-SIDE's technologies and solutions. The company has over 200 employees (it should double that number by 2027) and employs more than 30 nationalities. It is also a very women-friendly company as it has 40% women in management positions. N-SIDE was recognised last year as a Trends Gazelle, as a fast-growing company. It was also awarded by Deloitte as Best Managed Company and won both the Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Belgium certifications. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
Jan 22, 2023 |
HR Talks Extra (sponsored episode) by Dries Reynders & Arne Knapen, co-founders of employer branding agency Eqip (Nederlands)
00:13:47
Dries Reynders & Arne Knapen, both co-founders of Eqip, a communication agency specialised in recruitment campaigns and employer branding, explain their vision and approach. They do so in Dutch. This is a sponsored episode of HR Talks. The content of the sponsored podcasts is the responsibility of our partners. Interested in a sponsored episode (up to 15 minutes long) of HR Talks? Mail to sales@HRMinfo.net (Subject: Sponsored HR Talks) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
Jun 06, 2022 |
HR Talks #9 with Guido Perremans - CEO Armonea - part of Colisee (FR & NL)
00:48:20
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in Dutch & French or about 48 minutes with Guido Perremans the CEO of Armonea. Mrs Perremans also switches continuously and fluently between the language of Vondel and that of Voltaire. With over 60 residential care centres, service flats and residences, Armonea is the largest independent provider of senior care in Belgium. It employs over 6000 people. Armonea is part of the international Colisee group which, in addition to Belgium, is also active in France, Spain, Italy and China and employs over 19,000 people worldwide. Mr Perremans is a former HR director and worked as an HR professional for companies including Alcatel, Attentia and Atalian. At the latter he was European HR director and later became CEO for Belgium and regional manager for the Benelux. He is one of the few, rather rare HR professionals to have made it to CEO. This phenomenon is not typical for Belgium, by the way, but worldwide. Why this happens and what to do about it: that's one of the many themes that were discussed in this new episode of HR Talks, the podcast for those who really have something to say and to tell in the HR field. In addition, the following topics were also discussed - amongst others:
This edition of HR Talks is special because it is completely bilingual: Marc Ernst, founder & director of BizInfo/HRMinfo, alternates between Dutch and French with his podcast guest who also switches continuously and fluently between the language of Vondel and that of Voltaire. |
May 24, 2022 |
HR Talks #8 with Marc Noppen - CEO UZ Brussel. Nederlands
00:34:25
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in Dutch for about 34 minutes with Marc Noppen CEO at UZ Brussel. Marc Noppen has been CEO of the UZ Brussel since 2006. The hospital is an organisation with almost 3800 employees, including 400 medical specialists. This year, the UZ Brussel was chosen by ZORG magazine (more specifically by a professional jury composed by that magazine) as 'Healthcare employer of the year 2021'. Mr Noppen is a lung specialist. He studied medicine at Limburg University, pharmaco-economics at Antwerp University and management at Insead in France. Afterwards, he also obtained a doctorate in health sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (Free University of Brussels). Today, he is also a professor that university. Previously, he lectured in Boston, Canada, France and Australia. Marc Noppen sits as a director on various academic and corporate boards. Recently, he published the book 'Gewoon anders' (Just different). Its subtitle is: An ardent plea for an unusual way of doing things. In it Marc Noppen shows himself to be a challenger of the status quo, an advocate of change and even of disruption. Marc Noppen is also a man with an opinion. In proof of this the interview with him this week in Knack magazine. In it, he argues against the excessive fees for certain specialists and pleads for a capped fixed salary, supplemented by a variable part based on, among other things, the quality and complexity of the care provided, for specialists and, by extension, for all doctors. It is a measure that he sees as part of the necessary radical changes in our healthcare system. The following topics, among others, are addressed:
Sponsors: MobieTrain, SD Worx, Flowsparks |
Dec 11, 2021 |
HR Talks #7 with Lisbeth Decneut (imec) & Deb Vansteenwegen (KU Leuven). Nederlands.
00:48:26
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in Dutch for about 48 minutes with Deb Vansteenwegen (HR director @ de Universiteit van Leuven) & Lisbeth Decneut (Executive Vice president People & Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Health & Safety @ imec) (NL). Ms. Vansteenwegen joined KU Leuven in 2014, starting as a director in a HR function. Before that, she was director at ISW Limits, a service provider in the field of psychosocial well-being that later merged with Eupora and is now called Pulso. She started her career as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leuven. Imec is the world's leading independent research and innovation centre in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. It is a spin-off from the KU Leuven. It employs over 5,000 people, mainly in its headquarters in Leuven but also in its branches in the Netherlands, Taiwan, the US, China, India and Japan. KU Leuven, one of the older universities in the world (founded in 1425) and the largest in the Benelux, has more than 21,600 staff members and 60,000 students. The following topics, among others, are addressed:
Sponsors: MobieTrain, SD Worx, Flowsparks |
Sep 25, 2021 |
HR Talks #6 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Jacques Crahay, CEO at COSUCRA & Chairman of UWE (Français)
00:22:45
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in French for about 30 minutes with Jacques Crahay, CEO at COSUCRA Groupe Warcoing & Chairman of UWE. Cosucra is a global family business with around 280 employees that produces and markets ingredients for the food industry based on chicory and peas. These substances are used in many food products, such as bread, biscuits, ice cream, yoghurt, cheese, but also in drinks such as fruit juices and lemonades and in savoury products such as meat substitutes. Mr Crahay has been managing Cosucra since 2001. He has also been President of the Union Wallonne des Entreprises (UWE), the Walloon Union of Enterprises, since September 2018. The following topics, among others, are addressed:
HR Talks alternates between Dutch and French. The interviews are invariably about recent developments in HR and current socio-economic topics relevant to HR. The guests are HR professionals (CHRO, HR director/manager, L&D manager, recruitment manager, eHR system/tools manager, HRIS manager...), working in a company, government organisation or non-profit organisation. Sometimes the guest is a CEO / general manager, board member or line manager with an interesting vision on HR and not working for an HR service provider. The podcasts are monthly and last 20 to 25 minutes. Sponsors: Bright Plus, SD Worx, Quintessence & GoodHabitz |
Apr 23, 2021 |
HR Talks #5 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Virginie Verschooris & Prof. Dr. Lou Van Beirendonck - Panel discussion (NL-FR)
00:39:45
Suyin Aerts (a freelance event host & TV presenter, including for Kanaal Z) talks in Dutch an French for 45 minutes with Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens (Co-Founder & Chairman Huapii, former Chief Talent Officer @ Euroclear), Virginie Verschooris (Former Managing Consultant @ Korn Ferry)& Prof. Dr. Lou Van Beirendonck (Founder-Director Quintessence & dONUS - Professor HRM Antwerp Management School) Topic of the discussion: What is the profile and what are the competences of the 'future proof' HR professional? And: Does HR need fewer specialists and more generalists, but mainly managers from the business? The following questions were raised:
This episode of HR Talks is a recording of a panel discussion that took place during the recent Virtual HR innov & tech Day(powered by HRMinfo). Sponsors: Bright Plus, SD Worx, Quintessence & GoodHabitz |
Feb 28, 2021 |
HR Talks #4 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Raf Seymus, Koen De Waele & Frederik Tibau - Panel discussion (NL-FR)
00:38:58
Suyin Aerts (a freelance event host & TV presenter, including for Kanaal Z) talks in Dutch an French for 40 minutes with Raf Seymus (Founder & CEO @ Stellar Labs), Koen De Waele (Venture Partner @ Volta Ventures & mentor @ The Birdhouse) & Frederik Tibau (Expert Digital Innovation & Growth @ Agoria - conducted a study last year on the Belgian HR Tech landscape). The following questions were raised:
This episode of HR Talks is a recording of a panel discussion that took place during the recent Virtual HR innov & tech Day(powered by HRMinfo). Sponsors: Bright Plus, SD Worx, Quintessence & GoodHabitz |
Feb 23, 2021 |
HR Talk #3 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Nicolas Meire - CEO @ Ubiway - part of bpost Group (Nederlands)
00:34:28
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in Dutch for about 30 minutes with Nicolas Meire, the CEO of Ubiway - part of bpost Group Nicolas Meire is one of the rare CEOs with an HR past (in his case as Head of HR at a major bank and as Director Human Capital Consulting at a large HR consultancy). Ubiway includes the network of newspapers-shops (with 220 outlets) and the press distribution company that bpost acquired at the end of 2016. The following topics, among others, are addressed: - Why HR professionals rarely make it to the top of companies, unlike marketers, finance people or business people - Which innovative ideas in the field of labour market policy and social legislation he would like to see made possible by the legislator, i.e. political policymakers. - The transformation of Ubiway into a more customer convenience & experience focused company and the role of HR in that innovation and change process. - Ubiway's approach to training and the use of digital learning tools and channels in that process. Sponsors: Bright Plus, SD Worx, Quintessence & GoodHabitz |
Jan 16, 2021 |
HR Talks #2 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Nathalie Ulrich, HR & Communication Director Benelux @ HeidelbergCement. Français.
00:20:51
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in French for more than 20 minutes with Nathalie Ulrich, the HR & Communication Director Benelux @ HeidelbergCement. The following topics, among others, are addressed: - The conduct of social elections in the company, the advantages and disadvantages of electronic voting during it, the characteristics and conditions of a good social dialogue and the German Mittbestimmung model - The findings of a recent global survey by KPMG of 1300 HR directors: 60% of them recognise the need for HR to reinvent themselves, to rethink their practices, concepts and tools. - the diversity and more specifically the gender policy at HeidelbegCement, where a remarkable number of women are part of the board of directors and the management of the company - The digital transformation within the company and in the HR field, driven by the Group CHRO who is also responsible for the global digital transformation - which is quite exceptional. HR Talks alternates between Dutch and French. The interviews are invariably about recent developments in HR and current socio-economic topics relevant to HR. The guests are HR professionals (CHRO, HR director/manager, L&D manager, recruitment manager, eHR system/tools manager, HRIS manager...), working in a company, government organisation or non-profit organisation. Sometimes the guest is a CEO / general manager, board member or line manager with an interesting vision on HR and not working for an HR service provider. The podcasts are monthly and last 20 to 25 minutes. Sponsors: Bright Plus, SD Worx, Quintessence & GoodHabitz |
Nov 30, 2020 |
HR Talks #1 (by HRMinfo.eu) with Jan Van Acoleyen, Chief HR Officer of Proximus Group. (Nederlands)
00:24:04
Marc Ernst, founder and director of HRMinfo.eu, talks in Dutch for more than 20 minutes with Jan Van Acoleyen, the CHRO of Proximus Group. Proximus is Belgium's largest telecom operator and provider of digital services and communication solutions on the Belgian and international markets. The following topics, among others, are addressed: - the elements in the program of the new Belgian government that are relevant for HR (such as increasing the employment rate) - the Belgian HR Tech providers/market - the similarity between the blind sailing of virologists and politicians in the corona crisis due to the lack of relevant data and HR professionals who often do the same in their field HR Talks alternates between Dutch and French. The interviews are invariably about recent developments in HR and current socio-economic topics relevant to HR. The guests are HR professionals (CHRO, HR director/manager, L&D manager, recruitment manager, eHR system/tools manager, HRIS manager...), working in a company, government organisation or non-profit organisation. Sometimes the guest is a CEO / general manager, board member or line manager with an interesting vision on HR and not working for an HR service provider. The podcasts are monthly and last 20 to 25 minutes. |
Oct 25, 2020 |