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On the First Sunday in Advent, we enjoyed a Christmas concert in Košice together with friends and partners. A great singer and pianoplayer Mária Čírová brought a beautiful Christmas atmosphere, peace into our souls and a huge smile on our face.

One of our priorities as a team is to take care of our own psychological and mental wellbeing. When we have the opportunity, we take time to have fun together in an enjoyable relaxing atmosphere. What else would be more appropriate in the fall than to have the local specialty of roasted geese with tortillas and red cabbage?!  This time, we invited our partners to join us and even our vegetarians enjoyed it. :)

In November we organized another HR Roundtable, this time at DELL Corporation in Bratislava. We enjoyed the time together as the HR community and spend time on the topic of mental health, which is more and more relevant at companies and in people’s lives. Our psychologists, professionals with many years of experience, also spoke about the burnout syndrome and crises management at the workplace. The discussion of the participants was valuable, practical and inspirational.

In September we participated at the Magnificent Summer Farewell organized by Tesco. Consultants provided a place for children’s activities, stress tests for adults and information about the support hotline benefit provided to the employees.

As a team, we decided to change the lives of children in Africa, who would otherwise be left on the street. As a company, we sponsored the Integra team to have a booth at the summer Campfest festival to find 40 new sponsors for children. In addition, our own team members will have a child to care about and keep in touch with through letters with positive encouragement. The company will pay the monthly sponsorship for these kids, for which they are able to receive shelter, food and education. The return on this investment is immeasurable, as the result is someone’s life and future changed. Find out more at https://integra.sk/na-campfest-ideme-s-vyzvou-40-40/

Two open workshops on Conflict as an Opportunity were organized in our premises on March 23 and May 8. The participants learned conflict management skills and practiced conflict resolution techniques to open new doors into their relationships.

Our team enjoyed solving a murder mystery – can you guess who the murderer was? :)

As a guest lecturer at the Project Management Institute event on March 21, Miriam provided a workshop on Financial Freedom: how to manage your finance, learn to live without debt and start to invest.

Team dinner at restaurant Benihana  was enjoyable not only because of the delicious food catered to all palates, but also due to an exeptional show.

HR Roundtable in March was devoted to the topic of Agility and HR. Union Insurance hosted the event and provided a presentation about their application of agile management within selected teams and HR. The discussion brought interesting views on the topic itself and the participants shared their experience with agility within their companies.

Working with non-profit organizations, such as the Project Management Institute, is another way we give back to the community. In February, Miriam provided a workshop on Managing Stress for the PMI chapter in Kosice, organized at FPT Slovakia for project managers from various companies in the Kosice area.

The first 2019 HR Roundtable “Challenges Expected in 2019” was hosted at Novartis Slovakia. Their HR team presented the key topics for 2019: bottom-up leadership through culture change, self-development and mental health, and employer branding. They shared a culture change in a hierarchical organization when the CEO drives the bottom-up leadership. Together with our experienced psychologists and coaches from Human Dynamic, the discussion focused on the topic of mental/emotional health, which continues to be more relevant and important today for companies and HR.