Launched just over a year ago by experienced cross-cultural trainer and career coach, Anne-Claude Lambelet, hereigo is a rapidly growing community platform designed to support accompanying spouses/partners relocating to the Lake Geneva region.
Through a unique combination of training sessions, webinars, 1:1 coaching, regular JobClub meetings and forums, the hereigo team of seasoned career and culture coaches helps partners learn everything they need to know about their new environment so that they can make informed choices and take appropriate action to support their personal and professional objectives. By fostering links both within and outside the member community, hereigo believes its members have the best possible opportunity for success in both career continuation and social integration.
Explaining the rationale behind her business, Anne-Claude told knowitall.ch, “In my 20 years of experience in cross-cultural training, career partner support, and expatriation management coaching, it has become evident to me that unless daily living issues are satisfactorily resolved and culture-specific know-how and adequate etiquette are integrated by the spouse/career partner, it is extremely difficult for new arrivals to focus successfully on those issues that are essential for helping them find a job or simply settle into their new environment. Since numerous studies rate spouse/partner integration as key to assignment success, it is critical that local companies give serious consideration to the needs of accompanying partners in the relocation process.”
At the beginning of this month, over 150 business leaders and guests attended the second annual British-Swiss Business Awards in Geneva to celebrate the success of some of the British-Swiss business community’s most innovative companies in 2012.
Four organisations and individuals were recognised for their contributions to business success in Britain and Switzerland, including SkyWork Airlines who won the Company of the Year award. The Most Promising Business/ Entrepreneur category received numerous impressive submissions and was won by Made in Switzerland Ltd, producers of 1936 Biere who were commended for their innovative business model. Guy Stevens from The International Comedy Club won the Unsung Hero award and King’s Kurry AG triumphed in the category of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Details of the 12 finalists can be viewed on the Business Awards website – www.britishswissbusinessawards.co.uk
The Judging Panel emphasised that the quality of entrants was uniformly high, showing a remarkable breadth and depth of entrepreneurial flair and commitment. The panel was comprised of Dr. Diana Barkley, MD, FRCP, FMH, Pharmaceutical Consultant and Business Founder; Julien Guex, Vice Director of the CVCI (Chamber of Commerce of the Canton of Vaud); Prof. Dr. iur. Andreas Kellerhals, Director of the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich; Professor Thomas Hoehn, Visiting Professor at Imperial College Business School London and Yvonne Geraldine Whittaker CBE.
About the British-Swiss Business Awards
The British-Swiss Business Awards were launched in 2011 with the aim of becoming the premier business awards within the British-Swiss business community. The mission of the annual Business Awards is to recognise the achievements of companies who have made an outstanding contribution towards bilateral trade and investment between the UK and Switzerland. The Business Awards are organised by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Lloyds TSB Private Banking. Partners include World Radio Switzerland, So Money Productions , British Airways, Laurent Perrier and Rolls Royce.
British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
www.bscc.co.uk
Many people reach a point in their career when they feel that it is not progressing in the way they would like. This can be due to a multitude of reasons, ranging from boredom through to unfulfilled career aspirations. The career path you have chosen is simply not what you expected.
If you would like some help starting out on a new career path, or you simply want to see better growth within your chosen career, then take a look at what local organization, VIVA Coaching and Consulting, have to offer. Their talented team of careers advisers provides a range of coaching programs and workshops for graduates, professionals and business leaders, designed to help participants manage their careers with more confidence.
Realizing that cost may prevent some people from embarking on one of their programs – after all the main reason you are looking for a job may be to earn more money - VIVA are offering you a chance to win a free career makeover with a place on one of their 60-Day Accelerated Career Breakthrough Programs, starting on 16 October, 2012!
The networking organization, OWIT Lake Geneva, is making it very attractive for prospective members to sign up or existing members to renew their membership during September, by offering 15% off its annual membership fee. This special offer is only available if you attend one of their networking events in September, of which there are just two remaining this month!
The first of these is a networking event, which takes place every month in Geneva at the Hotel de la Paix, between 18h30 and 21h00. The next “Geneva Networking Happy Hour” takes place this week on Thursday, 20 September, and provides a wonderful opportunity for members to get together in an informal setting, to meet new faces and exchange ideas. Click here for more information.
The second is a webinar event that is being held for the first time with OWIT International at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Geneva on Friday, 21 September at 17h45. Entitled “Global Governance – useful? A question from Geneva”, this event allows participants to watch the webinar on screen and join in the subsequent question and answer session, before enjoying a networking cocktail afterwards. Click here for more information.
The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) is delighted to announce the launch of the second annual British-Swiss business awards programme, together with Lloyds TSB Private Banking. The British-Swiss Business Awards offer individuals and organisations the recognition they deserve for achievements in the workplace.
Managing Director of the BSCC, Carolyn Helbling says, “In 2012, a year marked by considerable economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever for the BSCC to support the British-Swiss Business Awards and those companies who are making sterling efforts to overcome the twin challenges of austerity and growth. We are delighted to launch the second year of the Business Awards and look forward to recognizing the finalists on the 1st November in Geneva.”
Russell Galley, Managing Director of Lloyds TSB Private Banking says, “Following last year’s success and viewing the long relationship we have with the BSCC, we are very proud to once again join forces to recognise and celebrate those British-Swiss businesses who have gone the extra mile and showcased exceptional performance.”
