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We are a premier Czech-Slovak consulting group with strong ties to Austria. Over the past 30 years, we have become one of the best-known and most frequently recommended one-stop-shop Central European boutique consultancies with global reach delivering complex Strategic Leadership, Management and Public Policy services.
Through our consulting teams active within global partnerships and networks we manage to keep a finger on the pulse of latest developments and thus offer proven experience combined with innovative expertise in and beyond the central European region.
We have many clients including international companies, Czech and Slovak companies, investors, private holdings, family businesses, as well as the public and non-profit sector. Our consulting teams are committed to creating mutually beneficial partnerships and building long-term relationships.
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Through our consulting teams active within global partnerships and networks we manage to keep a finger on the pulse of latest developments and thus offer proven experience combined with innovative expertise in and beyond the central European region.
We have many clients including international companies, Czech and Slovak companies, investors, private holdings, family businesses, as well as the public and non-profit sector. Our consulting teams are committed to creating mutually beneficial partnerships and building long-term relationships.
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Articles & Studies
BLOG: Self-reflection
Lucia Nacíková, Consultant, Amrop Slovakia
18.8.2017
The definition says that self-reflection is a self-examination and a reflection directed at who performs it. Exactly like this I could describe what I recently went through. I have passed the i4 Neuroleader Model testing and then evaluation of the results (Amrop is using it successfully for clients so it is clear, that we verified it on ourselves first)... Read what surprised the consultant Lucia Nacíková, the author of the next blog of Amrop.
BLOG: Inactivity is a great activity
Kristína Panušková, Office & Happiness Manager, Jenewein Group
10.8.2017
You certainly know the opinion, that the time spent by watching TV should be also spent efficiently with some work. Under any circumstances do something. What for? Because time is money? In the business world it's clear, but what can we do in our personal life? Additionally, when August 10 is The International Day of Laziness. Read the great blog written by Kristína Panušková, Office & Happiness Manager in Jenewein Group.
BLOG: YOLO
Michal Lukáč, Manager, Amrop Slovakia
20.7.2017
You Only Live Once. This term is already a few years old but it is still the slogan of today's young generation. I like it, if it does not mean to be off the chain, if you know what I mean. Although I had a great buck party with my friends not long time ago. It was really YOLO. I could write about it next time... Are you interested in the continuation? Read blog of Michal Lukáč.
Leadership: Wising Up – Smart Decisions or Sustainable Decisions?
11.7.2017
Today’s ethical, ecological and societal challenges call for executives who are not just accomplished and smart, but wise. Smart leaders become wise when they address and resolve the dilemmas of modern business in a holistic way. Hiring organizations should select leaders who not only create and capture economic value, but who create a more sustainable – and legitimate – organization.
BLOG: Ss. Cyril and Methodius – what they have in common with workaholics
Martin Partl, Consultant, Amrop Slovakia
5.7.2017
Ss. Cyril and Methodius. In today's terminology, we would call the famous brothers as Project Managers who, as expats, came to Great Moravia. Their assignment were processes of Change Management in the society. They had to work day and night to make people to admit the change and they tried to fulfil aims and expectations which they received from the headquarters and CEO Michael III.
BLOG: Anthropologist in each of us
Katarína Polakovičová, Research Consultant, Amrop Slovakia
30.6.2017
Katarína Polakovičová, Research Consultant in Amrop as a graduate of anthropology studies, knows very well that anthropologists are more than anyone else ready to question the acquired knowledge and suggest alternative ways of solutions. She is glad that she found her place in Amrop, because different views and innovations are very important and welcomed in our team. Read more about why everyone (not only in HR) should be a bit an anthropologist.
Schools without quality need to be uncompromisingly abolished
12.6.2017
The need to reform Slovak education has become a necessity, because nothing has changed in twenty-five years. The state should toughen the process of assessing the quality of schools, and it should uncompromisingly abolish or merge the poor-quality ones. Read more about reform, dual education and other topics in the interview with Andrej Hutta, member of the presidium of the Association of Employers' Associations and Association of the SR for the portal aktuality.sk.
Planning of succession in family businesses
5.6.2017
Magdaléna Majorošová, a graduate of the Faculty of Management at Comenius University in Bratislava, focuses on the issue of planning of succession in family businesses in her diploma thesis. Main purpose of her work is to analyze the process of planning of succession and its fulfillment in family enterprises in Slovakia. She then describes the readiness of family businesses and their members to transfer a company to a younger generation.
Customer Experience 2017: Retail Executives Deliver Their Verdict
18.4.2017
Few dispute the competitive value of a great customer experience (CE). And yet, how are retail executives experiencing the organizational journey to excellence? Amrop surveyed a handpicked group of senior retail executives from 25 countries. Their responses reveal a gap between understanding the strategic importance of optimizing customer experience, and leading the shift.
Leadership: Personal Governance – 6 (Personal Development)
12.4.2017
Good Personal Governance incites lifelong personal development, or éducation permanente. This is a dynamic journey, linked to our personality development, aptitude for reflection, coping strategies, the way we communicate and interact, our ethics – and beyond. And managers must be shining examples.
