The Swiss Startup Association’s Masterclass HR offers a comprehensive, hands-on workshop designed to help startups address critical HR challenges as they scale.

HR Essentials Masterclass for scale-ups (8 employees or more)

The Swiss Startup Association’s Masterclass HR offers a comprehensive, hands-on workshop designed to help startups address critical HR challenges as they scale. This Masterclass is designed for startups with 8+ employees.

Get insider knowledge from experienced scaleup experts and founders as they share their stories, hacks, and tips. Plus, you’ll get useful templates and tools to make sure you get the most out of the day! 🚀

Details:

  • Date: 19. February 2025
  • Time: 9:30 – 18.00, including lunch and aperitif after the event
  • Location: Zurich, city center (near Bahnhof Stadelhofen)

You will learn:

  • Culture as the core of a high-performing team: Learn how to craft and maintain a unique workplace culture that thrives during growth and challenging times.
  • Attracting and Retaining Talent & HR essentials: Job Leveling & Progression, HR processes, when to implement an HR system, recruitment system, Reporting and controlling procedures for employees. Gain strategies to source and hire the right talent and building an attractive employer brand.
  • Managing Growth and Structuring Teams: Discover tools and methods to scale teams effectively, manage remote operations, and navigate global hiring complexities.

This Masterclass is designed for startups with 8+ employees. To ensure an optimal experience for the founders, we reserve the right to refuse admission if this criteria is not met.

Register here

Speakers:

Agenda

Culture as the core of a high-performing team

Diane Freymond
Head of People, Fractional via InResidence

  • Culture as your decision compass; the heartbeat of your company
  • What if you don’t have one?
  • Making culture tangible, is the hardest part; how to operationalize your culture. 
  • Culture map; the good, the bad
  • Culture as you scale; how not to break down 
  • Culture in the specific startup/scale-up environment, common threads
  • Building a resilient company culture for growth
 

 

HR essentials for startups

Claire Hilbrink-Damen

Head of People, Grape Insurance

  • Balancing limited resources with the need to build a positive culture and scalable processes
  • What are the key characteristics of a High Performing Team?
  • Job Leveling & Progression (introducing salary bands, etc.)
  • HR processes, when to implement an HR system, recruitment system, Reporting and controlling procedures for employees
 

 

Managing Growth and Structuring Teams 

Laurent Decrue, Co-Founder and Co-Ceo Holycode

Scaling Effectively: Managing Growth & Remote Teams

  • Managing remote teams, setting up entities abroad, and office setup decisions
  • Restructuring your organizational chart as the company grows, Structuring teams for efficiency
  • What to do when employees no longer fit their role
  • When to set up a second office
  • Working with freelancers (remote vs in-office)
  • Hiring workforce via payroll companies (legal risks and alternatives)
  • Finding people for internationalization & growth in new regions
  • How to hire for regional/country reps vs internal sales teams
  • Managing distributed teams across different time zones
  • Tech tools for managing remote teams

Costs:
CHF 250 for SSA non-members
CHF 190 for SSA Basic members
CHF 170 for SSA Premium members

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