“A responsible employer makes sure that lay-offs too are handled in an appropriate and humane way. Both the employees losing their job and those staying in the organization need support. Managers also need all the help they can get in these tough situations, which are often linked to a broader transformation within the company. Our task is to support the company throughout so that the needs of all the parties involved are taken into account. As part of the university, we see this as part of our social responsibility and our mission to create a better world through better leadership,” says Minna Wickholm, Director in charge of the Aalto PRO service package.
Well-designed and forward-looking change security arrangements put the employees being laid off in an excellent position to find new employment quickly.
“In addition to career guidance, we offer change training which provides persons being made redundant an important opportunity to update their professional skills. This will support faster re-employment,” says Minna Wickholm.
Aalto PRO has been involved in several leading companies' change programs over the past 10 years, the most notable examples of which are Nokia Bridge and Microsoft Polku.
Aalto PRO has helped more than 5,000 people find employment with the help of their F.E.C. programs. Take, for example, Esa Vennola who is currently working at Signal Partners as Director of Operations. He previously worked in the transport and logistics sector. When his employer initiated co-operation negotiations, he began to think about changing careers.
“In my case, the co-operation negotiations were a worrying, but also lucky event. I had been entertaining the idea of a career change and now it became a reality. I decided to take a risk: to jump out of my old life and discover something completely new,” Esa Vennola says.
More Information
Services in Change Situations (in Finnish)
Minna Wickholm
Business Area Director, Open Programs
Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
Telephone +358 10 837 3723
minna.wickholm@aaltoee.fi
Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
Aalto University Executive Education offers thought provoking leadership development services (Aalto EE), professional development services for experts and managers (Aalto PRO), and creative solutions covering the whole life-cycle of entrepreneurship (Aalto ENT). Aalto University brings to our offering a multidisciplinary approach, together with innovative learning methods; this provides a unique combination of practical expertise with latest research.
Aalto University Executive Education’s strengths lie in its global operating model and diverse offering. In addition to Finland and Singapore, we offer programs in several locations. Aalto University Executive Education holds three respected accreditations: AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS certificates. This places it in the top 0.5 per cent of the world’s institutions.