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By Olivia LALOU (00), Delegate of the HR Group

Dynamism

Olivia LALOU is Executive Coach, Ricoachet Ltd, a firm she created,
and one of the HR Group co-delegates for ESCP Europe Alumni based
in London. She speaks about this new branch of the group.

Two things are worth mentioning here: first the
UK branch of the HR Group is new. It was only
launched a couple of months ago, and secondly,
my career in HR related matters is also fairly new. I
came to Career Coaching two years ago, after an
initial career in Strategy & Project Management.
Back in June I was asked by the Association to
lead the group. I was quickly joined by an equally
enthusiastic Alumna in this task, Priya MARIANNIE
(03), a London based Recruitment Specialist in
Banking. We happily took on the challenge of
recruiting members and organized our first UK
event which happened on 14th November and
was actually coaching related.
An efficient network
In a few weeks we managed to gather 10 people
to discuss in an open panel «What does coaching offer corporates today?» A majority of attendees were ESCP Europe Alumni but we also
attracted two Human Resources Directors from
outside the ESCP Europe community thanks
to the ESCP Europe network. We had a great
balance between the HR points of view and the
coaches with great feedback from everyone!
Being involved in the group gives us a unique
opportunity to network in the HR world and engaged on challenges and trends in the HR community. It also gives me a chance to discuss what
I’m most passionate about: coaching and career
development.
To prepare this event we engaged the discussion
with the Paris-based HR Group co-delegates:
they shared with us their experience of organizing
events, the lessons they learnt from it and we also
agreed on a joint theme for a series of workshops
to be held in both Paris and London («Outsourcing
HR functions: myth or reality?»). The Paris-based
co-delegates, Delphine CHEVALLIER (92) in particular, gave us access to her network in London
and it opened lots of doors: great to see that

there can be a cross-Channel
cooperation! Years after graduating from ESCP Europe,
it feels really good to network
with like-minded people in
our field of interest: as far as
I am concerned, something I
should have done some years
ago...
Excellent communication
tools
The way we see the UK HR
Group develop: ideally we
would like to have a pool of
30 to 40 members, among
which there might be 1 or
2 additional co-delegates,
and aiming to organise 3 HR
events a year. Importantly
we see the HR Group as an
open forum for any HR people based in the UK going
beyond the ESCP Europe community. To do so
we are planning to use the ESCP Europe Alumni
communication tools (Career Newsletter, article
on the website) and use LinkedIn extensively.
The format of the events will vary but for now
our preferred format will be panel discussions
or workshops where there can be a good interaction between the speakers and the audience.
The response we have had so far from the ESCP
Europe community has been amazing and we
can’t wait to develop new ideas for the UK
members!
The fact that the group is so new means we
haven’t got yet much experience of what works
and what doesn’t: as of today we are very
proud to have an up and running HR Group
based in London with exciting discussions
planned in the coming months and we very
much look forward to welcoming new members
within the HR Group!
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Couverture
Zapping
Sommaire
BUSINESS
Personnalités du mois Nos 700 délégués : À nos ambassadeurs
Focus
- Get involved
- L'attractivité touristique
- Get in touch!
- Welcome to the club
- Partager son savoir
- Rendre ce qui a été donné
- Dynamism
- Un réseau de talents
- Create opportunities
- Get on board!
- Stronger together
- Dynamiser le réseau régional
- For a common success
- Be incentive!
- Be passionate!
- Ne rouillez pas !
- Expand your network
Itinéraires
- Deviens qui tu es !
- Practice of fine art
Entretiens
- Transports
- Conseil
- Agro-alimentaire
NEWS
Vie du réseau
- Adel FEKIH (MBA 09)
- Nouvelle rencontre
- Tour à Vaugaudry
- London Campus open doors & Carnet
- Filleul cherche parrain
- Escapade en Bourgogne & Agenda
- Nominations
Carrière Quand les délégués créent pour les entrepreneurs
Voyages De grands moments au pays des paradoxes
À lire
CAMPUS
École
- Blue Factory fait peau neuve
- Engagez-vous à nos côtés !
Fondation Les entreprises pour ESCP Europe
Vie étudiante
- ESCaPe
- Tout sauf la fin du monde…

ESCP Europe Alumni Magazine - n°146 - Janvier/Février 2013