Swiss School of Management

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SSM Leadership Award 2014 to Davide Barillari and Roberto Mancini

During the book presentation “Grande Raccordo Criminale” written by Florina Bulfon and Pietro Orsatti, our Board was pleased to hand over this year’s Leadership Award to two very special people; Davide Barillari, Member of the Regional Parliament of Region of Lazio and to the late Roberto Mancini, Police Officer who died with cancer while investigating […]

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SSM Sponsors Leadership Conference in Rome

The International Studying Leadership Conference (ISLC),  one of the most prestigious conferences on leadership and leadership studies, attracts leadership researchers working in academia, consultancies and industries from all over the world. Conference participants often comment on the critical, rigorous, constructive and supportive atmosphere that characterizes discussions and debates at the ISLC. The 2013 ISLC Conference

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The HR Executive MBA program at Thammasat University in Thailand visits SSM Rome

The Executive MBA program at Thammasat University in Thailand returned to SSM for a lecture on HR trends in Italy for the second year in a row. The lecture was given by Dr. Fabio Bernardi, HR Director, Avanzi , Italy and Dr. Giorgio Pataracchia, HR Manager, Banca d’Italia.  Topics ranged from a specific corporate internal

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SSM: Executive/Night MBA Class Meets former VP of International Franchising at McDonald’s Corporation

“Jim Kramer captivated, motivated and inspired me in a whirlwind 45 minute conversation” – MBA student, Steven Ciocca, Food and Agriculture Organization. As part of the franchising class, the Swiss School of Management Executive/Night MBA Entrepreneurship students had the honor of talking with James Kramer, former Vice President, International Franchising,  McDonald’s Corporation. With more than

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Happy Women’s Day!

This year the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome hosted a Women’s day seminar featuring MC, Zeinab Badawi, BBC Journalist, and panelists Maureen Rabotin, Founding Director, Effective Global Leadership, Gerda Verrburg, HE Ambassador of the Kingdon of the Neatherlands and Julianne Miles, Founder, Career Psychologists. HR director Monika Altmaier from FAO and   Rob Vos,

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Nike HR Director Gives Graduation Keynote Speech

Pierfrancesco Vaca, HR Director, NIKE Italy was the keynote speaker at this year’s MBA graduation ceremony. He inspired students to think outside the box and to challenge themselves; urging them to reach their own highest potential. Vaca encouraged students to embrace new experiences and to follow their dreams and not let anything keep them from

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