Young Advisory Board is Golden Practice 2020

The Young Advisory Board contributes to making strategic decisions for the company and building trust between young talents and the company’s board of management. Innovative human resources practice also represents excellent intergenerational cooperation and learning, which is crucial for successful decision-making and the implementation of new dimensions of successful business. »The award is a confirmation of the hard work and innovative ideas of all participants in the YAB initiative, which proves that young people can play an important role in making key decisions and is an excellent example of cooperation between the future talents and the company’s board of management. Crucial to the successful operation of the initiative was undoubtedly the exceptional openness of our President of the Board of Management, who gave us a voice and an opportunity to help shape the future of our company. On this occasion, I encourage the management of other companies to trust their young talents and include them in the most important decisions, « said Luka Ilić, founder of the YAB initiative, upon receiving the award.

The Young Advisory Board reflects the organizational culture of Novartis that is unbossed, promotes inclusion and diversity, and the forming of agile teams which are based on creativity rather than hierarchy. »At Novartis in Slovenia, we value and listen to every individual who wants to contribute to our common goals. We believe that the best ideas are born out of diversity, which we see as our competitive advantage. The knowledge, acquired through our long-standing careers, is gaining weight when we share it with young talents, who often impress us with their views and a different way of thinking,« said Robert Ljoljo, President of the Board of Management of Lek and Novartis Country President Slovenia.

Golden Practice 2020 is another confirmation of Novartis’ outstanding HR practices in Slovenia, which were also recognized by the independent Top Employer Institute that awarded Novartis in Slovenia as the first pharmaceutical company in Slovenia with the prestigious Top Employer certificate for the best employer.

The Golden Practice award is presented by the media company Dnevnik, the organizer of the Golden Thread media research project. Recipients of the Golden Practice Award are organizations with innovative, effective and creative approaches that are based on the objectives of the organization’s strategy, are proactive, inclusive and add value to the organization. Novartis has received the Golden Practice Award twice so far, first in 2014 for the Novartis Regional BioCamp project and again in 2016 for the Novartis Career Breakfast. The annual BioCamp event, which enables a unique connection between the academic and economic spheres, also received the Best HR Practice 2020 award - an honorable mention, at the International Conference on the Development of Organizational Sciences last year.