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The coaching process carried out for Saalem offered an opportunity to pause amid the busyness of everyday work and take a step back to reflect. Through shared dialogue and insightful questions, participants were able to discover answers and new perspectives on their work and interactions.

The sessions brought clarity and calm, strengthened mutual understanding, and supported the team in working together even more effectively.

For Casambi Technologies Oy, HR Plus designed and facilitated two separate yet complementary workshops, one held in the autumn and the other in the spring. The program was built to support the development of teamwork and communication within the group.

The first workshop focused on MBTI profiling,helping participants recognize their own and their colleagues’ working styles and offering new perspectives on how differences can strengthen team performance.

The second workshop was based on Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model. The team reviewed assessment results and engaged in discussions around development, collaboration, and trust. The sessions provided concrete insights into the team’s strengths and opportunities for shared growth.

The client described the collaboration as professional and practical. The consultant quickly understood Casambi’s needs, and the overall experience was considered both valuable and easy to apply in everyday work.

Neutron Therapeutics is a medical equipment company, with its subsidiary Neutron Therapeutics Finland (NTF) operating in Finland.

HR Plus has been providing part-time Interim HR services to NTF since 2023. The assignment has included the development and maintenance of company’s HR policies and practices, as well as ongoing HR support.

To develop HR functions, an HR analysis was conducted based on interviews with employees and management, as well as an analysis of existing processes, practices, and policies. The Interim HR assignment has included building and developing personnel practices, as well as matters related to well-being, occupational health, benefits management, acting as a contact person for payroll administration, and advising and implementing issues related to Finnish labor law and collective agreements.

HR Plus has been a reliable and knowledgeable partner for the company, with smooth cooperation continuing.

A rapidly growing technology company wanted to ensure that its people processes would effectively support the company's growth in the best possible way. HR Plus conducted a comprehensive HR analysis, which covered all possible processes related to human resource management. The analysis was carried out in a workshop-style collaboration with the client’s HR team, enabling an open discussion and a process that encouraged insights.

Using the model developed by HR Plus, the most critical processes for success were identified, along with those where the company wanted its values to be reflected in practice. Based on the analysis, a concrete plan was drawn up outlining the order in which the processes should be developed. Additionally, process ownership, documentation level, and practical implementation consistency were assessed.

Since the client company had grown rapidly, there had not been sufficient investment in many people practices before. With HR Plus's support, the company gained a comprehensive overview of which people processes were functioning well, which required development, and which were the most critical core processes for their business. This provided the company with confidence that they were investing in the right areas and that their people processes would effectively support growth and success.

The client renewed its operating model to strengthen its long-term competitiveness and profitability. The goal was to build a globally scalable operating model and organization to improve efficiency, global organization, which would enable the development of standardized processes. Markus Taina from HR Plus participated and supported CHRO and the management team in the planning of the operating model and organizational change and acted as the project manager as part of the company's internal HR, driving the project forward together with the HR team and ensuring smooth progress according to the desired schedule. High-level planning and development of operating model were carried out in close cooperation with the Chief Human Resource Officer and management team of the company. After the planning, Markus was responsible for the project implementation as the project manager together with the HR team and the supervisors of various functions. During the implementation phase, Markus particularly helped with the preparation of training materials and training sessions, supported the creation of the communication plan and materials, and in collaboration with HR, ensured the smooth progress of change negotiations and the implementation of layoffs and related support services. Part of the project was also to ensure the collection and updating of data in the HR system and the collection of learning experiences from the team.

Markus received feedback for clear scheduling and pleasant cooperation as a project manager. Additionally, Markus conducted a Working Genius workshop for the client's HR management team, from which participants reported gaining more understanding of themselves and members of the team.

We utilized HR Plus as our external HR support for our international company located in Turku, Finland, where the local headcount is still small enough that a full-time HR specialist is not yet needed. The HR consultant from HR Plus worked with us 1 to 1.5 days per week, and their responsibilities included building and developing HR practices, wellbeing matters, occupational health, recruitment, benefits administration, acting as a liaison for payroll, and advising and implementing matters related to collective agreements and labor legislation. Collaboration flowed smoothly with both our managers and other staff, as well as with the HR team at our company’s international headquarters.

It was a pleasure working with Eija Potinkara. Her experience and thoughtful solutions made her an essential member of the team. We can highly recommend her services to any organization in need of a skilled and dependable HR professional.

Optomed is a listed health technology company and the world leader in handheld fundus cameras.

After the previous HR Manager left the company, Minna Rahkamaa from HR Plus started in the Interim HR role with a few weeks' notice. Her main responsibilities were to analyze and identify the HR related key development areas, promote development, harmonize and develop HR activities for the future growth of the company and take responsibility for the day-to-day HR operations.

Minna took over the task quickly, analyzing and identifying the development needs in the HR area and moving forward with the agreed development actions. Minna swiftly became part of the work community and collaboration with her was seamless and straightforward. Minna was described as professional, approachable and pragmatic, and due to her experience and her way of communicating with the management, Minna was able to influence the management's decision making and help the management to see the benefits from both the HR and the business perspective.

The Interim HR assignment lasted a total of 11 months. Upon its end, Minna made a smooth handover to a new HR person.

HR Plus' Senior Advisor Riina Hamrén implemented the HR part of the outsourcing project for a large international company in a transfer of undertakings. In the transfer, Riina's areas of responsibility were all measures related to employees and communication related. After the transfer and integration of the employees, she also supported the company in reviewing and developing HR functions from local legislation and best practices point of view. The focus was on key HR operations such as working hours, annual leave, and payroll. The practices were developed together with the organization's global HR team and payroll administration to harmonize global guidelines and local practices, as well as to improve the employee experience.

According to the client, Riina was fantastic with the company and its services, and her contributions were appreciated. She was described as diligent, knowledgeable, and extremely presentable in her approach. In addition to the HR tasks, Riina also offered support for strategic business negotiations in Finland. The project length was 1 year and 9 months.