HR

Enabling SMEs to develop and retain their best talent

Marina Prifti

Did you know that the #1 reason that employees leave a company is because of bad management?

Can your company attract and retain the best talent?

As a human resources executive with 22 years’ corporate experience, in different industry sectors (technology, telecommunications, energy, financial services, Higher Education) across Europe, Middle East and Africa, I offer a range of HR consulting services with a practical hands-on approach for small and medium-sized enterprises in the technology and financial services sectors.

Services

Leadership
Development

Having effective and inspiring managers who know how to coach and lead your employees is crucial to achieve your business results.

Career
Development

Establishing career paths and grades for each role and connect them with rewards proves that you treat your employees fairly and motivate them to give their best.

Performance Management

Managing employees’ performance can be a tricky issue. How do you set criteria and goals, how do you measure performance, how do you ensure consistent results, how do you treat the top performers / underperformers?

Clients I have worked with

What clients say about my work

Marina has a special kind of magic. In her gentle and firm way she’s able to see clearly through her clients’ blind spots. She helped me recognise my leadership potential and acknowledge the gifts of my previous experience. Time spent with Marina is an investment and I strongly recommend her coaching sessions. It’s surprising what she helps clients achieve in a short period of time by cutting through what is not needed to get to the essence of their value.

Therésa Garcia, Centre of Excellence Application Support Engineer at Anglian Water

Marina has a subtle way to bring people to ask themselves “the right ” questions hence make tough decision; I was torn between many projects I have at heart and she helped me to prioritize them, be more focused and make the BIG DECISION I have wanted for so long. Marina has a subtle way to bring people to ask themselves “the right ” questions hence make tough decisions.

Narema Kone, Business Development Manager, Zain

Marina is responsive, efficient and reliable.  I have known her for a number of years and was never let down by her. She is a skilful HR executive and a trustworthy team player who can take pressure while maintaining a high spirit and courteous attitude.
I appreciate her professional ethics and integrity.

Eleftheria Kamoulakou, Quality & Environment Department Manager, Intracom Telecom

‘Genuine expert’ comes to mind when I think of Marina. Her professionalism is second to none and her experience and knowledge is a huge asset when searching for the right candidates for critical roles.

Carol Ring, Head Of Engineering, Calor Ireland

I had numerous opportunities to work with Marina. Her help for executive search for middle and senior Product Marketing & Presales personnel was highly appreciated and her feedback greatly shaped our final selection decision. Additionally, I had the opportunity to experience Marina’s professional coaching, where I admired her ability to read between the lines and pose arguments and questions that elegantly challenged malformations and triggered resourcefulness and initiative. To my understanding and experience, Marina has both the capabilities and drive to excel in any HR executive position, assisting the relevant organization achieve its goals.

Gerasimos Michalitsis, Manager New Ventures, Netcompany-Intrasoft

I had the opportunity and honour to cooperate with Marina in various cases, concerning subsidiaries of the group I’m head of, in Balkans. Besides her professionalism, her kindness towards potential candidates and colleagues is exemplary. I highly recommend Marina, as very professional, focused on results, kind and extremely experienced HR executive!

Georgios Roussos, CEO, INTRAROM and INTRACOM BULGARIA

I worked closely with Marina for about 18 months on a number of HR topics. Marina is totally professional in her approach and was a much-valued colleague within the support functions around my role.

Shaun Macdonald, Operations Director, Calor Gas

Marina is an extremely intelligent (both in EQ and IQ) manager. She is always up to date with the most critical issues in terms of talent acquisition, talent development and succession planning and her diligence and work ethic have led to a reputation that truly precedes her as a manager that will always deliver on time as well with the highest quality. Her great ideas on succession planning and talent management can truly form the basis of a cross-SITRONICS initiative that can take the company to the next level in capitalising on our human capital. I would also not hesitate to nominate her as a mentor of any mid-senior manager who is looking to progress both personally as well as professionally.

Loukas Tzitzis, Business and Technology Global Executive

My Approach

1.

Define the business need

Every system or programme should address a specific business need. We discuss together what business goal you want to achieve and what is feasible within your timelines and budget.

2.

Identify the objectives and deliverables

Starting with the agreed business goal in mind, we define what exactly your project’s objectives, milestones, deliverables, timelines and key stakeholders are.

3.

Create a basic layout /prototype

Based on the objectives and deliverables, I create a basic layout of the programme or system, get feedback from the key stakeholders and adjust it accordingly.

4.

Implement

Together with the HR department, we develop an action plan to achieve the goals, define the metrics to measure success, agree on methodologies/tools to be used and implement the action plan.

5.

Evaluate

Continuous feedback from all involved parties is crucial along with comparing results with desired goals and determine corrective actions that need to be taken for further improvement.

My Values

Professionalism

Empathy

Results-orientation

Client focus