The CPME du Rhône changes its face. After the departure of François Turcas (remains honorary president) who led the organization for several decades, the new president Franck Morize has surrounded himself with a renewed and close-knit team of entrepreneurs responsible for managing the cause in three priority areas: social impact of businesses, the environment and the search for new models.
“ I do not associate myself with the current “church” atmosphere which announces blood and tears and the end of unconsciousness. The entrepreneur is neither an optimist nor a pessimist, he is a realist “. New President Franck Morize, who launched into entrepreneurship in July 2019 (Mont Aiguille Dairy in Clelles in Isère), sets the tone. He begins his term in office at a time when the challenges facing leaders are To trace the path and strategy of CPME du Rhône, he surrounded himself with three well-known entrepreneurs from the Lyon region: Philippe Bossanne, who about fifteen years ago created the Huttopia campsites; Vincent Girma, president of the interim group of RAS and Gaetan de Saint-Marie, founding director of Qantis.With Franck Lebel, appointed general secretary, they form a team that symbolizes a certain renewal and promises a less vertical management of the Lyon employers organization.
work first
” Work is a value that lives in us. We are avid supporters. It is an essential condition of existence and our SMEs are an opportunity for anyone who wants to realize themselves in life. I remind you that 98.9% of French companies have fewer than 20 employees. Of course, the search for meaning in work is a topic that is very close to our heart. SMEs, where we put a name on every face, are a solution. It is no coincidence that they have never been so attractive “. The new president does not want to believe in the big resignation (” does not exist, there have never been so many entrepreneurs “) Nor to decrease (” we are not partisans of it, we believe in innovation and in the companies that bring it “). And he strongly recalls that the CPME is in favor of a reform of unemployment insurance:” It is not normal for there to be so many job vacancies. We need to reduce the number of months of unemployment protection. Furthermore, given the changing demographics, in the future we will have to work harder, longer, all together, if we are to maintain our social benefits. “.
For his part, Vincent Girma remarks with a little humor: ” Twenty years ago, when a job applicant was 5 minutes late, we didn’t get them. Today, when he doesn’t come to the appointment, we call him back “. But he also remembers it work is one of the main means of fulfillment in life “.
The company must reinvent itself
Overall, the challenges SMEs face are very numerous: questioning work organization and economic models, new employee expectations, return of inflation and soaring energy prices, decarbonisation … much to do to accompany and support the “little bosses” and for this reason it offers members a whole range of services: training, activities, meetings and events … ” Without denigrating the large groups, we must rehabilitate the SME which must reinvent itself “. CPME du Rhône is also preparing a major event on the theme of business transformation, in March 2023.
Philippe Bossanne, for his part, will rely on his experience as an entrepreneur and on his social (Huttopia has opened its capital to 40 employees) and environmental sensitivity to convince and participate in this corporate transformation. ” We do not leave our children in debt. We must be able to offer sober and respectful growth “. And like him, Gaëtan de Sainte-Marie insists:” This great transition also offers opportunities to be seized “.
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