I am happy today to share that there is a Compensation & Benefits Manager position available at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a multi-specialty hospital, currently under construction in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2013. This 360 (expandable to 490) bed facility will be a unique and…
Are you the next Compensation & Benefits Manager for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi ?
October 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Financial background checks for executive candidates – are they needed ?
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Kris Dunn wrote an interesting post at the HR Capitalist last week titled “YOU MAKE THE CALL: Are You Responsible For Knowing That This Executive Hire Was About to File Bankruptcy?”. He describes the situation of a company that was surprised when the senior executive they hired filed for bankruptcy and asks readers whether they…
Overview of the HR Congress Qatar 2012
October 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
Last week I attended the HR Congress Qatar organised by IQPC. It was my first time in Doha and I really enjoyed the place. It is smaller than Dubai or Abu Dhabi but there is a very nice energy to it and the focus on culture is obvious in town – nice ! Now, the…
Partners and generalizations in compensation communication
September 30, 2012 by 5 Comments
A quick one in today’s Sunday Skills. I have already written about the importance of using the right words when communicating compensation matters, and a recent post at HRzone made me react. The post covers news from Deloitte about the backlash against excessive executive compensation and how about half of senior executives in the UK…
Where HR may be getting it wrong in the Middle East
September 27, 2012 by 3 Comments
I am very happy to introduce a guest post from one of my friends today, Tom Raftery. Read more about Tom’s great profile at the end of the post. And without further ado, here it is : Where HR may be getting it wrong in the Middle East I have read in various articles and…
Two tactics to deal with pay compression
September 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
Two weeks ago I described pay compression and, at the request of one of my readers, gave some advice on how to deal with it at the time of recruitment. Today I will go through 2 tactics around how to deal with pay compression at the individual, one-off level. I will cover collective tactics in…
