A few months ago an HR Manager showed me the (long, hard) work she had done on creating salary ranges for her company, and asked me for feedback. I have to say I was really surprised by what I saw : for a small-size company of less than 200 employees, she had created 9 different…
Full transparency about pay: is it right for you?
February 10, 2013 by 2 Comments
At the beginning of the year, it is not unusual to read articles about pay transparency, like this recent one from the Wall Street Journal : “Psst… This is what your co-worker is paid”. The season of questions about pay transparency In December-January, many organisations focus on evaluating past performance and setting goals for the…
It’s impossible to ignore a sexy statistic
February 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Short post today. A discussion at a recent team offsite covered the importance of setting goals, but also to have KPIs, metrics or SLAs in place in order to measure the progress toward, or degree of achievement of these goals. You know, the “M” in the classic “SMART” acronym. This cartoon “It’s impossible to ignore…
Encouraging Emiratis to “try out” the private sector
February 5, 2013 by 3 Comments
I was a speaker last week at the second Emiratisation Summit, an event organised by IIR Middle East in parallel with the Tawdheef career fair in Abu Dhabi. Usually as a follow-up of my speaking activities, I write a post or two on the conference I attended, reacting on the presentations of the speakers. Unfortunately…
The GRP certification in the Middle East : to take it or not to take it ?
January 31, 2013 by 8 Comments
My reader Samir recently asked me to write something on World at Work certifications, and their value worldwide and specially in the Middle East. Formerly known as the American Compensation Association, World at Work is the leading Total Rewards association in the world. They have 200,000 members, the majority of whom are based in the…
Reader Question – How do I get buy-in for the new Performance Management program ?
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I will mourn the retirement of LinkedIn Answers. This was, for me, one of the most engaging features of LinkedIn, where anyone could ask questions and other members would volunteer to share their views and knowledge. The conversations in there were real, and often led to making new connections based on a common interest. I…
