Many years ago, in 1998 to be precise, I was Compensation Manager for a subsidiary of France Telecom. You can’t imagine more French than that 😉 ! One day, a colleague rushed into a panic to my office and said : “Sandrine, do you speak English ? We have received a call in Payroll but…
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…
How do you communicate the value of your compensation plan?
September 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
Let’s imagine that you have a retention issue at your organisation. It started around 9 months ago, and you are seeing a growing trend in resignations from employees in a certain job family. We all know that resignations cost a lot of money to the organisation, and even more so when “good” employees leave. So…
A graph based on a pivot table – can it make it easier for you to grow your credibility?
September 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
Did you know that you can create a graph based on a pivot table in Excel ? This is a little-known yet highly effective tool to quickly visualise aggregate data. Simply create your pivot table based on your data source. I advise creating the pivot in a new worksheet/tab in your spreadsheet. Here is a…
Recruiters and the pay compression challenge
September 11, 2012 by 2 Comments
In today’s Reader Question I would like to thank Miatta, one of my newer subscribers, for sending me the following comment on pay compression : “My main struggle in Comp and Ben has been why it is difficult for recruiters or managers to understand the importance of why compensation professionals insist on making salary offers within certain…
