Like every month, here are some of the best or most relevant Compensation & Benefits, performance management, HR and/or global mobility articles that I came across recently : This TLNT article compares performance management to (american) football. It reminded me of my post on Formula One. Sports in general, and competition sports especially, are a…
Catch up on the Human Assets Middle East Summit 2012
May 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
I was honoured to be one of the speakers at Naseba’s 7th Annual Human Assets Expansion – Middle East Summit. The conference turned out to be one of the best I have ever, attended in the region. The speakers were knowledgeable and entertaining, the audience was very active and engaged, there was enough time for…
Is the right person preparing your compensation survey file ?
May 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
Welcome to the final instalment in this May series on compensation surveys. After arguing why you should participate in compensation surveys and sharing 4 habits to simplify your preparation, and then 2 more tips to prepare the salary survey submission files, I gave some ideas of where you could look for information when benchmarking retail…
3 reasons why C&B needs project management skills
May 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
You need Project Management skills if you want to achieve success in Compensation & Benefits. 1 – Compensation professionals are always managing projects Some parts of HR have projects to manage on a regular basis, such as in Learning & Development for example. I believe however that C&B is the area of HR with the…
What are useful retail compensation surveys and benchmarks in EMEA ?
May 20, 2012 by 2 Comments
Fourth instalment in my monthly theme of Compensation Surveys. We have covered so far Why you should participate to compensation surveys, 4 habits to simplify participating to compensation surveys, and 2 more tips to prepare your files for submission to compensation surveys. Today I will share my reply to a question that a contact on…
The pros and cons of keeping compensation information confidential
May 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
A lot of companies, especially in the Middle East, like to keep a lot of compensation information strictly confidential. The kind of compensation information which may not be shared : Salary ranges (and sometimes allowances) are not communicated, sometimes even to HR Business Partners or recruiters Incentive rules are not explained, either in writing or…
Ten steps for building a salary structure
May 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
Today, I am delighted to host a post which was originally published by Warren Heaps at International HR Forum. “Ten steps for building a salary structure” will give you an overview of the different actions and choices you need to make when creating your salary structure for the first time. It provides background thinking on…
