Share the knowledge – March 2012

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 : UK thinking of implementing caps to how long skilled migrants from outside the EU can work there, starting in 2016. Is the country moving towards visa management…

Will you meet me at these HR and Compensation events ?

I am delighted to announce that I have been invited to speak at 2 upcoming conferences that will take place in Dubai soon. At the Human Assets Expansion Middle East Summit (May 21 to 23, 2012), I will present a keynote about aligning Performance Management with the business strategy. I have not finalised my presentation…

The 3 final steps to your bonus calculations

It’s bonus time and you have prepared all your calculations as per the rules laid out. Before going to your CEO to show her the numbers, go through this checklist to ensure you have covered most angles and provide value to the discussion. Check the eligibility list one last time. Who are your new joiners…

Does competency-based performance management really work ?

About 2 years ago there was an interesting question on LinkedIn : “Does competency based approach at performance management really work ? Why ?”. It did not gather many responses, yet this is a question that arises in many organisations when they decide that their performance management system does not really live up to their…

Share the knowledge – February 2012

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 : …. But let me start by sharing this job ad for a Manager of International Reward and Benefits for Qatar Airways, posted a few days ago. Good…

Why the big pay gap between managers on the same grade?

In my career in Compensation & Benefits, I have often heard this question or a variation upon it : I see managers getting twice the pay of other managers from the same group and same job grade… Why is this, and how can you explain it ? This is a fair question on the differences…

Why the Sales Director has less on-target incentive than the Sales people

At previous organisations with a sales force, we had to determine rules regulating the split between fixed and variable pay for the population eligible to the Sales Incentive. Besides benchmarking with other companies in our markets, we used an internal logic. We would start from the bottom up ie define, first, what a sales role…