Are you benchmarking…or copying ?

while compensation benchmarking is good as you can leverage some ideas, a simple “cut and paste” of another company scheme will probably not bring you the results that you are hoping for.

In Real Life – above and beyond : adding value creates work opportunities

A life story demonstrating that adding value at works creates opportunities for you, whether your client is internal or external.

Deciding on your incentive payout cycle : the main points to consider

SUMMARY “Deciding on an incentive payout cycle has many components. It’s not just a change of date of payment”. Are you considering changing how frequently your company pays out incentives ? In this episode, discover all the elements to consider before making the decision. A change of incentive payment date has impacts on your organization,…

Clawbacks for Executive pay : should Executive variable pay go down as well as up ?

    The Executive Compensation & Benefits Summit will take place in Amsterdam on September 6 and 7, 2017. If you want to attend, enjoy a 20% discount exclusively for my readers and followers by using code COMPIN20. To celebrate this upcoming event, today’s post will focus on Executive Compensation. There was a question on…

Caps and thresholds for Business Development roles?

One of my friends recently asked me this question : “I was hoping you could help me with a Sales Commission question. To set the scene, we want to target quality Business Development people – niche skill set and specialist experience for this engineering company, Hay level 19-20, on about AED 50,000+. For these type…

What opportunites for partnership between HR and Finance ? [Infographic]

A few months ago, the good folks at Towers Watson produced a decent infographic on the partnership opportunities between HR and Finance. Unfortunately, they’re not offering an “embed” function so if you want to see it, you’ll have to click here. You can download a PDF if you really like it 😉 There are numerous…

Day One of the 17th Compensation and Benefits Forum from IIRME – Recap

It’s been a busy month as I attended and spoke at 3 HR conferences in 30 days ! It’s a bit tiring but I really enjoy meeting new people, hearing from different organisations and opening my mind to new concepts. So this week will be a “special” : I’ll write 3 posts, two of them…