In Real Life – A story of choosing to ask for forgiveness rather than for permission

A real life story where choosing to go against my N+2 instructions meant saving the company over 1.5 times my annual salary.

IRL – Lessons from my first expatriation

How my first expatriation turned out to be a more difficult life experience than I anticipated, and what HR can do to provide holistic support to expats

C&B : Local leadership want it “their” way, not the corporate way – what can I do?

Holly, one of my new subscribers recently commented : “One of the biggest challenges involves developing global strategy that inter-relates both compensation & benefits as well as global mobility issues among 100 countries. One size does not fit all situations – and a regional approach has been employed. However, that approach is often undermined by…

The Carnival of HR – International edition

Today is a new experience for me, and to say that I am excited to host the Carnival of HR for the first time would be a massive understatement ! The Carnival gives readers a chance to read articles from many different HR writers, all put together in one post. So when I had the…

7 essential blogs for Total Rewards professionals

How do you keep abreast of what’s going on in Total Rewards Sandrine ? That’s a question that I regularly get from my consulting and coaching clients, the people who attend my trainings or the conferences where I speak, or even you – my blog readers 🙂 So here is a round-up of the blogsI…

An overview of the Excellence in Talent Management Seminar from Teneo

The last of the 3 conferences where I was a speaker took place in Dubai last week. The 2-day event was organised by Julien Salvi from Teneo and was a very interactive event, with excellent speakers and an audience who participated fully, including in using technology through sli.do to share live comments (with or without…

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

Following my report on Day One of the 17th annual Compensation & Benefits Forum from IIRME in Dubai, I am happy to share, today, my notes from the second day of this great conference. John Ohrnberger from ADIA opened with a general presentation on points to consider when thinking about Executive Compensation. It’s important to…