Are you using a merit matrix for deciding salary increases for the employees in your company ? Then you are already familiar with the traditional “bands” or “ranges” of comparatio (basic pay compared to midpoint of the salary range associated with the grade of the employee – the position of the employee in the pay…
Are you in danger with your best performers ?
March 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
Employee engagement is a big buzzword these days. Everyone in the HR sphere, it seems, is talking and writing about it. In many of your organisations, an annual survey is rolled out to employees to gauge their level of engagement. If you are in a progressive organisation, the results are shared with everyone, and action…
Move along, nothing to see here !
March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s March. Salary review and bonus time preparation in many companies. The cartoon below reminded me of one of my former managers, who complained to me that there was a risk of loss of confidentiality when my team was reviewing performance ratings, making pay increase simulations, and calculating incentive payouts. Yet he was the same…
A dinosaur in Dubai ?
March 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I spent the week-end at the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature in Dubai. If you live in the region, it is an event that I highly recommend you attend next year : a wide variety of speakers, on many topics related to books. There is a whole stream dedicated to children, and given the numbers…
The same, but different
March 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Soooo… the bad news is, the finger is still hurting when typing. The good news is it should be OK in 2/3 days, says the nurse. I would like to sincerely thank Viji, Robert, Samir and Ibtisam for their words of support. I did not expect it, and I was really touched by your kindness…
Ouch !
March 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
No post today… I cut my finger deeply and typing is not only slow, but also painful. So I’ll redirect you towards a few posts from the past which you may have missed : The Formula One effect on performance management How to use Vlookup in Excel The challenges of emiratisation in the private vs…
1-minute tip: Kill boring bullet points from your Compensation presentations
March 3, 2013 by 5 Comments
We’ll soon be entering into the full swing of conference season, and have been booked to speak and/or chair at some events in the region over the coming months. More on that very soon as I would love to meet some of my readers at these events :-). Communication skills are significant for Compensation pros…
