Share the knowledge – September 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 : As usual Derek Irvine makes a very good point about incentives and motivation. His post explains how a bad design led to the Olympics badminton scandal, where…

Share the knowledge – August 2012

The reading list is shorter than usual this month, but I did come across a few interesting pieces : I’ve already written about best places to work and how the packages they offer go beyond self-interest for the employer (it’s not just “I give you this so you are engaged and therefore productive”). This quick…

Share the knowledge – July 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 : Found through Around the HR world in 40 days, an interesting study from Kenexa that highlights how much our perceptions, as HR, of employee engagement and commitment,…

Debrief on the 16th IIRME Compensation & Benefits Forum – Day Two

In my last post I covered Day One of the 16th Annual Compensation & Benefits Forum organised by IIRME in Dubai. It’s time to cover the second day of the conference, which was just as good as Day One. The day started with Jonathan Budden from Microsoft who detailed what makes a company a Great…

Debrief on the 16th IIRME Compensation & Benefits Forum – Day One

So… Two weeks ago I was at the 16th Annual Compensation & Benefits Forum organised by IIRME in Dubai. First of all, kudos to Ramy Bayyour for organising a great event with quality speakers and an engaged audience. For this session, there was a nice mix of practitioners and consultants speaking. The event was chaired…

Share the knowledge – June 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 : This excellent post from Steve Boese explains why the “hack month” at 37signals, or any other free time given to employees to work on their own ideas…

Share the knowledge – May 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 : 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…