Recent reports have drawn attention to the fact that remuneration is not the main motivator for GCC-based employees. The Qudrat TM Research results were recently released by Aon Hewitt and highlight that National Qataris are the most highly engaged local Nationals in the GCC, irrespective of their gender. Regarding issues often mentioned by companies regarding…
This C&B job opportunity made me stop and think
Today’s post is going to be a little different. I just came across a job opportunity in Compensation and Benefits and Payroll and I wanted to share it with you, as some of my readers may be interested in this kind of position. What made me want to post it ? The job is a…
Pensions landscape – Europe and GCC part II
My latest post was covering the aging population in Europe, and the impact it has on pensions. Today we will go through what is happening in the GCC. Expat pensions In the mean time in the GCC, the situation is pretty different. Here, we have very young countries where only the local citizens are eligible…
Boards and quotas – For or against them ?
There was an excellent blog post from Nilofer Merchant at Harvard Business Review recently, entitled Quotas for women on Boards are wrong. In it, she argues against quotas for women to access company Boards. Some of her arguments are very convincing. In particular, I agree that we should focus on bringing more “board readiness” for…