What we think

Summary of Key Takeaways from discussions with CHROs, Reward Heads and HR Business Partners of leading multinationals & growth companies in Q3-4 2023:
- Approaches and challenges with Compensation Benchmarking
- Measures taken to attract & retain talent and their impact on Total Rewards

Summary of Key Takeaways from discussions with CHROs, Reward Heads and HR Business Partners of leading multinationals & growth companies in Q2 2023:
- Use of different HRIS technologies and Artificial Intelligence in HR
- Linking Reward & Recognition with ongoing Performance Management

Summary of Key Takeaways from discussions with CHROs, Reward Heads and HR Business Partners of leading multinationals & growth companies in Q1 2023:
- Corporate Social Responsibility for People and Impact on Total Rewards: Where does CSR4P start, where does it end? And what does this mean for HR? What can staff realistically expect from an Employer?

Summary of Key Takeaways from discussions with CHROs, Reward Heads and HR Business Partners of leading multinationals & growth companies during 2H 2022:
1. Global turmoil since Russian invasion of Ukraine – crisis after crisis: How do companies plan in this tough, opaque business environment?
2. Talent acquisition & retention - staff shortages in key areas continue: Which skills/competencies are currently especially high in demand and hard to get and what actions are companies taking to address these challenges?

Summary of Key Takeaways from May 2022 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Consideration of Global Sustainability / ESG / Impact measures and their link to Variable Pay

Summary of Key Takeaways from October 2021 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Mobile Working, Office 2022, Total Rewards, Employee Value Proposition. What are latest trends and what actions are companies taking?

Summary of Key Takeaways from July 2021 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Impact of Future Work, AI and Digitalization on HR. How does it change activities and roles in HR and Reward?

Summary of Key Takeaways from February 2021 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Reward for global jobs and jobs that can be based anywhere. How does it influence pay that many global jobs and, particularly, knowledge worker jobs can be based or delivered from anywhere?

Summary of Key Takeaways from February 2021 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Strategic Personnel Planning in times of high uncertainty and a raging war for talent. What actions are companies taking, how will they influence employer brands and how are careers changing?

Summary of Key Takeaways from October 2020 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. Pay approaches in times of increasing need for agility and flexibility, lean processes and budgets. Any signs of smart compensation?
2. Simple, uniform “one size fits all” versus more differentiated STI concepts (outside of Sales). What are cost / benefit considerations?

Summary of Key Takeaways from July 2020 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. Post lockdown working world – the new "normal"
2. Covid-19 impact on 2020 performance and STI cushioning measures

Summary of Key Takeaways from May 2020 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. Situation of companies and work-related considerations amidst Covid-19
2. HR and Reward measures taken

Summary of Key Takeaways from March 2020 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. HR measures in the context of the coronavirus crisis
2. Handling of and services for an increasingly differentiated workforce

Summary of Key Takeaways from Nov. 2019 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
- Pay differentiation and fair pay in a global context (...and employer certification)

Summary of Key Takeaways from July 2019 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. Attractive, collaborative and productive work environment
2. New types of jobs in HR and how to deal with them. ‘Feel Good’ Manager and compelling employee value proposition

Summary of Key Takeaways from May 2019 meeting with HR executives of leading multinationals & growth companies:
1. Agile Enterprise, Project-based Structures and Job Levels / Evaluation
2. High Performing Organization and Performance Assessment / Performance Rating

HR ValueCurve article (posted on LinkedIn on May 23, 2019)

HR ValueCurve article (posted on LinkedIn on March 6, 2019)

HR ValueCurve article (published in WorldatWork monthly 'Workspan' magazine, November 2013 issue)

Article, WorldatWork monthly magazine

Article, WorldatWork monthly magazine

Article, WorldatWork monthly magazine

Article, WorldatWork monthly magazine