COVID-19: Managing the Crisis and Recovery

Leon Jacob and David Voggeser on the necessity of retaining success-critical employees
Restrictions and retention: Retaining talent in the current crisis
Cost-cutting, restructuring and downsizing re seen as ways of ensuring economic survival. Leon Jacob and David Voggeser explain why measures are also needed to retain those employees who are critical to success. read more ...

Compensation expert John Pfeiffer in hkp/// group Remote Talk with Constantin Härthe
Meeting the challenges of sales compensation
Sales and sales compensation were subject to strong trends even before COVID-19. hkp/// group expert John Pfeiffer explains what has changed due to the corona crisis and how sales compensation can be part of the solution. read more ...
Corporate Governance & Board Compensation

hkp/// group Expert Interview
Don’t let your remuneration policy ruin your IPO
A lot of preparatory work is needed for a successful IPO. In an interview with hkp.com, hkp// group experts Petra Knab-Hägele and Joachim Kayser explain which measures are important in HR and compensation. read more ...

Best Practice in Top Management Compensation
Guidelines for sustainable management board remuneration systems
A working group of well-known chairs of German supervisory boards, institutional investors, academics and corporate governance experts has presented guidelines for sustainable remuneration systems for German publicly listed companies. read more ...
Digitalization, Start-ups & IT-Tools

Results of the hkp/// group study "Pay for Pioneers 2020 – Organization & Compensation in Corporate Start-ups"
Corporate start-ups: fewer compromises, more success
The hkp/// group study "Pay for Pioneers" has investigated the organizational integration of and compensation systems in corporate start-ups in Germany and highlights key aspects for the success of these projects. read more ...

Danielle Software & Service and Userlane scoop the coveted start-up prize
Twin winners of HR Start-up Award 2020
HR Management Congress awards first place to solution for agile staff organization and software learning tool: Danielle Software & Service and Userlane scoop the coveted start-up prize. read more ...
Compensation & Benefits, Grading

Immer auf dem neuesten Stand - mit Comp&Ben-Trainings der hkp/// group
Comp&Ben-Trainings at top level!
The challenges facing HR and Comp&Ben are constantly changing due to regulatory developments, digitalization and transformation. The hkp/// group’s compensation & benefits training events at Tower 185 ensure you are up to speed. read more ...

Finding, motivating and binding employees
Developing a compensation strategy
Companies use compensation as a tool for recruiting the right people at the right time, binding them to the organization and motivating them to achieve the company's goals. read more ...
Performance & Compensation Benchmarking

Approval ratings and shortcomings based on the say-on-pay results of Austria’s leading listed companies at their 2020 annual general meetings
ATX companies: A wake-up call for Management Board compensation
Due to new legal and regulatory regulations, Austrian listed companies were forced to review the design of their Management Board compensation policies and put them to a ‘say-on-pay’ vote at their 2020 annual general meetings. read more ...

Jouco Bleeker interviewed by hkp.com
The USPs of hkp/// RemuNet
hkp/// RemuNet works on behalf of associations and groups of companies to build and manage Charter Survey Networks that provide quality HR & Compensation data. Managing Director Jouco Bleeker explains its USPs. read more ...
Employee Participation & Equity-based Compensation

Results of the Global Equity Insights Survey 2020
Strong tool in times of uncertainty: Equity-based compensation
Ownership and employee engagement are the key objectives of equity-based compensation for companies worldwide, according to the recent Global Equity Insights Survey from the management consultancy hkp/// group. read more ...

Equity driving performance and ownership culture
Equity-based compensation drives company performance
Companies take strong measures to develop a corporate equity culture. Results from the recent Global Equity Insights Survey. The hkp///group study is conducted in cooperation with the Global Equity Organization GEO read more ...
HR Strategy & Transformation

Mitarbeiterbindung in der Krise: Fluktuationskosten senken, Leistungsträger halten
The hkp/// group Retention Management Toolbox
Cost and process optimization, restructuring and downsizing are key concepts in times of crisis. At the same time, it is important to retain important talents. The Retention Management Toolbox supports you in this. read more ...

BPM-Präsidiumsmitglied Felicitas von Kyaw und hkp/// group Experte Leon Jacob im Interview
Employee Experience: a factor for success
Felicitas von Kyaw, Präsidiumsmitglied im Bundesverband der Personalmanager (BPM), im Gespräch mit Leon Jacob, Senior Manager hkp/// group, zu dem agilen Trendthema Employee Experience. read more ...
Employee Experience Design & Agile Methods

Leon Jacob @ the Employee Experience conference in London
Design Thinking for Employee Experience
Leon Jacob explains how Design Thinking helps to design the Employee Experience. In April he will teach you how to turn employees into fans using agile methods: at the EX Design Bootcamp in Frankfurt. read more ...

Agile working methods in HR projects
Scrum, Design Thinking, Hackathons & Co.
Agile working methods are increasingly popular in HR projects. What opportunities and challenges come with them? And what should personnel management be aware of when using them? hkp.com spoke to Leon Jacob and Nils Meier. read more ...
Strategic Talent Management

Development paths and career models in motion
Creating career and prospects
What drives and motivates employees now to advance their careers? How do we create development prospects that are attractive to all groups of the workforce? What does “career” mean in increasingly flat and agile organizations? read more ...

Addressing potential candidates directly instead of using sophisticated aptitude testing
Recruiting Experts
Traditional recruitment methods often doesn’t fit to the requirements of expert candidates. What’s needed is a change of perspective – as Frank Gierschmann and Laura Hohmann, consultants at the hkp/// group, explain. read more ...
New Performance Management

Frank Gierschmann interviewed by hkp.com
Simulations are no longer needed - talent management during the corona crisis
Organisations are repositioning themselves. HR sits in the planning cockpit, while at the same time it has to change own tasks. Frank Gierschmann reports on current challenges in talent management in the context of Corona. read more ...

Setting challenging yet achievable targets as a key success factor
Calibrating long-term incentive systems
The calibration of performance targets – how the target levels are set for long-terms incentives or LTIs – has a decisive impact on the incentivization of executives and other staff. read more ...
HR in Financial Services

Petra Knab-Hägele and Holger Jungk interviewed by hkp.com
HR digitization in banks: the crisis as a catalyst
Fintechs and online provider have long been challenging traditional banks. Now the corona crisis is increasing the pressure to become more efficient digitally. HR can contribute to this. Petra Knab-Hägele and Holger Jungk explain how. read more ...

hkp.com spoke to Isabel Jahn and David Voggeser
Greater Transparency for greater Wage Equality
What should companies be doing to achieve greater equality of salaries and income for men and women in light of the new draft legislation from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth? read more ...

The Experts Approach to Executive Remuneration across the EU
Investors as well as corporates have to adapt to new regulations on regular shareholder votes on the Executive Remuneration Policy and Report. Find out about the best practice examples shared by market participants!
25. January 2021, Online
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