Managing the Crisis and Recovery

Human Capital Management will soon be impacting the entire corporate landscape
HCM: By no means a fad
Human Capital Management and ESG as focus topics of the DGFP network meeting on September 8, 2022. 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

An article by Phil Johnson and Tara Tays from Pay Governance
The Intersection Of ESG And Executive Incentive Plans
More and more companies are integrating ESG goals into executive incentive plans. Phil Johnson and Tara Tays from Pay Governance, our partner for North America and Asia, report on how this is being done in a compact article. read more ...

Operational support and supervision for management/supervisory boards
Supervisory boards often seek independent external support on operational matters for top managers. hkp/// group supports board members and top management in companies of various sizes at the request of supervisory boards. read more ...
Digitalization, Start-ups & IT-Tools

DGB Chairwoman joins expert panel on responsible use of modern technologies and AI in HR
Yasmin Fahimi Joins HR Tech Ethics Advisory Board
DGB Chairwoman Yasmin Fahimi joins the HR Tech Ethics Advisory Board. She replaces Reiner Hoffmann, who had represented the interests of the employee side in the expert committee. read more ...

Press Information - results of the study "HR drives digital"
Digitalization: HR is catching up
HR organizations have caught up with digitalization but are not yet active as digital drivers in companies. These are the main findings of the study "HR drives digital" by hkp/// group and Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Lörrach (DHBW). read more ...
Compensation & Benefits, Grading

John Pfeiffer and Verena Vandervelt interviewed by hkp.com
Job evaluation: Agility – a driving force of innovation
hkp// group Senior Directors John Pfeiffer and Verena Vandervelt on innovative and field-tested approaches to grading/job evaluation under dynamic conditions. read more ...

International HR and compensation expert strengthens the executive compensation business
John Pfeiffer new Senior Manager at hkp/// group
Beginning January 1, 2020, John Pfeffer joins hkp/// group as new Senior Manager. The international HR and compensation expert with experience in the raw materials and energy sector strengthens the executive compensation business. read more ...
Performance & Compensation Benchmarking

Exchange and benchmark your own policies in people management globally
Global ExecuNet: your fingertips on global peer reward market intelligence
To address threats as business opportunities companies need to re-wire their people strategies. Tooling up to discover trends is key. hkp/// group Global ExecuNet is a networked membership model that helps companies do just that. read more ...

hkp/// group Workforce Insights Snippets, Part 1
Internationalization and location of top executives in German mid-sized companies
How international are German companies really? In Part 1 of the hkp// group Workforce & Compensation Insights, Verena Vandervelt and Sabrina Müsel answer this question with a focus on workforce and managers. read more ...
Employee Participation & Equity-based Compensation

Global Equity Insights Survey 2021 provides latest insights on global market practice of equity-based compensation
Equity-based compensation trends reflect global challenges
Equal Pay is top priority, say-on-pay votes also affect equity-based compensation, COVID-19 viewed as one-off exogenic shock: Global Equity Insights Survey 2021 provides insights on global market practice of equity-based compensation. read more ...

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 ...
HR Strategy & Transformation

A Viewpoint by Dr. Harriet Sebald and Michael H. Kramarsch
Human Capital Management as part of EESG
The focus of investors on ESG is also moving HR into the spotlight. Investors expect information on human capital management (HCM). Dr. Harriet Sebald and Michael H. Kramarsch classify the developments on the basis of current studies. read more ...

hkp.com interview with hkp/// group expert Johannes Brinkkötter
Evergreen/relic? 20 years of the Dave Ulrich model
hkp.com discussed current developments in the scope and organization of the HR role with hkp/// group expert Johannes Brinkkötter. 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

hkp// group consultants Karolin Schaper and Frank Gierschmann interviewed by hkp.com
Performance Management quo vadis - the end of Best Practices?
Where is the journey in performance management heading to? hkp// group consultants Karolin Schaper and Frank Gierschmann interviewed by hkp.com. read more ...

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 ...
New Performance Management

Institutional investors are increasingly focusing on ESG (environmental, social, governance) issues - HCM aspects are being prioritized more than ever
Investors’ focus on Human Capital Management – opportunity for HR
At first, the investors' focus was on financials, then governance issues played a key role, followed by a broader view on sustainability. In the meantime, human capital management (HCM) issues are being prioritized more strongly. read more ...

hkp/// group Innovation Lab - the new event format
Creating HR Transformation
In spring 2019 a new event format started: the hkp/// group Innovation Lab. HR experts, forward thinkers as well as corporate professionals came together discussing solutions for the transformation of the personnel management. read more ...
HR in Financial Services

Amended version of the “Institiutsvergütungsverordnung” (IVV 4.0) published
Remuneration Ordinance for Institutions 4.0 finalized
On September 24, 2021, the amended version of the Remuneration Ordinance for Institutions (Institutsvergütungsverordnung, IVV 4.0), which had been expected since the beginning of the year, was published in the German Federal Law Gazette. read more ...

Petra Knab-Hägele interviewed by hkp.com
When compensation regulation misses the mark
On December 21, 2015 the EBA published its final "Guidelines on sound remuneration policies and disclosures" as required by the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV). Petra Knab-Hägele on contents and consequences. read more ...

European Webinar Series "Transformative HR", Part 1: Equal pay and HCM
Transformative HR is a webinar series for the English speaking European HR community. Part one will deal with Equal pay in light of current regulation and investor requirements on Human Capital Management (HCM) – Client Case ING.
01. June 2023, Online
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