In Singapore, salary compression has become increasingly more prevalent in industries with high demand for skilled workers. This trend is make worse by the tight labor market situation in Singapore and the scarcity of top talent.

Independent Directors/Non-Executive Directors (NEDs') play a critical role in the governance of companies. They are responsible for providing an independent perspective on the company's activities and ensuring that its operations are conducted in a responsible and sustainable manner.

C-suite compensation benchmarking is a crucial part of talent management for any organization. It is essential to ensure that compensation packages for top executives are competitive and in line with industry standards to attract and retain top talent.

Adopting a global mindset is vital in today’s world, where conflicting interpretations of culture and values are inevitable. This encompasses a wide spectrum of dimensions and factors that can influence employee engagement, even boiling down to ethnicities, religion, history and geographical locations.. …What I thought was a huge step...

“There is often a conflict of legal and moral obligation – one to faithfully run your business, the other to generally evaluate your employee’s actions in a fair way based on the circumstances.” …In my dealing with real life cases of employee wrongdoings over the years, two incidents particularly...

Mergers and acquisitions typically involve a great deal of number-crunching and risk assessment. However, the importance of communication and company culture should not be underestimated.

More and more organisations are doing away with annual appraisals and formal performance reviews. Here is why coaching might be a better alternative.

When you are assessing your employees using competencies, you can then clearly highlight the areas for improvement.

Small businesses often have a harder time attracting and hiring the best employees for specific jobs when they write traditional task-focused job descriptions in their job ads. Competency-based job descriptions is different from a standard job description.

An effective compensation strategy is a clear articulated document that serves as a guide to the organisation on how to manage employee compensation. It motivates current employees and is used as a tool to attract new talents.