Talking Reward Podcast

Susan Wilson, MBA, CCP is a Leader of Global Compensation Practices CoE in GE. Before this role, she worked in GE Healthcare, United Airlines and PepsiAmericas. In the past several years, she was the C&B representative on the team that overhauled Performance Management in GE. The team spent lot of time reviewing current thinking in performance management and they interviewed a number of companies that had reviewed their performance management system before GE. They also spent time with employees, to understand their needs and frustrations. In the episode, we get to talk about:

• Pepsi and Coke rivalry when it comes to drinking the other's product
• Review of GE's performance management
• Experiencing Agile working style in HR settings
• We discuss the elevator pitch for taking away ratings
• We even get elaborate comparison between performance ratings and stock market
• Alignment of PM to company culture
• Responsibility of employees in the PM process
• Reward & Recognition program
• Pay data transparency - What do employees need
• Data democratization
• Future of performance management, employee-centric delivery
• Right job, right employee, right length of time - small, discrete projects, mission-based teams
• User friendliness of employee / manager facing technology
• What will be left off from C&B job descriptions that won't be taken over by robots

You can learn more about Susan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanwilsonccp/

Zsolt Szelecki, respected HR thinker from Hungary. He was a regional HR consulting leader in Hewitt and later in PwC to name a few. Today, he teaches at the Central European University and still works with clients in the UK, Central Europe and China. His LinkedIn profile summary starts with the following title: "Business Executive and Organisational Transformation Consultant" and it's a true description of Zsolt's skills and capabilities. We will touch on several topics in our discussion, but we spend most time on team based reward. You can learn more about Zsolt on his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szelecki/

Kashif Arshed, HR Leader at Metlife for Middle East & Africa with long compensation track record.

Metlife is one of the leading insurance companies in the world.

What you will hear in this episode:

• Standardization of HR / Compensation practices around the globe
• Employee-centric approach in benefit design
• Flexibility of benefit choice
• Variable compensation
• Best practice from Egypt on how to support employees in times of cash-flow issues