Category Archives: News

Check Sylvia’s recent blog on the CIPD website

Check Sylvia Doyle’s recent article in the Oxford Times inbusiness, where she examines how the best companies retain their staff.

Read more about the Novartis case in the Financial Times yesterday

Top executives in many companies are used to their pay and benefits details being disclosed in the annual report. After all, disclosures on remuneration policy are one of the clearest ways for shareholders and others to judge whether board governance … Continue reading →

Pay bargaining for 2013 is just getting underway in the private sector, with employers beginning to think about what they hope to achieve from their annual salary review – this may be based on one or more of the following: … Continue reading →

Plan carefully and communicate … For the majority of staff, the ASR is the most important communication they get all year. It’s definitely not the time for springing surprises. Managing the ASR process well, and explaining your decisions clearly, will … Continue reading →

Click here for the full article from CIPD Training, by Sylvia Doyle

by Sylvia Doyle covered in the Financial Times article recently http://on.ft.com/11i6Twg  

DO Identify all risks as soon as practicable. Reward may form part of people or business risks Establish a systematic process of capturing risks taking account of external and internal factors across global locations Agree with key decision makers on … Continue reading →

Banks take risks. That is how they make money. To be competitive, banks also need to innovate, introducing further levels of risk. Risk aversion, therefore, has no place in a long-term growth strategy of a bank (or any company for … Continue reading →