Compensation and Benefits Management
Thinking strategically about reward
in Open Executive Education in Belgium and #27 worldwide
Want to motivate your teams to focus on your organisation’s strategic objectives? But don’t know the best approach to remuneration? If you’re an HR professional who wants to develop a comprehensive understanding of strategic rewarding, this programme is for you.
The way your company approaches compensation and benefits can make a real difference to performance. So discover how to drive motivation and engagement – and get the dynamics of reward and compensation working for you.
Gain a deep understanding of the thinking and techniques you need to align reward to your company’s strategic goals. In this highly-engaging programme, you’ll interact with your peers and experts, take part in discussions and share insights.
Over 5 thought-provoking days, you’ll learn approaches that you can implement immediately to create real impact in your organisation. You’ll enhance your company – and your career.
Module 1: Strategic rewards unveiled
- Discover how to position rewards
- Learn to align rewards with strategy
- Experience Total Rewards in practice
Module 2: AI in rewards management
- Apply artificial intelligence in rewards
- Understand data-driven insights
- Explore Total Rewards AI use cases
Module 3: Great communications
- Discover the power of communicating rewards
- Explore pay transparency
- Dive into Total Reward Statements
Module 4: Pay differentiation
- Make “pay for performance” work
- Understand pay fairness
- Putting the lens on base pay
Module 5: Deep dive into reward design
- Learn how to customise rewards
- View supplementary pensions through a strategic reward lens
- Learning about benchmarking and market positioning
Module 6: Creating real impact
- Perform a reward audit on your organisation
- Share experiences and best practice
- Get experienced advice on your organisation's challenges
- Develop and implement strategically-aligned approaches for your company
- Discover practical concepts and tools
- Understand direct financial rewards and benefits – and how to embed them
- Get insight into the latest approaches and thinking
- Put your new knowledge into action as you work on cases
- Get feedback from experts and your peers – and create real impact in your organisation
- Strategic compensation and benefits management professionals
- HR generalists and business partners
In previous editions, we had the pleasure of welcoming participants from companies like:
Success stories
Hannelies Slabbynck
Compensation and Benefits Manager at Brussels Airport Company
“This programme makes you think, and it’s highly applicable to your own organisation. In addition, I really appreciated the interaction among the participants – I was able to expand my comp and ben network considerably! So I would recommend the programme to everyone involved in compensation and benefits.”
Xavier Baeten
Professor of Reward & Sustainability
Xavier Baeten is highlighting the vital role of rewarding in helping organisations deliver their strategy and gain competitive advantage.
Carine Peeters
Professor of Strategy
Carine Peeters is a firm believer in boosting company performance through people.
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