Whether you’re considering a career shift towards executive compensation or currently managing related responsibilities, this quick and informative program is tailored to provide you with a foundational understanding of the essential elements, frameworks, and complexities of executive compensation.

Don't miss your chance to acquire vital knowledge for navigating the realm of executive compensation confidently. Enroll now and build essential skills to thrive in today's business landscape.

Key Takeaways:

• Grasp the significance of executive compensation for organizations, shareholders, and stakeholders, and its media and governance implications.  
• Identify the components of executive compensation, including incentive design considerations, tailored for different organization types and their unique challenges.  
• Understand external reporting considerations, including proxy anatomy and the impact of company strategy on compensation decisions.  
• Explore how HR professionals can leverage executive compensation expertise and the opportunities a focus on this area can offer in their careers.  

Additional fee and registration required.

Get ready to step up to the plate when sales management turns to you for help with their sales compensation program! Whether you're new to sales compensation or a seasoned pro, it's time to revisit the fundamentals. In this 3-hour pre-conference session, dive into basic terms, plan concepts, and frameworks with sales compensation guru David Cichelli. Bring your questions and knotty issues for an engaging discussion. 

Key Takeaways:

• Master essential sales compensation terms for effective communication and strategy.  
• Explore foundational plan concepts to optimize sales performance.  
• Learn practical strategies for addressing complex sales compensation challenges.  

Additional fee and registration required.

Pay compression poses a significant challenge for HR managers and compensation professionals, impacting compliance, equity, and employee satisfaction. This course provides a step-by-step framework to define, analyze, and remediate pay compression issues effectively. From understanding the root causes to navigating the intersections of compliance, pay equity, and transparency, you’ll gain the tools and insights needed to address one of today’s evergreen compensation challenges.   

Participants will learn how to identify compression issues using key data points, analyze internal and external factors, and implement cost-effective remedies. Real-world case studies, best practices, and expert guidance will empower you to develop sustainable strategies to prevent compression and maintain internal equity, even in dynamic market conditions.   

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the causes and impacts of pay compression.   
• Learn data-driven approaches to identify and analyze compression issues.  
• Discover actionable remedies for pay compression.   
• Develop strategies to secure support for compression planning initiatives.   
• Build a sustainable approach to manage pay compression.   

Additional fee and registration required.

Kick off your Total Rewards ’25 experience the right way! Whether it’s your first time or you’re attending solo, join fellow attendees for an interactive pre-conference welcome session where you'll get the inside scoop on what to expect, explore diverse session formats and uncover exciting networking opportunities. Connect with peers, gain insights from seasoned attendees and Conference Coaches and set yourself up for an unforgettable event.

We’ll wrap up by walking over to the Welcome Mixer together, so you’ll already have a few new connections by the time the evening begins. Come meet your conference community—we’re excited to welcome you!  

Start the conference by meeting and mingling with fellow total rewards professionals at our Welcome Mixer, set on a beautiful poolside terrace infused with Floridian charm. This relaxed and inviting evening is the perfect way to build new connections, share ideas, and connect with colleagues old and new before the conference officially begins. Enjoy light bites, refreshing beverages and Florida sunshine as we set the stage for an inspiring and engaging conference!

Your go-to hub for all things Total Rewards! Stop by the WorldatWork booth to connect with our team, elevate your impact in the Empowerment Zone, and explore innovative solutions from 100+ top providers. Whether you're seeking fresh ideas or practical tools, the Connection Zone is where inspiration meets action—helping you answer, “What’s next?” 

Every sales compensation plan relies on a formula to translate sales performance into incentive pay—but what’s the best way to build that formula? Join us to learn the classic formula options, discover simple rules for creating effective formulas and avoid common pitfalls that can derail your plan. You'll walk away with a checklist of formula excellence standards to guide your process. Spoiler alert—the worst place to start is with an Excel spreadsheet! Now is the time to partner with sales leadership and design incentive formulas that truly drive performance and reward success.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to build sales compensation formula.
• Discover sales compensation formula mistakes and how to avoid them.
• Equip your HR and compensation teams to be a valuable support to sales management.

Cancer is a significant challenge for employers, driving up healthcare costs without always delivering better outcomes. Benefits leaders have a unique opportunity to transform cancer care by improving employee health outcomes while managing costs more effectively. Led by healthcare industry experts and a CHRO, this session will feature real-world examples, powerful video testimonials and key data on cost mitigation and survival rates to illustrate how organizations can "bend the curve" on cancer-related expenses. Participants will leave with a fresh perspective on what it takes to build a comprehensive cancer care strategy that balances employee well-being with cost management, empowering them to make impactful changes within their organizations.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to reduce the risks and costs of cancer relative to your overall employee benefits plan.
• Learn about emerging technologies and trends in cancer treatments, clinical trials and diagnostics.
• How to optimize specialty drug spend by ensuring the right drugs are given to the right patients at the right time.
• Discover the improvement in clinical outcomes, including duration of survival, that is possible when precision medicine is fully activated for patients with cancer.

What return on investment should shareholders anticipate from CEO compensation? Over the past decade, CEO pay has increased alongside significant shareholder gains. This session will explore the relationship between CEO compensation and shareholder returns, identifying key traits of organizations that achieve exceptional ROI per dollar spent on executive pay, examining industry-specific factors and time-based trends. Join us to uncover the dynamics of executive compensation and its impact on shareholder value, offering insights into how organizations can align CEO pay with sustainable growth and performance.

Key Takeaways

• Examine the relationship between CEO compensation and shareholder returns.
• Assess key characteristics that drive exceptional ROI on executive pay.
• Develop strategies to align CEO compensation with sustainable growth and shareholder value.

The EY 2024 Work Reimagined Survey provides a global perspective on the evolving dynamics of work, examining key trends in flexibility, talent retention, turnover, and the crucial role Total Rewards plays in securing a "Talent Advantage" through strategic people initiatives. This session will showcase insights from EY’s survey findings, collected between July and August 2024, of 17,350 employees and 1,595 employers across 27 sectors and over 20 geographies, including the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEIA (Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa). We’ll dive deep into the shifting power dynamics between employees and employers and share practical strategies for leaders to navigate the turbulence and strengthen their Total Rewards programs. Join us to explore how organizations can channel talent flows and forces to drive sustainable business outcomes and secure their competitive advantage in the future of work.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the structural vs. cyclical forces that shape various talent segments and geographies.
• Gain working knowledge of the key elements that create a Talent Advantage and drive Talent health and talent flow.
• Understand how Total Rewards is a key driver of talent health.
• See examples of how companies integrate their Total Rewards frameworks, with their talent, workplace culture, learning and technology and GenAI workstreams to develop a Talent Advantage with their workforces.

Global healthcare leader Sanofi, with over 120,000 employees, is dedicated to scientific innovation that enhances the well-being of millions worldwide. With sustainability and social responsibility at its core, Sanofi applies the same precision to its people function as it does to its scientific pursuits. This session explores how Sanofi has structured its people data governance to position data as a strategic asset. Learn how the organization leverages data to inform compensation and DEI initiatives, deploying AI in ways that are both ethical and sustainable. The discussion will highlight how Sanofi ensures HR processes and compensation practices are clearly owned and understood by leadership, maintaining data accuracy and accountability. Discover how Sanofi empowers HR leaders and managers with democratized insights and data transparency to enhance decision-making and drive stronger business outcomes.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how Sanofi structured its data governance to turn people data into a strategic asset, supporting critical initiatives such as compensation transparency and DEI.
• Learn about the alignment between compensation, finance and recruiting at Sanofi that enhances analytics and ROI.
• Discover how Sanofi integrates ethics, sustainability and social responsibility with the use of AI and their impact on HR and compensation.
• Explore how Sanofi democratizes people insights, empowering HR leaders and managers with clear, precise and accurate data.

Join industry leaders from HRSoft and Trusaic for an insightful session on unlocking the full potential of your compensation strategy. This collaborative discussion will explain the connection between pay strategy and transparency. Attendees will learn how to align these critical elements to create a robust compensation framework that not only meets regulatory requirements but also fosters trust and engagement within the workforce. Discover actionable insights and best practices that can help organizations navigate the complexities of today’s compensation landscape.

Key Takeaways:

1. Understand the role of market pricing in setting competitive pay practices. 
2. Learn how to integrate pay transparency into your compensation strategy. 
3. Discover how to use compensation technology to manage the entire lifecycle effectively.

Sponsored by: HRSoft

Many employers believe they’re supporting financial wellness, but employees often feel their real needs are overlooked. In this session, we’ll explore the disconnect between employer intentions and employee realities. ABM recognized that their financial wellness initiatives weren’t fully addressing the financial hardships their workforce faced. Guided by a commitment to fostering financial stability, ABM launched an employee relief fund to provide quick, dignified financial support for employees facing financial hardship. Hear the rationale behind this decision and how ABM implemented the program to create meaningful, immediate impact Join this session and gain insights into how employee relief funds can be a cost-effective way to strengthen resilience, build trust and provide tangible support for their workforce.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the disconnect between employer financial wellness offerings and employee needs.
• Why ABM, a large company with a diverse workforce, prioritized a non-traditional approach to employee financial support.
• Learn how companies can leverage what they know about their workforce to develop solutions that give them what they need.
• Learn from ABM’s experience on how to seamlessly integrate an employee relief fund into your benefits strategy.

After interviewing nearly 100 global Total Rewards leaders over the past year, a clear trend has emerged—a shift from viewing Total Rewards as a cost to positioning it as a strategic investment in people and organizational growth. Leaders are asking, "How can we maximize the impact of every dollar spent?" rather than just "Where does the next dollar go?"

This session will explore how top organizations are using Total Rewards to drive growth, engagement, and innovation. Featuring insights from key interviewees, the discussion will cover how to create value through Total Rewards, measure and demonstrate ROI, overcome challenges, and implement sustainable measurement strategies. Join us to learn practical approaches to transforming Total Rewards into a powerful engine for organizational success.

Key Takeaways

• Learn strategies on how to transform Total Rewards into a strategic organizational asset.
• Discover best practices for measuring and demonstratingthe ROI of Total Rewards.
• Understand and tackle common barriers in Total Rewards ROI measurement strategies.
• Future-proof your measurement approach for lasting impact and relevance.

In this interactive session, learn how to design employee experiences that move beyond surface-level engagement to foster true belonging. We'll explore the powerful connection between belonging, engagement and business outcomes, and introduce innovative audience segmentation methods that focus on values and preferences rather than demographics, helping you build deeper, more meaningful connections. Through a Story-Sharing™ exercise, you'll experience how gathering and sharing stories can unlock audience insights, enhancing emotional connection and collaboration. You’ll also get hands-on experience with Storycraft Lab’s Wheel of Belonging app, participating in real-time data collection and insights generation. The session concludes with a design sprint where you’ll apply workshop insights to reimagine your employee experience strategies, integrating audience input to create more engaging, inclusive and impactful experiences.

Key Takeaways

• Explore bridging activities on values, preferences, and cultural intersections.
• Gain new tools and techniques for collecting and organizing audience dialogue and the resulting insights.
• Develop strategies for fostering belonging through the design of employee experience.

Many companies design incentive plans based on industry norms without fully considering the behaviors they encourage, or whether those behaviors align with business goals. In this session, we’ll examine common incentive practices that unintentionally drive undesired behaviors and introduce a practical framework for identifying and motivating the most valuable actions. Key trade-offs will be explored, such as teamwork versus individual performance, innovation versus efficiency, long-term versus short-term focus and financial outcomes versus broader stakeholder benefits. To keep it practical, we’ll discuss specific metrics, target-setting approaches and key elements of incentive structures. The session will be interactive, encouraging Q&A throughout. Join us to ensure your incentive plans inspire the behaviors that drive meaningful success!

Key Takeaways

• Recognize how common incentive practices can misalign with business goals and drive undesired behaviors.
• Develop a framework for that align behaviors with organizational success.
• Gain insights on specific metrics, target-setting approaches and other practical incentive structure elements.

Picture this: a propulsion engineer fine-tuning a spacecraft’s trajectory or a sports scientist pushing athletes toward Olympic glory. Both work under intense conditions and need rewards that go beyond competitive pay to fuel their passion and drive. In this inspiring TR Talk, hear real-world stories of a sports organization revolutionizing its Total Rewards strategy to meet the evolving needs of athletes and staff, and a space company using innovative rewards to strengthen workforce commitment to mission success. Discover how creative Total Rewards strategies can propel engagement, resilience and peak performance in these high-stakes, high-impact industries.

Key Takeaways

• Hear captivating stories revealing how strategic Total Rewards transformed workforce engagement and boosted performance in these high-stakes fields.
• Discover actionable ways to personalise your organisation’s Total Reward strategies that go beyond the paycheck, ensuring employees feel truly valued and motivated.
• Take a fun, futuristic dive into emerging trends, from inclusive benefits to purpose-driven rewards that resonate deeply with today’s workforce, driving engagement even in the most high-pressure environments.

As businesses navigate a rapidly evolving landscape and rising employee expectations, staying ahead of benefits trends is essential for maintaining a competitive edge. In this fast-paced session, we’ll deliver a lightning round of the latest trends in employee benefits and the key insights you need to know. Each trend will be paired with best practices to help you turn ideas into action. Join us to leave with fresh perspectives and actionable ideas to enhance your organization's benefits strategy for 2025 and beyond.

Key Takeaways

• Learn about the key health and welfare benefits trends for 2025 and understand what viable options exist for your organization.
• Understand unique ways to level up your employee benefits programs and stay ahead of the competition.
• Get a preview of what is on the horizon for later this year and 2026.

Is your Total Rewards strategy keeping up as the gig economy redefines traditional employment? This sessionwill uncover innovative compensation models for gig workers, freelancers and contractors that align with your organizational objectives. Get ready to explore how to blend flexibility, fairness and innovation in a workforce increasingly dominated by non-traditional employees.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the challenges and opportunities the gig economy presents for Total Rewards strategies.
• Learn cutting-edge compensation models for gig workers, freelancers and contractors that align with your organization’s objectives.
• Discover how to innovate and adapt your Total Rewards approach to meet the demands of a gig-based workforce.

In today’s rapidly evolving job market, particularly with the rise of generative AI roles, organizations face mounting challenges in determining competitive compensation. Traditional job architectures and legacy market surveys often fail to capture the rapid shifts in job trends, resulting in misaligned workforce planning and compensation strategies. While the skills tech market has surged with solutions for talent marketplaces, workforce planning and recruiting, a critical gap remains: connecting skills to compensation.

In this session, we’ll explore how organizations can bridge this gap by leveraging skills-based market data to inform more accurate and flexible compensation strategies. Learn how skills-centric data can provide deeper insights, enabling you to adapt compensation frameworks to match the demands of an ever-changing talent landscape.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the strategic advantages of implementing skills-based compensation
• Leverage skills-based market data to improve pay precision
• Monitor emerging skills and their value over time 

The role of Total Rewards leaders is evolving rapidly—but where will it be 10 years from now? Over the past decade, we've tracked the progression of Total Rewards roles and observed significant shifts in role profiles, required technical skills, and the career trajectories of Total Rewards leaders. Our data reveals that 13% of Total Rewards leaders we've placed are now Chief People Officers, while 8% have transitioned into COO or CAO roles. That means over 20% of Total Rewards leaders we’ve worked with have moved beyond the profession altogether. What does this mean for the future remit of Total Rewards leaders and how can you shape your career in light of these trends? Join us to explore what’s next for Total Rewards professionals and gain valuable insights to future-proof your career path.

Key Takeaways

• Discover the skills needed to be a future Total Rewards leader and future proof your career.
• Learn what the Total Rewards leadership profile might look like in 10 years.

Ben Franklin returns, 235 years later, to share timeless insights on financial resilience and well-being. Franklin famously put his money to work, using modest sums to build a legacy focused on education and training for future generations he would never meet. In this session, we’ll recount how one of Franklin’s most ambitious innovations succeeded, and why it ultimately fell short of his grand vision. With wit and wisdom, he’ll explain why Congress’s inclusion of Section 126 in SECURE 2.0 presents a rare opportunity to resurrect his 1790 concept in a modern context. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a fresh perspective and practical steps for fostering long-term financial security for employees and their families—ensuring your legacy of impact echoes into the future, just as Franklin intended.

Key Takeaways

• Demonstrate to the C-Suite how to leverage existing rewards and regulatory options to enhance financial resilience.
• Embrace opportunities to improve workers' financial well-being and transform household financial stability.
• Recognize the challenge of paycheck-to-paycheck living and how to foster long-term engagement and organizational loyalty.

Join us for an interactive Q&A session where participants and the speaker will debate, share and gain valuable insights into the multifaceted challenges that modern Board, CEO and Executive Compensation teams face. Topics will cover key areas such as corporate governance, strategic KPIs, regulatory and legal considerations, economic and technical design, taxation and disclosures, company valuations, stock market impacts and accounting practices—especially when executive compensation programs are designed, implemented and administered globally or outside U.S. jurisdictions. This session offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and explore best practices for navigating the complexities of global executive compensation, ensuring your approach remains effective and compliant in any region.

Key Takeaways

• Gain a richer and more complete perspective on different aspects of the Executive Compensation topic with a global, multidisciplinary senior approach.
• Learn ideas to help better design and implement Executive Compensation schemes in complex multinational environments.

What if you could create a wellness program that truly addresses the full spectrum of your employees’ needs? This session will explore the creation of a holistic well-being program that goes beyond traditional health benefits, fostering wellness across multiple dimensions, including physical, mental, social and financial well-being. Discover how to build a well-rounded approach to employee wellness that enhances engagement, improves productivity and supports long-term organizational success. Participants will walk away with practical strategies to integrate holistic well-being into your Total Rewards framework.

Key Takeaways

• How to use data to personalize offerings to ensure well-being programs cater to a diverse workforce.
• Evaluate how well-being align with company initiatives and contribute to business outcomes.
• Recognize the importance of addressing physical, mental, social and financial well-being through personalized programs.

Does your rising medical budget feel like a treadmill set to ever-increasing speeds, devouring more of your Total Rewards strategy each year? High-cost claims (HCC) are becoming an unavoidable challenge, driven by the elimination of benefit caps due to health reform, surging stop-loss premiums and the rapid increase in the frequency and size of high-cost claims. The frequency of $1 million and $2 million claims has risen, with some gene therapies now averaging $2.5 million—and their availability continues to grow, rising from just two therapies to 14, with projections of 30 by 2027. Whether insured or self-insured, every plan faces exposure to high-cost claims, making it a question of "when," not "if." Even plans that have avoided such claims will eventually feel their impact. In this session, we’ll explore strategic, process, and design approaches to manage the growing financial risk of high-cost claims. Learn how to safeguard your Total Rewards budget and develop proactive strategies to keep your plan sustainable in the face of rising medical expenses.

Key Takeaways

• Learn practical options and strategies to minimize spending while securing essential services.
• Explore strategic responses and innovations that can break the cycle of rising healthcare costs.
• Implement effective communication strategies to engage employees and ensure successful adoption of any changes.

What happens when your organization has too many job titles, employees seek career transparency and managers push for promotions to retain talent, all while your company is growing rapidly? In this session, hear how St. Jude built an agile, skills-based career framework using innovative technology in a complex healthcare environment. Learn how they navigated diverse employee needs and stakeholder expectations to create a framework that provides employees with clearer career paths and development tools while positioning the institution to scale and thrive.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how to design skill-based career frameworks that are robust, yet simple in design, and focused on the end-user experience.
• Learn practical tips for navigating stakeholder needs and overcoming design and implementation challenges along this journey to help maximize business impact.

Join us for a focused session on assessing the effectiveness of pay equity remediation efforts. Led by industry expert Gail Greenfield from Trusaic, this discussion will provide insights into how organizations can evaluate their pay equity strategies to ensure meaningful outcomes. Featuring insights from Matt Lopez from Workday, Jessica Croft from Kiewit and Muir Macpherson from Aon, attendees will learn about the methodologies for measuring the impact of remediation actions, identifying areas for improvement, and maintaining sustainable pay equity practices. This session aims to empower organizations to refine their approaches and achieve lasting equity.

Key Takeaways

• Assessing the impact of remediation actions on pay equity outcomes
• Methodologies for measuring and reporting pay equity effectiveness
• Identifying persistent disparities and areas for further intervention
• Integrating data analytics into ongoing pay equity evaluations
• Developing sustainable practices for continuous pay equity improvement

The Total Rewards function is evolving rapidly driven by AI, growing program complexity, shifting workforce demographics, and regulatory demands. How can Total Rewards teams keep up while doing more with less—especially in global organizations? Join senior leaders from Dell Technologies, Bristol Myers Squibb and WTW as they share actionable insights on how these changes are reshaping operating models, governance, roles, and skills. Explore how product management and Lean Six Sigma principles can transform your Total Rewards processes and see how AI is freeing teams from repetitive tasks to focus on high-impact strategies.

Key Takeaways 

• Understand the evolving role of the Total Rewards function and its unique challenges in global organizations.
• Explore innovative approaches to operating models, governance and collaboration within Total Rewards teams and the business.
• Discover practical applications of AI in Total Rewards and its impact on roles, skills and efficiency.
• Future-proof your Total Rewards function and lead with confidence in this new era.

In today’s dynamic environment, standard pay practices often fall short of addressing complex organizational challenges. While executive compensation programs are typically designed with “fairway” scenarios in mind, how do you strike the right balance between what’s necessary for the business and the expectations of shareholders and proxy advisors? Join Becky Huddleston, Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson, as she moderates a practical discussion with Carolyn Schneider, CHRO of Ardent Health, Jan-Margaret Llorey, VP, Total Rewards at Avantor, and Felicia Cummings, VP, Total Rewards at Exelon. This session will dive into real-world examples of how these leaders navigated unique company and industry challenges to design executive compensation solutions that fit their organizations while aligning with external expectations.

Key Takeaways

• Recognize how staying within the “fairway” may lead to misalignment with company strategy and needs.
• Determine when calculated risks with shareholders and proxy advisors are appropriate and how to manage the outcomes.
• Assess how a company’s life cycle and unique circumstances influence what defines the “fairway."

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape of regulations and employee expectations, pay equity has become a strategic imperative for building a culture where employees feel valued and motivated to stay. However, implementing a global pay equity initiative is no small task. Join compensation experts from Siemens—an $80 billion technology leader with 320,000 employees—alongside Syndio, a pioneer in pay transparency solutions. They will share Siemens' journey to launch a global pay equity program, from securing executive buy-in and leveraging data to tell a compelling story, to creating a comprehensive communications and education strategy. This session will provide you with actionable frameworks, templates, and strategies to align pay fairness with organizational values, enhance transparency, drive meaningful change, and contribute to a more equitable and sustainable society.

Key Takeaways

• Walk away with a customizable blueprint for launching or refining pay equity initiatives, tailored to their organization's specific needs.
• Learn the importance of harnessing data to drive change.
• Learn how to create targeted communications materials that resonate with different employee populations, ensuring clear and effective messaging.

Bring your laptop to the workshop to follow along and utilize the Excel template provided. Pre-register for this session in the mobile app to receive the Excel template the night before to prepare for the workshop. 

In this hands-on session, you will learn how to leverage some of Excel’s most powerful and advanced functions to create a fully functional merit matrix from scratch. This step-by-step approach will not only help you understand the mechanics of these tools but also demonstrate how to apply them effectively in real-world scenarios. The session will cover the following essential functions and tools:

• XLOOKUP: A versatile function for searching and returning data across ranges.
• IFS: For creating multiple conditional statements in a single formula.
• INDEX (referencing multiple arrays): To extract data dynamically from multiple datasets.
• XMATCH: For advanced matching and positioning in your data.
• What-If Analysis: To model and analyze various scenarios and outcomes.
• Map Chart: A visualization tool to represent geographic or regional data.

By the end of the session, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how these tools work together and how to apply them to streamline and enhance your data analysis workflows.

Performance awards are powerful tools to aligning executive and employee incentives with corporate goals, but designing them effectively requires careful consideration. This session will explore the critical components of performance awards, from selecting the right performance metrics and determining vesting conditions to balancing shareholder expectations with employee motivation. Our expert panel will share best practices for creating performance awards that adapt to market conditions and align with long-term corporate strategies, ensuring they remain powerful retention tools while driving measurable outcomes. Gain insights into the tax and accounting implications of performance-based equity. Through real-world examples and case studies, you’ll leave with a clear roadmap to design performance plans that are both strategic and adaptable to change.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to structure performance awards that drive long-term corporate success and retain top talent.
• Understand how to balance performance metrics and vesting conditions with shareholder expectations and employee motivation.
• Gain insights into creating flexible award programs that can adjust to evolving market and business conditions.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the tax and accounting impacts of performance-based equity plans.

Fear of conflict and rejection is a common psychological barrier that impacts interpersonal relationships, professional interactions and personal growth, Are you tired of holding back in important converstaions, relationships and professional opportunities because you fear conflict and rejection? Learn how to identify and address the root causes of these fears and discover practical strategies to move beyond them. Join this session and walk away with tools that will help you understand their origins and implement practical strategies for meaningful change.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to foster a supportive and empowering workplace culture.
• Develop an environment rooted in self awareness and growth.
• Establish psychological safety in the workplace that encourages growth and innovation.

Join us for an engaging discussion with WorldatWork Global Advisory Council members as we explore the skills needed to advance your Total Rewards career in the years ahead. While today's landscape values Excel expertise, data analytics and analytical acumen, how will these essential skills evolve over the next five years? We’ll examine the transformative effects of generative AI, integrated technologies and shifting customer expectations on the Total Rewards profession. Drawing on insights from WorldatWork, Mercer and Gartner, this session will outline a future vision and why adapting to these changes is crucial for success. Learn firsthand from experts how leading organizations are preparing their teams for the future and the practical steps they’re taking to build the skills of tomorrow. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay at the forefront of the Total Rewards evolution.

Key Takeaways

• Identify the essential skills to thrive in the future of Total Rewards.
• Implement actionable steps to begin your journey toward success in Total Rewards.

Are you ready for the incredibly swift and dramatic transformations AI and other key emerging technologies are bringing to your job? Welcome to The Big Shift—seismic changes sweeping through the workplace that are radically reshaping jobs, careers, and workplace management at unprecedented speed.

In this session, tech labor analyst and compensation expert David Foote will reveal the five “shifts” that will disrupt nearly everything we know about hiring, paying, and rewarding workers over the next decade. Drawing from his firm’s deep-dive research across 4,500 employers (38 industries) and other sources, David will give you a sneak peek into the Total Rewards and compensation revolution coming your way---impacting not just current roles but creating entirely new jobs that didn’t exist before AI and other fast-moving new transformational technologies. Join us for an eye-opening session to understand what’s next and how to prepare for a future of work that is probably not what you think. Get ready to navigate the Big Shift!

Key Takeaways

• Understand the five key “Big Shift” changes reshaping enterprise workforce management,  compensation, and Total Rewards practices.
• Explore how a variety of high momentum technologies, generational/social factors, and rising demand for critical soft skills are dramatically altering the FoW landscape
• Identify new job and career opportunities for HR professionals in the Big Shift and how to navigate them to adapt and thrive.

In a world often defined by misalignment—whether in politics, relationships, health, or business—we are reminded that true power and lasting impact come when people unite around a common purpose. Join us for a passionate and transformative session on global well-being, where we’ll uncover the gaps in current employer well-being programs and explore the immense potential of aligning these initiatives with both business objectives and employee needs. You’ll leave inspired with practical insights to create well-being strategies that drive meaningful change—both personally and professionally. Discover how alignment can unlock extraordinary results and elevate the well-being of your workforce.

Key Takeaways

• Gain new insights into the latest global well-being program strategies and trends.
• Understand the current misalignment between employee needs/preferences and employer focus
• Learn potential strategies and tactics to obtain improved financial outcomes and human capital performance.

In a rapidly shifting market, companies face increasing challenges in executing effective equity strategies. Fluctuating stock prices have transformed equity compensation from “free money” into a highly strategic, and often exclusive, tool for attracting and retaining top talent.

Join equity experts from Roblox, Infinite Equity and Pave as they delve into the trends shaping today’s equity compensation landscape. This session will provide practical insights on managing equity burn and rethinking equity spend to maximize impact. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn strategies for navigating the evolving world of equity programs and sustaining your competitive edge.

Key Takeaways

• Gain insight from Roblox on their experiments with equity strategy, plus industry trends from Infinite Equity.
• Learn strategies your company can use to limit equity burn rates.
• Examine current equity trends, including participation rates, grant sizes, guidelines, vehicles, vesting and differentials by function and geography.

We often discuss what we do as compensation professionals—monitoring the market, building structures, and designing programs. But how often do we focus on how we approach that work? Gain insights from Novo Insight’s proprietary research and real-world expertise as they share lessons learned in building and managing high-performing compensation teams. Discover best practices for navigating organizational change and learn actionable strategies to optimize your team’s performance and elevate your compensation function. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance how your team works and drives success within your organization!

Key Takeaways

• Understand the typical resource levels and team structure options at various company stages.
• Identify the working norms and partnerships that can drive your team to success.
• Discuss and apply functional KPIs to demonstrate your value.

Sales incentive compensation teams can be housed in various parts of an organization—within specific business units, Finance, HR, a combination of departments or none of the above. But is there a "best" place for these teams to reside? Yes! Or, maybe? The real answer is, “it depends,” on factors such as your organizational needs, plan design and program maturity. This session will explore the experience of navigating organizational changes for incentive compensation administration, including transitioning from line of business to a centralized business administration office, then to Finance, and finally to HR—all within six years at a single company.

Join us to explore the pros and cons of different reporting structures and gain insights to help you determine the best fit for your sales compensation team based on your organization’s unique needs.

Key Takeaways

• Evaluate the pros and cons of sales compensation teams residing in different organizational areas.
• Determine the optimal placement of your sales compensation teams based on your organization’s unique structure and needs.

Healthcare costs, the second-largest business expense after compensation, present significant challenges for both HR and finance teams. By fostering collaboration, these departments can work together to manage and reduce healthcare costs while aligning with broader business objectives. In this session, we’ll explore strategies for engaging the C-suite in meaningful conversations about healthcare expenses. Learn how finance and HR can frame healthcare costs within the context of overall business priorities, demonstrating the strategic value of cost management initiatives and driving informed decision-making. Join us to gain practical insights for building stronger partnerships and presenting healthcare data in a way that resonates with executive leadership.

Key Takeaways

• See an example of a strategic forecasting tool that shows real-time financial implications of plan design changes.
• Explore how healthcare costs influence global business budgets.
• Implement specific strategies that align HR and finance objectives to optimize healthcare benefits and illustrate their impact on financial planning.

In today’s shifting workforce landscape, compensation strategies must evolve to keep pace with labor market trends and demographic changes. This session will explore key economic factors, such as skill and industry concentration, and how to use publicly available data to identify critical labor market patterns, including demographic shifts, migration trends and regional employment changes. Gain actionable insights into how these dynamics influence compensation and reward practices, along with strategies to align pay policies with evolving market realities. This session is essential for HR professionals seeking to understand the economic forces that shape effective reward strategies.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to identify and interpret key labor market trends, including changes in workforce demographics, migration patterns and regional employment shifts to make informed compensation decisions.
• Discover how to leverage publicly available economic data to enhance compensation strategies, ensuring alignment with current market conditions and industry standards.
• Gain actionable strategies for adapting pay practices to reflect broader macroeconomic and microeconomic factors, helping attract and retain talent in a competitive landscape.

Compensation and Total Rewards professionals frequently collaborate with stakeholders who have varying levels of understanding about compensation. From colleagues who see compensation as a complex puzzle to those who think they know just enough to be dangerous—how can you meet each person where they are and drive meaningful results? In this session, you’ll learn how to develop a tailored approach to improve compensation literacy across your organization. We’ll explore strategies for transforming your non-compensation colleagues into true allies who can effectively support your goals and help elevate the understanding and impact of your compensation programs.

Key Takeaways

• Learn key Total Rewards concepts to create a cohesive experience across your organization.
• Identify compensation literacy levels and tailor communication strategies accordingly.

Incentive compensation programs, whether for executives, management, or sales professionals, carry inherent and residual risks that can affect organizational objectives and regulatory compliance. This session will guide you through the process of conducting compensation risk assessments to ensure your programs effectively balance risk and reward. Participants are encouraged to bring their most complex incentive compensation plans for evaluation during this interactive session, where you will gain insights into best practices for mitigating compensation-related risks. Join us to enhance your understanding of how to identify, evaluate and manage risks within your compensation programs.

Key Takeaways

• Gain an understanding of the purpose of compensation risk assessments.
• Develop practical, hands-on skills to conduct a compensation risk assessment of your organization’s compensation programs.

Are you ready to transform how work gets done? While there’s growing momentum for making skills the new currency of work, many organizations remain tethered to outdated job-centric models. In today’s complex, poly-crisis world, agility and resilience are more critical than ever, yet legacy structures designed around jobs are holding businesses back. Join bestselling author Ravin Jesuthasan as he dives into the evolution of work and the ROI of a new operating model where skills takes center stage. Discover innovative frameworks that reimagine jobs and work to align with a skills-based talent strategy, enabling organizations to meet shifting demands by integrating AI and human talent.

This session will address how to reimagine 140 years of talent and reward processes to reflect the evolving nature of work, engaging a diverse workforce that spans full-time employees, gig workers and beyond. Be part of the conversation and learn how to build a future-ready organization where skills drive value and adaptability.

Key Takeaways

• Identify emerging practices that position skills as the new currency of work.
• Examine the core capabilities required to build a skills-powered organization. 
• Develop a clear path for initiating the transition to a skills-based approach.

“People are our most important asset” is a common refrain—and it is now provable. Bart Houlahan, Co-Founder of B Lab and Partner at Irrational Capital, has developed a groundbreaking company ratings system based on the Human Capital Factor (HCF)—a statistically verified link between company culture and future stock performance that represents a significant improvement over traditional human capital metrics. Extrinsic rewards, including pay equity and transparency, play a pivotal role in shaping employees’ perception of fairness and are key contributors to HCF. Bart, alongside Kevin Hallock, labor economist, President of the University of Richmond and co-founder of PayStandards, will discuss the HCF and introduce a more accurate metric for tracking pay equity—beyond traditional “raw” and “adjusted” pay gaps. Join this session to learn how pay equity and human capital strategies can drive performance gains and create measurable shareholder value.

Key Takeaways

• Learn about the “Human Capital Factor” as a measurable driver of shareholder returns.
• Examine the limitations of traditional pay gap metrics and explore a new way to think about true pay equity.
• Explore how pay equity impact employee perceptions of fairness and organizational trust.

Join us for an exciting follow-up to the popular "AI in Total Rewards" session from Total Rewards’24! Learn how AI has transformed the way organizations approach HR and Total Rewards in just one year. Dive into real-world success stories showcasing AI-driven innovations and learn practical strategies for incorporating AI into your own HR and Total Rewards journey. Whether you're building an in-house solution with ChatGPT, partnering with external providers, or leveraging tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot, this session offers actionable insights from industry leaders who’ve been there. Join this session to uncover how AI can elevate your strategies and drive meaningful results!

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to integrate AI seamlessly into your HR transformation and Total Rewards roadmap.
• Discover tangible AI applications successfully implemented in HR and Total Rewards.
• Evaluate buy, build or partner strategies with expert insights and practical considerations.

After a full day of insights and learning, head to the Connection Zone to unwind, mingle, and continue the conversation at Social Hour. Enjoy curated food and drink pairings, while connecting with fellow attendees and exhibitors in a lively, welcoming atmosphere. 

Your go-to hub for all things Total Rewards! Stop by the WorldatWork booth to connect with our team, elevate your impact in the Empowerment Zone, and explore innovative solutions from 100+ top providers. Whether you're seeking fresh ideas or practical tools, the Connection Zone is where inspiration meets action—helping you answer, “What’s next?” 

Take your Total Rewards strategy to the next level by automating employee support with a custom chatbot. In this Fast Skills session, learn how to build a chatbot in minutes to handle common employee questions and provide seamless access to information regarding their Total Rewards package. Using intuitive, user-friendly tools, we’ll walk you through setting up your chatbot, customizing responses and deploying it to manage real-world tasks like benefits inquiries and onboarding support. You’ll leave the session with hands-on experience building a functional chatbot and gain practical tips for expanding its capabilities—all without needing any programming skills!

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to build and deploy a functional chatbot in minutes without requiring any programming skills.
• Understand how to tailor chatbot responses to address specific Total Rewards topics, such as benefits, compensation, and onboarding support.
• Discover how chatbots can automate employee support tasks, saving time and enhancing communication in your Total Rewards function.

This session goes beyond reflection—it’s a conversation. Hear from distinguished leaders as they share personal career insights, pivotal industry shifts, and the lasting impact of their work. Then, take the discussion further in an interactive Q&A, where you can ask your own questions and gain practical wisdom on navigating the future of the profession. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage directly with those who have shaped the field and explore what’s next.

The proxy report has long been a key resource for investors, but recent updates stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act and evolving regulations have increased its complexity. Executive compensation tables, while intended to provide clarity on how executives are paid, often present challenges due to nuances like performance awards, pay versus performance disclosures and modifications to executive grants.

In this session, we’ll review the core executive compensation tables and the correct values to report, including considerations such as 280G implications during a change in control and CEO pay ratio calculations. Gain insights into best practices and examples from the field how to design and improve internal processes to prepare executive compensation data for the proxy. Join us for practical examples and expert guidance to enhance your approach to executive compensation disclosures.

Key Takeaways

• Gain a baseline understanding of what gets disclosed in executive compensation tables in the proxy.
• Get tips on how to avoid disconnects that may arise in fair value estimates shown in the SCT, PvP, terminations and more of the proxy, and accounting expense in the 10-K.
• Understand how disclosure computations work for complex performance, market or modified grants.

Geography has become a key factor in reshaping compensation strategies in the post-pandemic era. In this session, we’ll reveal exclusive insights from Mercer’s U.S. Benchmark Database, which covers over 7 million U.S. employees, to explore how factors like remote work, rising costs of living and local talent supply and demand are influencing pay decisions. More than just data, this session will address the real-world implications of geographic pay for both employers and employees. Gain practical, actionable strategies to recalibrate compensation programs, ensuring they remain competitive and aligned with their talent markets. Learn how to leverage data to develop tailored compensation strategies that support workforce mobility, inform strategic workforce planning, and guide real estate decisions in response to evolving business needs.

Key Takeaways

• Understand key trends reshaping geographic pay in the post-pandemic landscape.
• Understand how the influence of geography varies across key workforce segments.
• Discover actionable strategies to evolve compensation programs. • Leverage data for informed workforce planning and real-estate strategies.

In this in-depth case study, discover how a Fortune 500 company successfully implemented a global communications and engagement strategy to break the stigma surrounding mental health within their organization. Led by Kate Fisher, who spearheads the Total Rewards strategy at Cummins Inc.—a global leader in power solutions with over 70,000 employees worldwide—this session will offer valuable insights into fostering a supportive workplace culture. Learn how a coordinated approach can drive meaningful change, improve employee well-being, and create a more inclusive environment. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a real-world success story and gain actionable strategies to address mental health stigma in your organization.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to normalize mental health conversations in the workplace.
• Develop tools to incorporate mental health into corporate culture through events, workshops, and wellness programs that promote mental health.
• Effectively promote mental health resources so employees feel more comfortable seeking help when needed.

In the evolving landscape of pay equity and transparency legislation, organizations face complex challenges in analyzing various pay elements such as base, salary, bonus, benefits and other compensation types. This session will explore how to effectively analyze these elements to comply with differing legislative requirements across jurisdictions. Participants will learn best practices for ensuring accurate reporting and addressing questions that arise and strategies for managing compliance with varied reporting standards and regulations.

Participants will learn:
•    Best practices for aligning pay analysis with regulatory requirements
•    Ensuring accuracy in reporting across jurisdictions
•    Addressing compliance challenges with evolving legislation

Sponsored by: Trusaic

Employers are facing significant challenges as healthcare costs are projected to rise, marking the highest increase in the past 15 years, primarily driven by pharmacy. It is essential for employers to grasp the pharmacy landscape and implement effective strategies to enhance the quality of care while reducing costs. In this session, we will present insights from the Mercer Survey, highlighting the key pharmacy challenges and the strategies employers are adopting to lower costs.

Key Takeaways

• Explore the top cost drivers for pharmacy
• Understand the legislative measures Congress is implementing against PBMs.
• Discover clinical programs aimed at improving quality.
• Review examples of strategies from our clients.

Sponsored by Marsh McLennan Agency

Pay transparency isn’t just a trend—it’s a necessity. As societal expectations evolve and global legislation, like the EU Pay Transparency Directive, reshapes the landscape, organizations must navigate complex demands for fair and equitable pay across regions. Is pay transparency a universal right or a localized requirement?

In this session, Mercer’s Global Pay Transparency survey insights will reveal how organizations are addressing this challenge worldwide. We’ll deep dive into a case study on Adobe's journey, from responding to California’s legislation to developing a global roadmap and action plan for the EU Directive. Gain actionable strategies, lessons learned, and a roadmap for shifting from reactive compliance to a proactive, talent-driven approach—reducing risks and reaping the rewards of a transparent future.

Key Takeaways

• Gain insights into how pay transparency varies across regions and what it means for multi-national organizations.
• Learn practical strategies for developing a global pay transparency roadmap that aligns with local legislative requirements.
• Discover lessons from Adobe's journey in navigating pay transparency, including successes and challenges faced along the way.
• Explore how to transition from a compliance-focused approach to a talent-led philosophy that enhances employee engagement and organizational performance.

How do you know which type of influence to use to successfully move Total Rewards initiatives forward? How do you influence your team, or other teams, to drive the outcomes you need? This interactive workshop is designed to enhance your ability to lead and influence in all directions—up, down and across—specifically within the context of Total Rewards. You’ll walk through practical steps to harness the power of influence while maintaining trust and credibility. We’ll focus on five key influence strategies: bridging, rationalizing, asserting, inspiring and negotiating. Along the way, you’ll discover your unique influence style and explore how organizational dynamics, such as power, empathy, control gatekeepers, branding, and expertise, can impact your approach. Through self-assessments, discussions, and group exercises, you’ll gain actionable strategies to refine your influence and drive impactful Total Rewards results.

Key Takeaways

• Learn about the five areas of influence, how to recognize them and how to support them in Total Rewards.
• Gain an understanding of the different core areas of control related to influence.
• Become more confident in your own circle of influence with their business partners, leaders and employees.

You’ve invested in top-tier wellbeing programs—but are your employees actually using them? Too often, great benefits sit there, unnoticed or underutilized, leaving potential untapped. The key to engaging your workforce lies at the intersection of wellbeing solutions and effective communication.

Join a wellbeing innovation leader and an employee communication expert as they break down what really moves the needle and gets employees to take action. You’ll get fresh ideas, honest insights, and creative strategies, and real-world examples of how to go from passive awareness to active participation.

Key Takeaways: 

• Learn how personalized, behavior-driven messaging can make wellbeing programs feel more approachable and relevant for employees.
• Discover how multi-channel engagement strategies help you break through the noise and reach a diverse workforce. 
• Explore creative approaches to integrating wellbeing solutions into your broader employee engagement strategy for lasting results. 

You’ll leave this session equipped to transform your wellbeing engagement with actionable tools, fresh perspectives, and strategies you can implement starting today. 

Sponsored by: bswift

Managing global benefits is a balancing act between the dual forces of corporate objectives against the backdrop of local customization. Additionally, it involves striking the right balance between cost-saving measures and investments that boost engagement and productivity. In this session, Richard Polak will share his key insights, memorable challenges, and lessons learned over 45 years in the field. Participants are encouraged to come with their questions and shared experiences. Discover how to navigate these inherent contradictions and develop a cohesive strategy that respects both regional nuances and organizational priorities. Learn how to build a unified yet adaptable global benefits framework that drives employee engagement and supports organizational success.

Key Takeaways

•  Strategic Alignment: Understand how to align global benefits strategies with both corporate goals and local demands. This ensures a cohesive approach that meets organizational objectives while respecting regional differences.
•  Unified yet Flexible Frameworks: Learn how to develop a benefits framework that maintains consistency on a global scale while being adaptable to local nuances. This balance is crucial for delivering equitable benefits across diverse regions.
• Practical Implementation Tips: Gain actionable advice on effectively implementing these strategies to ensure consistent and equitable benefits delivery. These tips will help navigate the complexities of global benefits management and support organizational success.

Employers can harness data from their benefits administration systems to gain powerful insights into employee behavior and preferences, enabling a more strategic approach to Total Rewards. By analyzing participation rates, claims data and employee feedback, organizations can uncover trends and patterns that reveal how employees interact with their benefits. These insights allow employers to predict future behaviors and refine their Total Rewards offerings to align with employee needs and expectations. This session will demonstrate how effectively leveraging AI and statistical analysis from your benefits administration system can drive smarter decisions, boost engagement and create a more satisfied and loyal workforce.

Key Takeaways

• Uncover what analytics are available to you through your benefits administartion system and how to review it.
• Analyze employee statistics to inform and enhance future benefits and Total Rewards strategies.
• Learn how to collaborate with your benefits vendors to obtain relevant data and effectively present insights to the C-suite for strategic design making.

The rise of hybrid and remote work has redefined workplace dynamics, prompting companies to rethink their compensation and location-based policies. In this session, we’ll share key insights from a recent Korn Ferry survey on hybrid work practices, office location dynamics and evolving compensation strategies. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how organizations are adapting their compensation frameworks to support remote and hybrid workforce models while maintaining fairness and competitiveness. Join us to explore actionable strategies for navigating the complexities of compensation in the era of flexible work.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how companies are currently balancing hybrid and remote work models compared to pre-2020 practices, including the impact on office locations and employee work arrangements.Gain insights into different approaches companies use to determine base salary ranges for remote employees, such as geographic location or business unit-specific criteria.
• Awareness of the broader shifts in workplace strategies as organizations adapt to hybrid and remote work environments, influencing both employee policies and compensation practices.

Compensation departments play a crucial role in managing labor costs, the single largest item on an organization’s balance sheet. Yet, with sustained labor shortages, an aging workforce and market-driven recruiting pressures, labor costs often seem beyond control. But the landscape is shifting. With the rise of pay transparency and advancements in predictive analytics, new possibilities are emerging. Imagine forecasting compensation trends over the next two years using algorithmic economic models, identifying the best and worst hiring windows for key roles, and creating highly accurate labor cost budgets. In this session, see how AI and expanding data sources are transforming compensation planning, empowering compensation teams to drive strategic value like never before.

Key Takeaways

• Develop a deeper appreciation for the changes coming to the world of compensation.
• Learn the key elements of a foundational economic model.
• Imagine new ways of delivering value as a compensation professional.

Data is only as valuable as the insights it reveals. While Excel excels at basic analysis, Power BI elevates your capabilities with dynamic data modeling, seamless integration with large datasets and interactive visualizations. Discover how Power BI enables you to clean, transform and analyze data more efficiently, helping you uncover trends and craft compelling, data-driven stories. We’ll demonstrate how Power BI simplifies complex data workflows, empowering faster decision-making and driving more impactful outcomes compared to traditional Excel processes.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to use Power BI to clean, transform and analyze complex datasets efficiently.
• Gain the skills to create interactive, dynamic visualizations that uncover trends and tell compelling data-driven stories.
• Understand how Power BI provides advantages over Excel for deeper insights and faster decision-making.

Recent Korn Ferry research reveals that equity and inclusion are among the top cultural attributes organizations want their Total Rewards programs to reinforce. While many claim a strong connection between Total Rewards and DEI objectives, a glaring paradox remains: most organizations fail to involve perhaps their most important stakeholder groups—their employees—when designing and evaluating their Total Rewards programs. This exclusion has significant consequences, including decreased employee engagement, weakened organizational culture and retention challenges. The case for change is clear: meaningful employee input in the design of Total Rewards programs is essential to building a truly inclusive organization. In this session, we’ll examine the gaps in current Total Rewards program practices and explore actionable strategies for engaging employees in ways that foster inclusivity, strengthen culture and drive retention. Join us to learn how to turn Total Rewards programs into powerful tools for inclusion and organizational success.

Key Takeaways

• Learn current research on the employee’s role in Total Rewards program design.
• Gain insight into how to improve organization inclusiveness from a Total Rewards perspective.

Recent years have brought a wave of historic retirement plan legislation that has expanded flexibility and created new ways for plan sponsors to enhance employee benefits. These new design options and plan features stretch the traditional boundaries of retirement benefits, supporting broader financial wellness. In this session, Alvarez & Marsal will explore innovative plan features such as student loan matching contributions, pension-linked emergency savings accounts and increased distribution options. They will discuss how these provisions improve financial support for employees while offering strategic advantages for employers. We’ll address key considerations for implementing these design features, as well as the broader implications of SECURE 2.0 on Total Rewards strategies. Join us to discover how these legislative changes can reshape your retirement benefits to better meet the needs of today’s workforce.

Key Takeaways

• Identify key provisions from statutes and how these provisions have impacts outside of retirement plans.
• Examine how SECURE 2.0 influences retirement plan design and their impacton Total Rewards philosophy.
• Assess the pros and cons of the new retirement plan provisions to inform strategic decision making.

Supporting sales leadership can feel like a challenge for HR professionals, but it doesn’t have to be. From creating a talent strategy and designing sales incentives to managing performance and navigating rapid changes, impactful and strategic consulting is the key to success with this critical workforce. The good news? It’s simpler than you might think! Learn best practices for partnering with sales leaders, including the CRO and CEO, to align HR strategies with revenue goals. Discover how to position HR as a valued advisor and earn your seat at the revenue table. Don’t miss this session to elevate your consulting skills and make a lasting impact on your organization’s success!

Key Takeaways

• Hear how a talent and Total Rewards strategy can have immediate and tangible impact on company growth.
• Discover best practices and practical examples of different common challenges that exist between HR, sales leadership and other stakeholders.

The compensation technology market is booming with more options than ever and a maze of overlapping features to navigate. Join industry leaders as they explore the rapid pace of innovation in compensation technology and share practical insights for integrating technology solutions into your Total Rewards function. Learn how to evaluate key tools thoughtfully, optimize your processes and become a more strategic consumer of compensation technology to boost your team’s productivity and impact.

Key Takeaways

• Discover what's new next in the compensation technology landscape.
• Understand how to be a more thoughtful consumer of compensation technology.
• Learn how to use technology in key processes within your Total Rewards function.

Employees at different income levels have distinct needs when it comes to employer-provided benefits and support for their well-being. In this session, learn how BD focuses on mitigating the impact of rising healthcare costs while offering comprehensive, competitive and affordable benefits options with an emphasis for associates earning $55,000 or less. This session will highlight the unique challenges faced by this population, primarily within BD’s manufacturing workforce in rural areas, and how BD adapted its benefits and wellness programs to meet these needs. The session will also explore how BD aligns these initiatives with its broader business, labor and Total Rewards strategies, and the communication tactics used to ensure all associates are informed about the available support.

Join us to gain insights into designing and communicating benefits that are accessible and effective for employees with diverse needs, ensuring alignment with company objectives while improving employee engagement and well-being.

Key Takeaways

• Discover tools for assessing the unique needs and challenges of lower salary populations.
• Learn practical ideas for designing a benefits program that aids in the well-being and retention of lower-salaried employees.
• Implement effective communication strategies to increase engagement with benefits and well-being programs.

Hourly employees make up over half of the U.S. workforce and are essential to our economy—yet their needs and aspirations are often overlooked. With long-term labor shortages, rising living costs, and a resurgence of labor activism, employers must act now to adapt their strategies and address these urgent challenges. In this session, we’ll explore the unique needs and values of today’s hourly workforce, drawing insights from Mercer’s 2025 Inside Employees’ Minds study.

Hear from the panel as they share innovative strategies and real-world experiences from diverse industries, showcasing successful approaches in attracting and retaining hourly talent. In a world where small pay differences can have a big impact, traditional approaches are no longer an option. Join us to discover actionable steps for effectively engaging hourly employees in this new era, leveraging the power of pay, benefits, careers, and the work experience itself.

Key Takeaways

• Explore the challenges of recruiting and retaining hourly employees and their impact on your Total Rewards strategy.
• Discover key factors driving attraction and retention, such as financial well-being, benefits, and flexibility.
• Learn actionable strategies and how to create a compelling employee value proposition that balances financial and non-financial rewards.

Is adopting a skills-based approach worth the effort? Join us for an engaging debate between Johnson & Johnson and Mercer as they explore this pivotal question. Johnson & Johnson will share their success story, showcasing the transformative benefits of becoming a skills-powered organization. Mercer will provide a balanced perspective, highlighting potential pitfalls and offering proven strategies for implementing a skills-based approach effectively. As roles evolve and industries shift, organizations must stay agile. While adopting a skills-based framework can be complex, it enhances agility, supports career mobility, and unlocks long-term value. However, addressing key challenges is crucial to ensure success.

Don’t miss this lively and informative session to learn how to maximize the benefits of a skills strategy while navigating potential risks.

Key Takeaways

• Discover the high value of a skills strategy and how to implement it successfully.
• Understand how to navigate the common pitfalls and risks with a skills-driven approach.
• Learn how companies have been able to mitigate the concerns and launch successful skill programs.

As work continues to evolve amid economic, political and social stressors, meeting employees’ diverse needs has become increasingly complex. A leading specialty retailer partnered with Green Circle Life to transform their employee and family experience by reimagining benefits and services. This initiative reduced stress, enhanced productivity and improved retention among the company's 100,000 employees through their innovative employee app. 

In this session, attendees will learn effective communication strategies that enhance employee well-being and drive profitability. Gain insights into building year-round, integrated approaches for multi-generational and diverse workforces, and discover how to optimize communication channels to increase ROI in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Key Takeaways

• Identify the challenges HR and benefits consultants face in engaging the workforce, and how poor engagement and communication impact business outcomes and workforce satisfaction.
• Assess how benefits brokers improve HR and employee experiences during vendor transitions for better outcomes.
• Implement holistic wellness resources on a unified platform to maximize organizational investment value.
• Recognize the importance of broker-banded experiences in retaining clients and engaging diverse wellness goals.

The research is clear that the more frequently employees receive recognition at work, the better they feel about their well-being, engagement, sense of belonging, and even their compensation.
  
Research from Achievers Workforce Institute (AWI) also reveals that frequent recognition is a protective factor against job hunting, productivity declines, and salary freezes. Yet, despite its proven impact, just 40% of HR leaders take a strategic approach to recognition. 
  
In this interactive session, Kristian Gaetano, Chief Operating Officer at Achievers, will share his perspectives on the role of employee recognition in transforming culture and driving organizational success. 

Key takeaways: 

• Gain actionable strategies to foster a culture of belonging and create lasting cultural change.
• Understand how frequent recognition and meaningful rewards boost employee well-being, engagement, and retention.
• Learn how to align recognition programs with business objectives to drive measurable results.

Sponsored by: Achievers

Before Walmart launched their consumer-grade digital experience, Total Pay and Benefits, associates lacked a simple and accessible way to understand the full value of their employment package. This often led to attrition, as associates focused solely on their hourly pay instead of the comprehensive value offered through benefits and rewards. Through Total Pay and Benefits, Walmart created a personalized, engaging experience that highlights the full scope of compensation and benefits available to associates. This innovative approach has strengthened retention and empowered associates to turn a good job into a great career. Join us to discover how a strategic digital experience can transform engagement, foster loyalty and support career growth within your organization.

Key Takeaways

• Gain a blueprint on how to build and scale globally a personalized digital Total Rewards experience.
• Learn about successful change management and leveraging associate feedback to enhance adoption of their benefits and rewards.
• Gain actionable strategies from Walmart’s experience that fosters loyalty, support career growth and strengthen’s employer value proposition.

Global mobility is often overlooked as a key component of Total Rewards, yet it has the power to enhance employee engagement, retention and talent development. In this session, learn how global mobility can be cultivated as a mini-ecosystem within your Total Rewards framework, seamlessly aligning with compensation, benefits and career growth opportunities. By focusing on the employee experience and company culture, we’ll explore how to design and nurture a global mobility program that reflects your organization’s values and strategic goals. Join this session to gain practical insights on building, scaling and sustaining a global mobility strategy that attracts top talent while supporting their long-term growth and satisfaction.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to strategically position global mobility within your company's Total Rewards framework to enhance the employee value proposition.
• Understand how to design a global mobility program that reflects your company’s culture and is integrated with compensation, benefits and employee development.
• Learn innovative ways to overcome common mobility challenges, such as compliance, cost management and employee well-being, while maintaining alignment with business goals.

Despite decades of effort, gender- and race-based pay gaps persist. In this session, Christy Pambianchi, Chief People Officer at Intel and former CHRO of Verizon, joins Kevin Hallock, labor economist and President of the University of Richmond, for an in-depth conversation about the challenges and solutions surrounding pay equity. They will share insights on why pay equity is a critical issue and why it remains so difficult to address at scale and introduce an innovative approach to measuring and tackling pay gaps that goes beyond traditional "raw" and "adjusted" metrics by focusing on root causes with easy-to-implement strategies grounded in economic principles. Join this interactive discussion to explore a more holistic, actionable path toward lasting pay equity and meaningful change.

Key Takeaways

• Learn from a practitioner’s standpoint why addressing gender- and race-based pay gaps are important and so difficult.
• Recognize the limitations of traditional pay equity analysis in addressing root causes of pay gaps.
• Explore an innovative, economics-based method for assessing and addressing pay disparities.

How do you ensure that recognition is both consistent and meaningful? Join IBM and BI WORLDWIDE as they share real-world examples and best practices for enhancing employee recognition through AI –without losing the essential human connection. Discover the latest research on AI application in HR And learn how IBM leverages AI to craft recognition messages that resonate.andHear how their AI advisor empowers managers to focus on their top priorities while strengthening employee engagement. , From smarter recognition strategies to innovative use cases within Total Rewards, this session offers practical insights to help you harness the full potential of AI in your recognition programs. Join this session to explore how AI can elevate your recognition effots and drive impactful results!

Key Takeaways

• Access the newest research on AI application in terms of the HR function.
• Learn how AI can advise managers on how and when to send meaningful and timely recognition whilekeeping their authentic voices.
• Learn how to streamline recognition tasks using AI to focus on tasks that make you uniquely human.

Discover how leading organizations are redefining employee wellness at scale through Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs). In this session, benefits and Total Rewards leaders will share their journeys in launching personalized wellness initiatives for thousands of employees. Learn how LSAs are tailored to support diverse employee needs, from fitness and nutrition to family care and professional development. Key insights will include strategies for launching and scaling LSAs, approaches to funding and budget reallocation to secure executive buy-in, and best practices for onboarding and communication. Join us to explore how LSAs are transforming employee well-being with the flexibility today’s workforce demands.

Key Takeaways

• Discover success stories in implementing Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) and gain valuable perspectives for optimizing benefit budgets, creating scalable flexible benefits and boosting employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Learn effective techniques for gaining support from key stakeholders to ensure the successful adoption of LSAs, including funding strategies and budget reallocation.
• Understand how to develop a customizable LSA program that meets the diverse needs of your workforce, enhancing engagement and satisfaction among employees.
• Explore strategies for onboarding and engaging employees, measuring the program's impact and effectively communicating results to leadership, ensuring ongoing improvement as your organization evolves.

In today’s fast-paced work environment, recognition plays a pivotal role in enhancing employee engagement by delivering real-time rewards. This Case Study focuses on Genmab, a global biotechnology company, and their journey to design a modern recognition program tailored to meet their workforce’s evolving needs. The session will highlight the importance of modern recognition, defining what it entails, how it differs from traditional approaches and emphasize its importance in driving employee engagement. Learn how implementing technology-enabled recognition programs can align with broader Total Rewards strategies and significantly boost engagement.

This session will provide you with a practical blueprint for gaining leadership approval, illustrating how to overcome skepticism and build executive support for modern recognition initiatives. Join us to gain actionable insights and strategies for elevating your recognition efforts and fostering deeper employee connection and commitment within your organization.

Key Takeaways

• Define what constitutes “modern” recognition and its key components.
• Explore how modern recognition enhances people and Total Rewards strategies.
• Discover a blueprint on how to successfully gain leadership approval to integrate modern recognition practices.

There’s been plenty of buzz about the impact of AI on HR and Total Rewards, but real-world AI-driven solutions often feel abstract and hard to visualize. In this session, we’ll showcase how Merck has successfully leveraged AI to transform job leveling across its global organization. We’ll walk you through how to use AI to build a robust job-leveling framework and identify objective criteria for evaluating job worth, especially in light of recent pay transparency regulations. Join us to see how AI can simplify and enhance job leveling and rekindle your enthusiasm for this critical process. You’ll leave with actionable insights to create a more consistent, transparent and effective approach to job leveling in your organization.

Key Takeaways

• Gain an understanding of the use cases for AI in leveling and the problems it helps solve.
• Learn how AI driven job leveling works in real time.
• Understand the value that AI driven processes can add, and the governance and change implications of implementing an AI driven process.

Sales compensation administration and governance can often be a source of frustration marked by unclear roles, back-channeling and opaque decision-making processes. This lack of transparency can lead to confusion and distrust among sales reps and leaders about how compensation is determined and paid. In this session, you’ll learn how to establish clear and effective administration of your sales compensation program using tips, tools and templates to create a Sales Compensation/COE RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) framework. We’ll guide you through defining roles for both routine sales compensation tasks and complex scenarios, empowering your team to foster trust, accountability and operational efficiency. Strong governance builds confidence, and confidence is the cornerstone of an accurate and effective sales compensation program. Join us to ensure your organization runs smoother, supports clarity and drives productivity with a well-structured RACI for your sales compensation processes!

Key Takeaways

• Get equipped with a list of critical must-haves in your governance structure including recommendations for which roles to include in the governance and administration of a sales compensation program.
• An introduction to Sales Compensation COE.
• Discover the key steps needed for successful sales compensation development, management and administration.

When merit increases hover around 3%, how can organizations deliver meaningful pay-for-performance, address compression, and tackle pay equity challenges? While a trip to the Amalfi Coast might be the ideal way to brainstorm, this session will help to equip you with actionable insights and real-world examples instead. The panel will share innovative strategies to reward top performers, manage pay compression, and tackle equity issues during the compensation planning cycle—all while maximizing tight budgets. Join this session to hear expect practical tips, engage in discussion, and ask questions on how to address your specific challenges.

Key Takeaways

• Learn strategic approaches and lessons to enhance your compensation planning cycle and maximize budget effectiveness.
• Understand best practices for addressing pay equity, making market adjustments, and rewarding performance using tools like company stock.
• Explore how technology and innovative strategies can support equitable and impactful rewards for top performers.

Join us for an insightful session as leading experts discuss a major organization's journey in implementing effective pay equity and living wage strategies, ensuring compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Led by Gail Greenfield from Trusaic, Jim Bagley from Deloitte and Carl Saunders from The Coca-Cola Company, this session will explore how pay transparency can become a competitive advantage rather than just a compliance obligation. The panel will dive into the complexities of global pay equity and living wage fulfillment under the CSRD. Leave with practical insights and actionable steps to simplify your own processes, embrace pay transparency with confidence and foster organizational commitment to open dialogue about pay, built on a foundation of strong pay equity and living wage practices.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to position pay transparency as a competitive advantage for your organization.
• Adapt pay transparency strategies to align with the EU Pay Transparency Directive and CSRD compliance.
• Develop practical approaches for global pay equity initiatives and living wage practices within your pay strategy.

Join HR tech visionary Meg Bear, former President of SAP SuccessFactors, and Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Syndio, as they explore the top technology trends set to revolutionize Total Rewards. In today’s fast-changing business environment, HR and Total Rewards leaders must harness emerging technologies to attract, retain, and engage top talent. This session will highlight cutting-edge advancements, including AI-powered analytics, bias-mitigation solutions, and flexible approaches to tackle your organization’s biggest challenges. Discover how these innovations can optimize compensation strategies, boost employee satisfaction, and drive business success. Hear real-world examples and gain actionable insights that will equip you with strategies to stay ahead of the curve and harness technology for Total Rewards transformation.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the top HR Tech trends impacting the Total Rewards profession.
• Discover technologies Total Rewards professionals should be exploring to optimize their work.
• Learn strategies for building the business case and managing the change of adoption.

After a full day of insights and learning, head to the Connection Zone to unwind, mingle, and continue the conversation at Social Hour. Enjoy curated food and drink pairings, while connecting with fellow attendees and exhibitors in a lively, welcoming atmosphere. 

The conference may be winding down, but the fun is just getting started! Unwind, connect, and compete with trivia, throwback board games, and maybe even a game show twist. Enjoy drinks, light bites, and great conversation in a relaxed atmosphere where you can challenge friends or just sit back and have fun. No pressure—just good vibes, good company, and a great way to wrap up the night. Game on!

Your go-to hub for all things Total Rewards! Stop by the WorldatWork booth to connect with our team, elevate your impact in the Empowerment Zone, and explore innovative solutions from 100+ top providers. Whether you're seeking fresh ideas or practical tools, the Connection Zone is where inspiration meets action—helping you answer, “What’s next?” 

The European Pay Transparency Directive is set to impact every employer with operations in the EU. Is your organization prepared? In this session, we’ll provide an essential update on where Member States stand in transposing the Directive into their national laws, highlighting key differences in legislation and areas still awaiting clarification. We’ll also explore strategic considerations to help you finalize your roadmap and ensure compliance ahead of the June 2026 deadline. Join this session to ensure you stay informed and proactive as the countdown continues toward one of the most significant regulatory changes affecting employers across Europe.

Key Takeaways

• Understand and be able to explain the key requirements of the European Directive.
• Understand where Member States are at in their transposition of the European Directive as well as the similarities and differences of their drafted laws.
• Learn how to prioritize steps needed to comply with the European Directive’s June 2026 effective date.

GLP-1 weight loss medications like Wegovy™ and Zepbound™ are in high demand, but their costs are straining employer budgets. With healthcare costs projected to rise by 8% in 2025, employers must find innovative ways to manage weight loss programs and control spending. In this session, Sal Morana, Pharmacy Benefits Lead at Alliant, will share insights on the clinical and financial benefits of investing in GLP-1 therapy. Dinesh Sheth, CEO and founder of GCL, will discuss a real-world case study where GCL partnered with a large employer of 100,000 retail workers to design a cost-effective, outcome-driven program. Learn how to implement weight management solutions that improve population health and how to structure your pharmacy benefits to offer impactful weight loss programs without exceeding your budget.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the importance of offering GLP-1 medications with therapy programs.
• How to drive sustainable outcomes for employees and families experience obesity, while lowering health costs over time.

The pace and scope of change—driven by financial distress, supply chain disruptions, transformative M&A, geopolitical conflict, climate change and regulatory upheavals—have reached unprecedented levels, forcing companies to rethink how they operate, including their approach to executive pay. In this session, leading compensation advisors will share insights from decades of experience navigating crises, highlighting key challenges, successes and lessons learned. Frontier Communications will reveal how they effectively used executive compensation to navigate bankruptcy, the pandemic, and radical industry shifts.

Discover how leadership teams can leverage executive pay and broader HR strategies to not only respond to disruption but lead through it—driving resilience and long-term success for all stakeholders. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain critical takeaways for managing executive pay in the face of unimaginable change.

Key Takeaways

• Examine real-world case studies to identify key challenges and effective strategies for using executive compensation to navigate financial and industry disruptions.
• Learn how to navigate data, stakeholder management and unique pay designs.
• Effectively communicate plans to employees and shareholders.

Generational shifts in the workforce, a dynamic and diverse labor market and rising expectations around pay transparency are placing unprecedented demands on compensation teams. Yet, in most organizations, resources are not growing at the same pace as the workload. Fortunately, modern technology like AI and scalable service offerings are empowering Total Rewards teams to do more with less. In this session, learn how even small organizations can deliver competitive and equitable pay by harnessing AI, innovative tools, and external services. Join us to explore practical strategies for navigating resource constraints while enhancing your compensation programs.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the evolving expectations and corresponding workload for maintaining a competitive and equitable compensation strategy.
• Learn how AI can streamline job matching, job descriptions., and job classification, enabling organizations of all sizes to implement a robust compensation strategy with limited resources.
• Consider new options in services and tools to increase the impact of their compensation strategy most efficiently.

Take a deep dive into eHealth’s three-year transformation journey as they reimagined their Total Rewards strategy to align with their new vision and values under the leadership of a new CEO and CHRO. This session will showcase how the Total Rewards team gathered leadership and employee feedback, refined communication strategies and developed a strategic rewards approach that culminated in eHealth achieving the "Great Place to Work" certification. Join us to learn valuable insights on building a rewards program that not only reflects your organization’s values but also drives employee engagement, satisfaction and long-term success.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to design a Total Rewards strategy that reflects and reinforces company culture, particularly during times of transformation.
• Discover the importance of soliciting and integrating leadership and employee feedback into the development of benefits and reward offerings to ensure they meet employee needs and expectations.
• Gain insights into best practices for communicating changes in Total Rewards programs, fostering transparency and enhancing employee engagement.

The gap between old-school "command and control" leadership and modern, adaptive leadership has never been more evident. Regardless of industry, today’s successful leaders meet their employees' needs to help them thrive both in and outside of the workplace. We’ll explore how Norton Healthcare, a Louisville-based healthcare system with over 23,000 employees, approaches modern leadership, and how they define the key attributes of a modern leader and leverages company resources to help employees transition from merely surviving to truly thriving. Discover how modern leadership practices can foster resilience, engagement and well-being across your workforce. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights for empowering your leaders to drive meaningful change.

Key Takeaways

• Recognize the core differences between traditional leadership models and modern, adaptive leadership approaches.
• Uncover modern leader attributes and how to leverage resources to support employee well-being.
• Implement actionable, modern leadership strategies that foster resilience, engagement and thriving workplaces.

Education benefits are often equated with tuition assistance, but their true potential extends far beyond that. Drawing on 43 years of expertise in the education benefits space, Edcor will provide a comprehensive overview of the strategic importance of education benefits and their role in creating a well-rounded benefits portfolio. This session will delve into common barriers to effective utilization and offer strategies for maximizing the impact of education benefits to drive organizational ROI. Join us to discover how education benefits can be a powerful tool for employee growth, retention and organizational success.

Key Takeaways

• An overview of education benefits and advantages for both employees and employers, and tools and resources to encourage participation and maximize ROI.
• Discover strategies for creating a well-rounded education benefits portfolio.
• Learn best practices for promoting and communicating education benefits to employees.

As AI and automation rapidly evolve, HR and compensation professionals are facing a transformative shift with pay decisions at the forefront. In this panel, thought leader Ben Eubanks joins Payscale’s Senior Director of Data Science, Sara Hillenmeyer, and ITX Corp’s Senior Compensation Manager, Paulo Fava, to discuss how AI is revolutionizing compensation technology and decision-making. Learn about AI’s current applications in compensation management—such as job descriptions, market pricing and pay monitoring—future advancements, and the implications of Fubini’s Law, which predicts that increasing complexity will demand new skills from compensation professionals. This session will cover how to approach compensation as a talent investment, ensure transparency and equity, and adapt to stakeholder expectations. Participants will leave with real-world insights and examples of how AI can drive fairer, more strategic pay decisions.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how AI is transforming compensation management by improving benchmarking, pay allocation, and fairness and shifting compensation from a cost center to a strategic investment.
• Learn how to develop key skills needed in an AI-driven world to use technology and data for more strategic compensation decisions.
• Learn how AI is being successfully applied in real-world HR and compensation processes, providing actionable insights for enhancing pay strategies today.
• Understand future trends in compensation management, focusing on transparency, equity and data-driven pay decisions over the next 3-5 years. 

Let’s put the focus on social responsibility. Join compensation leaders from IMI for an insightful session on the challenges and rewards of implementing a living wage at a global organization. Learn how to navigate living wage initiatives across diverse cultural and economic landscapes and gain real-world insights into their impact on employees, communities and business performance. This session will provide practical considerations for organizations aiming to adopt a living wage strategy while balancing social responsibility with sustainable business outcomes.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the pros and cons of implementing social responsibility initiatives.
• Gain the necessary tools to develop and evaluate a global living wage initiative.
• Learn how to anticipate challenges of implementing a living wage and build a strong program.

The shift from traditional job frameworks to skills-centric talent strategies has reshaped Human Capital practices, driving significant changes in job architecture. However, job architecture remains a critical foundation for organizing work, aligning compensation, and managing talent effectively. In this session, we’ll share key findings from Deloitte’s 2024 global job architecture survey, highlighting the latest trends and developments. Gain practical insights and guidance to future-proof their approach to job architecture while seamlessly integrating skills-based frameworks. Join us to explore how job architecture and skills-based strategies can work together to support organizational success in a rapidly evolving workplace.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to effectively incorporate skills into a traditional job architecture.
• Gain insights from case studies to evaluate successful and unsuccessful job architecture strategies.
• Develop a road map for evolving your organization’s job architecture.

When compliance issues arise, company executives are often the last people you want impacted. Yet, executives and directors frequently present the greatest compliance challenges due to complex remuneration packages, cross-border employment, evolving regulations and heightened audit scrutiny—all of which increase the risk of unexpected compliance gaps. In this session, Deloitte Tax specialists will highlight common compliance pitfalls involving company executives and share leading practices for managing risk. Learn strategies for enhancing the employee compliance experience while staying ahead of regulatory demands.

Key Takeaways

• Understand common pitfalls and challenges in managing compliance with respect to company executives.
• Learn about global tax authority audit trends and hot spots.
• Uncover strategies for managing risk and enhancing the employee compliance experience.

A well-designed performance and compensation program can lose its impact if managers aren’t equipped to connect performance outcomes with pay, especially in challenging conversations. When this connection falters, employee engagement and business results can suffer. In this session, learn how MetLife evolved its Pay for Performance approach by fostering collaboration across HR to build manager skills and empower leaders to drive meaningful outcomes. We’ll also discuss future innovations, including how AI can enhance manager effectiveness. This session will feature case studies and storytelling, followed by an interactive exercise where you can apply insights in real time. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your approach to performance and pay conversations.

Key Takeaways

• Appreciate how effective collaboration between talent, compensation and across HR can enhance the impact of your Pay for Performance program.
• Learn practical tips for building leaders’ skills and capability to take ownership of performance and pay, including how to have effective—even if sometimes challenging—conversations with employees.
• Gain insights on how MetLife is experimenting with AI to enhance manager skills and effectiveness.

Are you paying unreasonable fees to your healthcare broker—and could it be putting your plan at risk for lawsuits? While many organizations stick with the same broker for years, few take a close look at their fees. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, broker/consultant fees are more transparent. Under ERISA, plan fiduciaries are required to evaluate the "reasonableness" of the fees paid by their brokers and consultants. In this session, you’ll gain a clear understanding of the disclosure and fiduciary requirements and learn practical methods for assessing fees, evaluating service levels, and managing fiduciary risks. Discover strategies to protect your organization and potentially save money while meeting compliance obligations.

Don't miss this chance to strengthen your approach to health plan oversight and ensure your fiduciary practices align with regulatory expectations!

Key Takeaways

• Understand the broker fee disclosure requirements under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 and it’s impact and risks to plan sponsors.
•  Gain an understanding of fiduciary responsibilities including the broker RFP and vender oversight processes.
•  Learn how to mitigate the risk due to the new disclosure requirements.

Join us for a lively, engaging debate featuring renowned thought leaders Shai Ganu and Rajeev Peshawaria as they explore the pivotal topic of culture change within organizations. This session will examine the contrasting approaches to driving cultural transformation—should organizations focus on fostering values and purpose, or should they leverage rewards and incentives to achieve lasting change? The discussion will also explore how these approaches can be used to embed sustainability priorities and shape organizational culture for a better future. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights on what works best in driving meaningful, sustainable culture change.

Key Takeaways

• Recognize the importance of core values and purpose in driving lasting organizational culture change, emphasizing the role of leadership and employee engagement.
• Compare the effectiveness of rewards and incentives versus values-based approaches for achieving culture transformation.
• Implement practical strategies from both perspectives to driving meaningful culture change in your organization.

Understanding and quantifying employee preferences is becoming a key priority for compensation and benefits leaders. Social media offers a wealth of untapped data that can provide insights into what employees value most. In this session, we’ll explore the best practices for collecting and analyzing employee preference data from social media to enhance recruitment and retention efforts. Gain actionable strategies for evaluating social intelligence and fostering collaboration between your HR, Total Rewards and marketing departments to create more targeted and effective Total Rewards programs. Join us and learn how social intelligence can drive data-informed decisions and elevate your Total Rewards strategy.

Key Takeaways 

• Understand different methods to collect and quantify employee insights and preference data.
• Gain tools to hone your social media strategy to best attract and retain employees.

Is your body sending you signals you’ve been overlooking? In this session, learn how to interpret and decode those signals and harness them to enhance your decision-making and leadership skills. Discover a proven system that will change your approach to stress, tough decisions and ultimately listen to your body and unlock your full potential. It’s time to tune in, trust your body’s intelligence and lead with clarity and confidence.

Key Takeaways

• Discover how to interpret your body’s signals to manage stress effectively and channel it into enhanced performance and sustained energy levels.
• Gain actionable tools to align your body’s insights with your mind’s logic, empowering you to make quick, clear and confident decisions.
• Learn a proven strategy to perform at your best while maintaining your health, energy and fulfillment.