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Mercer recognized for driving people-centered transformation

Mercer named to Forbes 2022 list of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms and is well placed to help companies address the core challenges they face today.

Strategic workforce planning underpins the rise of the relatable organization

Find out how strategic workforce planning can enable you to find new ways to deliver services and stay ahead of the curve.

2022 Global Talent Trends Report

Explore how organizations are redesigning work, working and the workplace in Mercer’s 2022 Global Talent Trends Study.

Are your DEI initiatives overburdening employees from underrepresented groups?

Are corporate leaders depending too heavily on employees from underrepresented groups to champion DEI strategies? Is this approach even appropriate?

Preparing for a more flexible future

We found that 88% of organizations globally are revising their flexible work offerings, with many planning to allow their employees to continue work remotely.

Are Salary Cuts Required in the Age of Remote Work?

Salary comes to the fore as businesses adapt to the new digital way of work. The question is, how much should remote workers be paid? And can employees be compensated in other ways?

Executive compensation articles

COVID-19

Managing executive pay and incentives in uncertain times

This slowdown is likely to be prolonged. In the short term, organizations will need to adopt some cost-containment measures, and rethink their cash flows…

Top Executive Compensation - Is it time for a rethink?

Remuneration Committee Chairs are under increasing pressure that current executive remuneration structures adequately reflect the present realities of business.
Invest + Innovation

Global startups enter a new era of executive compensation

For decades, any conversation involving startups and executive compensation conjured images of Silicon Valley and shiny office buildings full of technology virtuosos working for innovative companies striving to be the next billion-dollar unicorn.

Employee engagement articles

People Risk Report 2022

Our people risk research reveals the top people risks that need to be considered as part of a people risk management strategy. With insights on how to mitigate these.

COVID-19

Building Culture Virtually – Sustaining company culture in a post-COVID world

As remote working, social distancing and workplace transformation continue, companies are starting to look at the at the future of work and business strategy.

What people value from employment has changed

What should companies think about as they prepare for the Future of Work and design flexible working strategies? We share five critical imperatives.

Keep your finger on the pulse | COVID-19

Understanding employee engagement and experience is vital as we return to work. The coronavirus pandemic will be a defining moment in an employee’s career and life journeys. How you respond will have lasting impact on employee behaviour.
Career

Employee engagement: it's personal now

many organizations struggle to improve engagement and productivity in their workforce — no matter how much attention leaders and HR teams pay. Organizational inertia (or "drag") is a widespread phenomenon impacting progress on multiple levels.

Engaging people during transformation: Thriving in the future of work

While the whole concept of “disruption” has become somewhat cliché, there is no doubt that digitization and robotic automation are actually transforming businesses.

Why you need to check in on your employees

During times of crisis, silence from your organization is beyond deafening to your employees; your workforce needs to know that you care about their needs.

Fostering teamwork and employee engagement

Google co-founder Sergey Brin urged the company’s architects and designers to plan office space so that no one would be more than 200 feet from food. Because eating brings people together
Career

Engaging employees in emerging markets to reverse decline productivity

If one group of employees produces less than another of equal education and skill, then the logical cause must be inadequate leadership and engagement.
The Edge Singapore

Clarity, trust and adaptability will determine the winners in the new normal

Leaders know that trust is hard-won. This is the critical currency of their relationships with anyone that matters to their business.
COVID-19 series

Building trust and clarity in uncertain times

COVID-19 global research suggests that while nearly 75% are implementing global business continuity plans, many leaders are concerned about stakeholder trust.

Pay for skills

Gaining a skills edge through new talent practices

Our experts share how organizations can build and accelerate their journey on the skills-led agenda - in the point of view paper "From pandemic to permanence"

Want to pay for skills? Five things to keep in mind

You’ve heard of “pay for performance.” Many organizations are shifting the way they hire and promote from a job-centric point of view to a skills-centric point of view.

Rethinking Traditional Pay Conventions with Pay-for-Skills

According to Mercer’s Global Talent Trends report 2021, 63 percent of organizations in Singapore are investing to define future workforce needs and restructuring.

our thinking

What are the Skills needed to Create a Culture of Lifelong Learning?

Innovation does not just change our behaviour (think of how smart phones and social media have changed how we interact), but also what we need to master to be relevant in the economy.
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Skills to build skills: Winning the talent race in the digital economy

Technological change will continue to advance exponentially, transforming our work and lives. To thrive, balancing technical skills, critical thinking, and empathy is the way to go.

Other workforce and career articles

Cost of Living city ranking 2022

Mercer’s 2022 Cost of Living city ranking reveals the most and least expensive locations for international employees worldwide.

HR is Key to Future Business Transformation

The tone for the discussion was set with the first poll that asked attendees whether their HR managers are equipped with the business acumen skills needed for their organizations.
voice on talent

4 Questions to understand the status of mental health

We're on the brink of a global mental health crisis. Mercer | Sirota's Patrick Hyland discusses four questions you can ask yourself to check-in on your own mental health.

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Rewards reimagined - demystifying agile rewards in the new normal

As new jobs and critical skills evolve, employers and employees are under pressure to adapt and innovate. 3 areas where rewards are being reimagined: agile rewards, pay for skills, and personalized rewards.
COVID-19 series

Business as unusual: Resilience, realignment and reinvention

Remaining resilient in times of uncertainty is challenging for people managers and employees alike. Art and science to manage people costs while optimizing ROI
HRD Asia

Will COVID-19 drastically impact talent management?

How much will the world of work change in the post-pandemic world? Will COVID-19 have a drastic impact on talent strategies?
Voice on Talent

People analytics in a time of uncertainty

Companies are facing the challenge of balancing two outcomes. On one hand, they need to preserve themselves to be able to return to business in the future. On the other, their employees are facing well-being challenges and the risk of losing earnings
competency career framework

Aligning employee and organisation expectations with competency frameworks

Today’s organisations require employees to be agile and adapt to the fast-paced changes of work today. To support this, organisations should create a structure…
HRD Asia

Transforming and redesigning jobs: a "how-to"

As our “roaring little red dot” advances into its bicentennial in 2019, three “D” words have been discussed in ever increasing frequency: Disruption, Digitalisation and Demographics.
HRD Asia

How to prepare silver workers

...job redesign can help organisations prepare their workers to embrace new technology and future-proof their skills. This can improve productivity, workforce optimization, and ideally employee well-being.

SG Engagement Index 2018

Employees in Singapore less engaged than those based elsewhere in Asia Pacific. Singapore is a country at the forefront of digital transformation. Yet something still seems to be missing. Download the Free Report
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Thrive 45 Singapore: Does Your Organization Enable Your Talent To Thrive?

Thriving organizations do not happen by chance — they are created through intentional decision-making.

Understanding workforce implications of the fourth industrial revolution

Disruption is the ‘new normal’ as the fourth industrial revolution gets well underway and organizations begin to adapt to this unprecedented acceleration in the rate of change. As organizations rethink business models, they are beginning to recognize the power of technology to shape the future of everything,

Innovation

Blockchain in HR: interesting use cases for human resources

There is a huge opportunity for blockchain to establish itself in human resources. Learn about HR blockchain use cases.
Career

Organizational confidence: the key to building a high-commitment work environment

Employees are most committed to their organization when they believe in the business and operate in a high-commitment work environment—one where employees are not only engaged in their work, but also committed to making the organization better.

Rethinking Total Rewards Optimization

To optimize total rewards programs, workforce data is the key to finding out which rewards truly drive employee retention, engagement and productivity.

A deep dive into shallow talent pools

When it comes to developing business strategies and formulating detailed financial models, almost all global business executives would say they are experts.
 
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