In a business environment focused on value creation, having the best people is more important than ever. In fact, the majority of CEOs tell us that attracting, motivating, and retaining the best talent is one of the greatest obstacles to growth over the next decade.

Smart companies are finding ways to get the most from their investment in compensation and rewards without sacrificing the ability to compete for talent. For many, this means creating programs that establish a direct connection between an organization's goals and strategies to performance-based programs and emphasizes the combined value of pay and benefits.

Backed by world-class research and data, our Associates in the Middle East help you make the right choices for your organization. We offer a complete range of compensation and rewards services—from total rewards strategies to executive and employee plan design. In addition, we help you tailor communication strategies for specific audiences, ensuring that your workforce truly understands how pay and benefits add up to total rewards.

Broad Based Compensation

Most companies have turned to total rewards and pay-for-performance programs as a vehicle for maximizing return on investment and employee potential. Variable pay is now a major part of compensation design for nearly 80% of U.S. companies, according to our Salary Increase Survey. But the success of a new plan hinges on proper design, execution, and communication. To ensure that a plan succeeds, our consultants start by understanding business objectives, then build a plan tailored to specific goals.

By looking at entire pay structure—from base pay to bonus opportunities—and understanding the competitive pay set for an industry, we're able to answer the fundamental plan design questions: "Where do you stand against others?" and "How do you get where you want to be?". Our compensation consultants then determine the most effective implementation plan, drawing on our experience in helping thousands of organizations through the same process.

When it's time to roll out the new plan, our communication experts can help you develop a program that keeps your workforce informed, motivated, and focused.

Executive Compensation & Governance

Reacting to regulatory developments, governance pressures, and corporate scandals, shareholders and boards have mandated unprecedented levels of change over the past few years. As a result, many companies find themselves with more questions than answers. Our executive compensation specialists in the Middle East help by combining unparalleled global expertise with best-in-class data, technical knowledge, and experience in advising board and compensation committees across all industries.

We help companies design executive pay packages that align with business strategies while balancing management and shareholder interests. To minimize compliance risks, our Center of Technical Expertise serves as a global resource, monitoring the latest technical developments regarding accounting, tax, securities, and employment law issues.

The result: executive pay programs that make good sense, drive the right behaviors, and contribute to business results.

Compensation Analytics

Comprehensive data drives insights that lead to action. Our total compensation market data leverages our unsurpassed global depth, regional understanding and breadth to help you make quicker, smarter decisions based on facts and our proprietary data analysis. We gather and analyze market data to offer general and custom surveys, covering both individual pay components and total compensation competitiveness. And our worldwide presence helps us uncover country-specific, regional, and global trends—information that helps you stay ahead of the compensation curve.

Please contact us for information about our complete suite of compensation and rewards services.