Insights
Practical perspectives on talent, compensation, and organizational transformation.
Compensation2027 Salary Increase Outlook: SCOPE 2026-27 Highlights
U.S. salary increases are projected to average 3.5% in 2027, but the median is only the starting point. Highlights from 346 PE portfolio companies.
Organizational TransformationBeyond Offshoring: Building Global Talent Pools and Capability Centers
PE portcos tend to under-leverage global talent.
Organizational TransformationSoftware Organization Benchmarks: Lead Indicators of Value Creation
Labor-related costs dominate software company P&Ls, yet actionable benchmarks to guide organizational decisions are often lacking.
Organizational TransformationOrganization Structure: Designing the Top Layer
“Moving from a Functional to a Business Unit Structure has worked out really well for us,” says one CEO. This example — and countless others like it — shows that organization design matters.
Workforce & PerformanceHR Staffing Ratio: Starting Point for the HR Efficiency Conversation
“How many HR employees do we need for a company our size?” In this article, we provide a range of benchmarks as well as qualitative guidance on how to respond.
M&APost-Merger Integration: Applying a Value Creation Lens to Integration Duration and Depth
The objective of this paper is to describe the typical stages of post-merger integration, highlight the dichotomy between value-enabling and value-creating activities, and suggest a different way of thinking about integration that can improve deal success.
M&AOne Size Does Not Fit All: Adapting Integration Models and Organizational Design to Deal Type
Presentation at the HR M&A Roundtable 2021 Annual Conference.
Workforce & PerformancePandemic Accelerated the Future. Is Your Workforce Plan Up to the Challenge?
Continuing to execute your pre-pandemic workforce plan would be to ignore the lessons of not only the last year but of the last two decades of technical progress.
CompensationGeographic Differentials and Remote Working Arrangements
Remote working has been an incredibly hot topic lately, fueled by the COVID pandemic and many battlefield decisions companies have made to move their workforce remote.
M&AWorking with - and Managing an IMO
Keynote at the 2020 HR M&A Roundtable Virtual Annual Conference.
Organizational TransformationPlanning for a Marathon While Running the Sprint
Making Strategic Decisions as Companies Rush to Return to Work.
CompensationLabor Cost Actions in Response to COVID-19
We are seeing strong and very welcome signs that the pandemic is easing and companies are starting to ask, “What does back to work look like?” However, the cost questions haven’t gone away.
CompensationManaging Costs in the Midst of COVID-19 Uncertainty
The current COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for business and human resources leaders that are unprecedented within our lifetimes.
Organizational TransformationCOVID-19 Response: Immediate Actions, Medium-Term Plans and Long-Term Monitoring
COVID-19 is already affecting all our clients, though the extent/duration of impact is not known yet.
M&AMerger Communications: Driving Engagement, Assurance and Productivity
The deal is announced with much fanfare. Company A and Company B will come together to create an industry leader.
M&AApproaches to Post-Merger Integration: Deal Type Is the Driver
There are few areas that defy a one-size-fits-all approach more than integrating acquired companies — mainly because there is a myriad of different deal drivers that require very distinct approaches to integration.
Organizational TransformationWorkforce Transformation - Lessons from Leading Companies
Presentation at the 2018 SHRM Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resources, Houston, TX.
Organizational TransformationWorkforce Transformation at Sidel Group
If you opened a bottle of water, a carton of milk or a can of soda today, chances are that they were packaged with Sidel Group technology.
Organizational TransformationWorkforce Transformation at Cisco
The technology company that got its name from San Francisco heralded the network era in the '80s, and reinvented its technology for the internet era.
Organizational TransformationNever Say No: Maintaining a Five-Star, Five-Diamond Culture for Over 50 Years
Even for people who have never visited the property, or even the state of Colorado, The Broadmoor is a name associated with premier hospitality.
Organizational TransformationLeading Through a Business Model Transformation
Until just 5 years ago, Swiftpage was a small (50-employee, $4M annual revenue) email marketing software company based in the southern suburbs of Denver.
Organizational TransformationC-Level Talent in PE-Backed Companies
DHR is a global executive search firm with 200 consultants across 50 offices in 16 countries. Around 85-90% of their searches are at the C-level.
Organizational TransformationWorkforce Transformation at Western Union
Western Union (WU) is a leader in global payment services, with a presence in over 200 countries. The company has a 166-year legacy and has transformed many times over.
Organizational TransformationRole of HR in Dell's Multiple Business Transformations
Presentation at the 2016 SHRM Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resources, Houston, TX.