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HR professionals should ensure that leaders appointed to cross-cultural teams possess specific competencies now known to affect success in these roles, says Right Management regional general manager, Bridget Beattie.

The world's most highly-regarded and best-performing employers pay lower fixed remuneration than the rest of the market, but leverage their incentives more effectively, a global study shows.

Employers can potentially unlock huge productivity gains by driving performance through their reward strategies, says remuneration expert Ben Morris. Listen to him explain what the world's most admired companies do in this space.

Emotional intelligence measures are not yet reliable, and HR professionals should avoid using them for selection purposes, says an associate professor at Drake University in the US.

Only half of employers offer private health insurance to employees, despite research consistently showing that corporate health programs are one of the most in-demand employee benefits.

Employers remain dangerously reliant on sourcing the talent they need externally, rather than building skills in their organisation, according to a new ManpowerGroup report.

To avoid cynicism about an employee engagement survey, employers should nominate "champions" at work to drive the importance of it, say two ORC International managers.

Rather than offering more rewards to attract and retain employees, organisations should focus on executing their total rewards strategy more effectively, says Aon Hewitt partner Richard Kantor.

Lack of job enrichment is the leading cause of staff turnover, new research shows, but five key actions can help employers retain their highly valued employees.

HR is beholden to several "myths" that prevent succession planning efforts from reaping real results, says Professor David Clutterbuck.