Corporate Governance & Board Compensation


Article Say on Pay 2025: Remuneration systems between evolution and revolution
Insights from the 2024 Annual General Meeting season and outlook for next year's Say on Pay

Say on Pay 2025: Remuneration systems between evolution and revolution

Insights from the 2024 Annual General Meeting season and outlook for next year's Say on Pay read more ...

Article Market comparisons and appropriateness of compensation
For executives, top management and supervisory board bodies

Market comparisons and appropriateness of compensation

The disclosure of compensation data for shareholders as a basis for say-on-pay decisions requires professional and properly documented process for defining top management compensation levels that are in line with the market. read more ...

Digitalization, Start-ups & IT-Tools


Article Employee representatives view the use of AI in HR with a certain amount of skepticis
Update zur Umfrage des Bundesverbands für Personalmanager BPM & Ethikbeirat HR-Tech

Employee representatives view the use of AI in HR with a certain amount of skepticis

Co-determination side and HR are equally in favor of clear ethical frameworks in the use of AI and modern technologies. Update on the survey by the German Association for Human Resource Managers BPM & Ethics Advisory Board HR-Tech. read more ...

Article Siemens Energy: proprietary IT infrastructure for Comp & Ben
Peter Dodell from Siemens Energy and hkp/// group Partner Holger Jungk interviewed by hkp.com

Siemens Energy: proprietary IT infrastructure for Comp & Ben

Why do some people prefer standard HR IT solutions and others new systems? HR IT experts Holger Jungk, hkp/// group, and Peter Dodell from Siemens Energy talked to hkp.com. read more ...

Compensation & Benefits, Grading


Article Five success factors for effective fair pay projects
Insights by hkp/// group compensation expert Jennifer S. Schulz

Five success factors for effective fair pay projects

More and more companies have started putting their compensation reality to the test to avoid discrimination. hkp/// group compensation expert Jennifer S. Schulz explains five success factors for fair pay analyses. read more ...

Article Long-term Incentives in times of economic crisis
An interview with Barry Kitz and David Voggeser

Long-term Incentives in times of economic crisis

Multi-year share-based variable compensation is facing key challenges in the wake of multiple crisis. Barry Kitz and David Voggeser discuss options for action in times of economic uncertainty. read more ...

Performance & Compensation Benchmarking


Article Delivering a clear vision: HR in the transformation driver’s seat
Johannes Brinkkötter and Petra Knab-Hägele on findings from the hkp// group Transformation Lab

Delivering a clear vision: HR in the transformation driver’s seat

The hkp/// group Transformation Lab recently brought together HR managers for an exchange on aspects of building, dismantling and transforming companies. A conversation about learnings and experiences. read more ...

Article Internationalization and location of top executives in German mid-sized companies
hkp/// group Workforce Insights Snippets, Part 1

Internationalization and location of top executives in German mid-sized companies

How international are German companies really? In Part 1 of the hkp// group Workforce & Compensation Insights, Verena Vandervelt and Sabrina Müsel answer this question with a focus on workforce and managers. read more ...

HR Strategy & Transformation


Article Patrick Maloney strengthens strategy and transformation consulting at hkp/// group
Change-experienced HR and communications expert joins hkp/// group as Senior Director

Patrick Maloney strengthens strategy and transformation consulting at hkp/// group

Effective December 1, 2023, Patrick Maloney joins hkp/// group, a management consultancy specializing in strategic HR management and corporate governance, as a new Senior Director. read more ...

Article HR trends in the Aviation Industry
Despite returning to profitability after turbulent years, the aviation industry faces numerous HR challenges. Insights from an industry expert.

HR trends in the Aviation Industry

Despite returning to profitability after turbulent years, the aviation industry faces numerous HR challenges. Insights from an industry expert. read more ...

Strategic Talent Management


Article Performance Management quo vadis - the end of Best Practices?
hkp// group consultants Karolin Schaper and Frank Gierschmann interviewed by hkp.com

Performance Management quo vadis - the end of Best Practices?

Where is the journey in performance management heading to? hkp// group consultants Karolin Schaper and Frank Gierschmann interviewed by hkp.com. read more ...

HR in Financial Services


Article hkp/// group strengthens strategic HR consulting 
Oliver Baierl, a high-profile HR and regulatory expert from the financial sector, joins hkp///group

hkp/// group strengthens strategic HR consulting 

hkp///group appointed Oliver Baierl as its new Senior Director on October 1st, 2023. He joins from KfW Bankengruppe, where he has held various positions since May 2015 – most recently as Head of Compensation & Benefits. read more ...