Performance awards are a strategic tool used by organizations to retain and motivate valuable employees, incorporating performance criteria (market-based or pure performance-based). They incentivize employees to excel and align stakeholders' interests, fostering collaboration. However, challenges arise if not designed and administered properly, including increased complexity and costs. Overly complicated structures may hinder employee understanding and compromise the primary objective of incentivization.

Join our expert panel to explore performance conditions and achieve the right balance in award design and effectiveness.

Attendees will learn:

• The role of performance awards in retaining and motivating valuable employees.
• The significance of performance criteria in incentivizing employees and aligning stakeholder interests.
• The challenges associated with designing and administering performance awards, including complexity and cost implications.

Communicating effectively with employees from different generations, geographies, job roles, salary levels, and work environments can be challenging. However, through case studies and global insights, this session provides practical tools and techniques to overcome this challenge.

The expert panel offers relatable guidance to connect with all employees and succeed in fostering engagement.

Attendees will learn:

• Practical tools and techniques to effectively communicate with a diverse workforce
• Real-life case studies the highlight successful communication strategies employed by organizations worldwide
• Insights on leveraging technology, active listening, empathy, and inclusivity to enhance communication and foster employee engagement

Over the past two years, we've experienced the Great Resignation and the Great Reset due to COVID-19. Now, companies are focused on the challenges and opportunities of AI, hybrid working, and skills shortages.

This session considers whether UK-based and global companies are looking for alternative sources of labor as they plan for the future.

Attendees will learn:

• The impact of inflation and cost of living crisis on global equity plans
• What the best employers are doing to attract, retain, incentivize and reward talent
• What the future of work looks like including the impact of AI on the labour market and employer proposition to employees

Corporate transactions can have knock-on effects for outstanding equity awards and plans.

This session explores best practice on the approach and communication of these changes to awards, including the administrative and timing challenges encountered when reflecting award adjustments on broker platforms.

The expert panel will discuss their experiences, including managing awards during the re-domiciliation from a UK to a US parent company, and the equity award challenges resulting from a $11.7 billion acquisition.

Attendees will learn:

• The common pitfalls when adjusting awards post-transaction including which transactional adjustments can trigger tax and regulatory issues for issues that have granted in multiple countries
• How to provide accurate, bespoke, meaningful and concise communication of the changes to participants
• How to prepare equity award databases to reflect adjusted awards, dealing with rounding and black-out periods