In the dynamic landscape of modern business, mergers, acquisitions, and carve-outs have become integral strategies for organizations seeking growth, efficiency, and market expansion. However, these strategic moves bring forth a number of challenges, especially when it involves people. In “Navigating the HR Transformations and Post-Merger Success: A Masterclass with NS People”, Ness Sbai delves deeper into the world of post-merger HR integration, exploring nuances and challenges.

Change communication, a subset of strategic internal communication, is crucial as it focuses on rallying employees during change. Over the past 2 decades, Martine Van Driessche has experienced some key principles related to leadership to be game changers, such as “Acknowledge the timing and how each phase requires a different communication ‘sauce'” and “Change without supporting people managers is doomed to fail”.

Wim Verlinden observes that many employers and recruitment partners still do not put enough effort into optimising their recruitment process. In “Customer experience en rekrutering: de recruiter als sleutelpersoon voor een sterk employer brand!” he highlights the crucial role of the recruiter for a successful candidate journey, points out points of interest and discusses 11 tools for implementing a sukesful candidate journey in practice.

When one thinks of “innovative remuneration”, one quickly thinks of all kinds of interesting things that can be offered to employees, where the difference between gross and net is as small as possible. In her article, Jo Vandenbossche discusses a practical exercise in “innovative remuneration” in which an additional variable remuneration system is linked to individual and collective objectives, with the aim of setting up a fair and equitable construction as an important objective.