CompAware™ Roundtable: Real Pay Questions, Manager Sticking Points & Practical Coaching Tools Manager pay conversations are becoming more complex as transparency, inflation, and internal comparisons increase. This roundtable presents real-world scenarios and practical CompAware™ talk tracks designed to help HR leaders coach managers and provide the foundational compensation education needed to build confidence and consistency in pay conversations. Participants Will Experience Real pay conversation scenarios drawn from [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 10 Feb 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
From Guidelines to Guardrails: Using the Merit Matrix to Advance Your Pay Philosophy A merit matrix isn’t just a tool for allocating dollars. When used well, it becomes a guardrail—reinforcing how an organization defines performance, growth, and fairness. When used poorly, it can unintentionally replace judgment or shield leaders from difficult conversations. This session explores when a merit matrix truly works, what conditions must be in place for it to reinforce internal [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 13 Feb 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment Even organizations with great tools, strong systems, and technically sound compensation programs often experience disconnects between Total Rewards philosophy and day-to-day decisions. As organizations navigate shifting work models, AI-enabled roles, and rising expectations around pay clarity, Total Rewards decisions are increasingly shaped by trade-offs rather than absolutes. These trade-offs—between risk and stability, flexibility and consistency, [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 19 Feb 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
MorganHR Roundtable Reimagined Survey Results: Top 10 HR Questions & Answers Built from participant-submitted questions in the MorganHR Roundtable Reimagined survey, this session offers a sneak peek into the themes, tensions, and priorities emerging across HR and compensation leaders as they plan for the year ahead. Rather than focusing on individual answers, the session highlights the most common questions, the range of responses they [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 17 Mar 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
The Total Rewards Experience in 2030: Ten Bold Shifts at the Intersection of AI, Work, and Pay This immersive disruption lab draws directly from the upcoming Workforce 2030 event and explores how AI, automation, and evolving work models are fundamentally reshaping the Total Rewards experience. This session examines 10 bold shifts already emerging in how work is performed, how roles are defined, and how rewards are experienced. As work continues to change in [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 26 Mar 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
Job Architecture Under a Compliance Microscope Job architecture decisions often sit quietly in the background—until they surface in audits, pay equity reviews, or internal mobility conversations. This session explores how role design, leveling, and structure choices can either reduce risk or unintentionally create compliance and equity exposure. Participants examine where job architecture decisions intersect with pay, documentation, and governance, and what [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 07 Apr 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
World At Work Conference -The Total Rewards Experience in 2030: Ten Bold Shifts Shaping Work, Pay, and AI By 2030, AI will transform how work gets done, how organizations measure performance, and how employees understand their rewards. As AI accelerates, leaders will face new questions: What happens when every employee has an AI twin? How do pay decisions shift when project impact matters more than job titles? And what if curiosity becomes one [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 21 Apr 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm WorldatWork Total Rewards ’26 Conference San Antonio, TX
World At Work Conference -The Total Rewards Experience in 2030: Ten Bold Shifts Shaping Work, Pay, and AI By 2030, AI will transform how work gets done, how organizations measure performance, and how employees understand their rewards. As AI accelerates, leaders will face new questions: What happens when every employee has an AI twin? How do pay decisions shift when project impact matters more than job titles? And what if curiosity becomes one [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 21 Apr 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm WorldatWork Total Rewards ’26 Conference San Antonio, TX
How Pay Decisions Are Really Made—and Where Risk Creeps In Pay decisions are rarely made in isolation. Timing pressure, discretion, and informal workarounds often influence outcomes more than policy alone. This session provides a grounded look at how pay decisions are made in practice, where breakdowns occur, and how decision drift introduces risk over time. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE • Real-world pay decision scenarios • Identification [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 30 Apr 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
M&A Compensation Integration: Pay Decisions, Structure, and Retention Risk Compensation integration is one of the most underestimated aspects of mergers and acquisitions. This session explores how pay decisions, structure alignment, and communication choices made during integration directly influence retention, trust, and long-term outcomes. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE • M&A-focused compensation scenarios • Exploration of retention and communication risks • Peer discussion on integration approaches WHY [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 12 May 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
The Changing Tide of Incentives & Bonus Design As work evolves and priorities shift mid-cycle, many incentive and bonus plans no longer drive the behaviors they were designed to reinforce. This session explores how incentive design is changing and where unintended consequences often emerge. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE • Incentive and bonus design scenarios • Exploration of motivation and risk tradeoffs • Peer insight into evolving variable [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 26 May 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom
Job Descriptions: Needed or Not? Job descriptions are often relied on more than required—and sometimes in ways that introduce unnecessary risk. This session clarifies when job documentation adds value and when it creates rigidity or compliance exposure. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE • Documentation-focused scenarios • Compliance and equity touchpoints • Peer discussion on documentation use WHY THIS SESSION MATTERS Strategic documentation [...]Read More... from Total Rewards Philosophy Lab: Sneak Peek From Trade-Offs to Alignment Strengthening Total Rewards Philosophy in a Changing Business Environment 09 Jun 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Virtual / Zoom