What the HECK is going on with Compensation?!?
We welcome Rena Somersan back to SRKA. She has presented to our group in the past and has also spoken at the WISHRM Conference.
The presentation includes the backdrop of how to talk about these aspects of compensation:
- Inflation and pay increases
- Competition for talent
- How to ensure you’re paying competitively with the market
- Utilizing ALL the tools in the Total Rewards arena to attract, motivate and retain employees
- What might a recession look like in terms of pay practices
Participants will walk away with knowledge and tools to implement in their workplaces regarding compensation strategies to address challenges in today's workplaces.

Speaker Biography:
Rena Somersan is a Managing Principal with Newport’s Compensation Consulting team. She has over twenty-five years of consulting and industry experience assisting clients in executing their strategic human resources and compensation initiatives. Rena is often invited to speak at conferences in the areas of her focus which has been in workforce and executive compensation, performance management initiatives, talent motivation and retention. She has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she lived and worked for 13 years after working in Japan for 3 years.
This session is pending for SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) and HRCI re-certification credits.
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