Meeting/Event Information

Getting Ahead of the Compensation Planning Curve
Presented by Lia Santos, Principal and Eric Larré, Partner, Mercer

Join us as we discuss data, trends and insights you can use to inform your talent management and compensation planning strategies for 2017.

We'll cover the following topics:

Future-Proofing HR - We'll review today's global workforce challenges and outline five strategic priorities you need to focus on, based on the views of 4,500 employees and 1,730 HR leaders in our recent Global Talent Trends study.

Getting Ahead of the Compensation Planning Curve - Hot off the press! Get the highlights from our just-released 2016 US Compensation Planning Survey to help inform your 2017 compensation strategies.

Talent and Rewards Trends - Hear about some of the emerging trends that we’ve identified for 2017 – a new world of pay for performance, the tech workforce every industry wants, and more.

Schedule: Networking 8:00 am - 8:30 am, Presentation 8:30 am - 10:00 am.

Free for members, $45 for non-members / Guests* (See below)**

Refreshments: Light refreshments will be available.

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 2 hours of General HR recertification credit."MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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Biographies:
Lia Santos is a Principal in Mercer’s Talent business. She primarily consults in broad-based performance and rewards including job evaluation and analysis, market research, competitive compensation assessments, pay program design and implementation, and total rewards strategy. Consulting assignments include a human capital strategy for a government entity, market research and competitive compensation assessments in a variety of industries, and customized compensation surveys for various clients. In the past few years Lia has served as project manager on very large, global and domestic clients to develop career frameworks, catalog all jobs within the organization, identify market comparisons for each role, and develop salary structures based on the findings. Other project management experiences include international training for a major M&A transaction and numerous global total rewards studies.

Prior to joining Mercer, Lia spearheaded major workforce change initiatives in the non-profit and government industries. She also worked as a Quality Assurance Manager at Hewitt Associates in health and group benefits outsourcing.

Lia earned an MBA from Rice University where she received awards for Citizenship and Communications. She also holds a BBA in Decision Sciences from Georgia State University. She is a member of WorldatWork and The Atlanta Area Compensation Association.

Eric Larré is a Partner in Mercer’s Atlanta office, specializing in executive compensation. He has over 25 years of consulting and industry experience, and has worked closely with management and Boards of publicly-traded and private companies across the country, specializing in the design and delivery of compensation programs that are linked to performance, the creation of shareholder value, and business/talent strategies.

Eric’s experience includes all aspects of executive compensation and management incentives, with extensive experience in the areas of equity compensation design for joint ventures, spin-offs, IPOs, divestitures, and other M&A transactions. Eric has consulted to companies in a variety of industries, including retail, casual dining, quick service restaurants, insurance, manufacturing, financial services, energy services, high technology, real estate, and construction.  Prior to joining Mercer, Eric worked for another HR consulting firm for 18 years over two stints. In between, he served as director of international compensation and benefits for Citi. Included among his responsibilities were executive compensation and the development of equity compensation strategies for employees of potential spin-outs and joint ventures.

Eric earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Irvine (1977), a J.D. degree from Loyola Marymount University (1981), and an LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University (1985). Eric speaks and writes frequently on the topic of executive compensation, and facilitated the executive compensation sessions for 4 years at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business Directors’ College.  He has been an Advisory Board member for the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a new 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.