Pay Days: Rewards Consultants in Spotlight

As Talent Takes Center Stage, There’s More Focus Than Ever on Compensation and Benefits. Are Rewards Consultants Up to the Task?

As the global financial crisis receded, Sibson Consulting Senior Vice President Daniel Fries began seeing new faces at his presentations on talent management and compensation topics. More CEOs started joining Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) to hear what Fries had to say. Today, Fries regularly presents on rewards and talent matters at events and conferences targeted to CEOs. “Whenever anyone asks me what’s top of mind for CEOs, I respond with the same answer: talent,” he says. “That’s their number-one issue.”