Going Glocal: Mastering Multi-Country HR

Published: Jan. 30, 2013, 8 a.m.

Glocalization. Does this \u201cportmanteau of globalization and localization\u201d (Wikipedia) describe your company\u2019s growth? If yes, the dichotomy will challenge your HR team as they try to manage a mobile workforce and multi-country payroll. If not yet, your time will come. The experts speak. David Ludlow: \u201cThe world is \u2019glocal\u2019 (play on the combination of think globally, act locally). Today's talent is global, connected, and mobile. New categories of solutions are required to leverage that talent to out-innovate the competition.\u201d Marianne Langlois: \u201cHR must think of itself as a function that drives the business forward, instead of as a function that supports the business.\u201d Penny Stoker: \u201cYou can\u2019t underestimate the power of a \u2018singular, global payroll system.\u2019\u201d Keith Strodtman: \u201cToday, large global companies are realizing big benefits from centralizing payroll across boundaries--cost savings, compliance, data accuracy, reporting, etc.\u201d Join us for Going Glocal: Mastering Multi-Country HR.