Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 22, May 2025

• Gen Z and Millennials redefining careers and reward – SARA
• Reporting of Total Remuneration – Martin Hopkins
• Retention: One Size Does Not Fit All – Ronel Camacho
• AI – Friend or Foe – Morag Phillips & TL Committee
• How Flexible Benefits Attract Skilled Workers – Lindiwe Sebesho
• Pay Transparency – Dianne Auld

Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 21, February 2025

• AI in Remuneration – Dive in or Hold Off? - Andre Daniel
• Update on the Companies Act Amendments – Martin Hopkins 
• Companies Act Amendments poll
• Are KPI’s failing us? –  Yolandi Miller
• Top 10 global remuneration trends that employers need to know. – Dr Mark Bussin
• Avoid these 5 mistakes when asking for a raise – Nicol Mullins, Lindiwe Sebesho, Deon Smit
• Conference Summary – Lindiwe Sebesho 'Aligning Business Strategy with Total Rewards – Prabashini Moodley'
• Conference Summary – Deon Smit 'Equal Pay, Living Wage, Internal Equity: A Practical Approach - Professor Ines Meyer' 

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 19, August 2024

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, August 2024
• Balancing Justice and Fairness  - Morag Phillips and Martin Hopkins
• Dealing with quiet quitting in a modern workplace - Janine O'Riley
• Market trends on Actual and Predicted Salary Increases - Laurence Grubb
• South Africa’s new two-pot retirement system explained - by Phil Le Feuvre
• The Importance of having employees who are Cuspers in your organisation - By Deon Smit

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 18, May 2024

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, May 2024
• Gender Retirement Equality Gap Tarnishes Golden Years for SA Women - Lindiwe Sebesho
• Good Housekeeping in Reward - Ronél Camacho
• How do you Reward a Multi-generational Workforce - Deon Smit
• Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) - Muhammed Goolab
• SARA and IoD Newsflash on Companies Amendment Bill March 2024
• WorldatWork Journal Article -TR Is Key to Successfully Integrating AI and Work - L. Marta Turba

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 17, February 2024

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, February 2024
• Reporting Pay Transparency – The next frontier in Remuneration - Deon Smit
• Global Total Reward Strategies - Ronél Camacho
• Performance Management – has anything really changed? - Lindiwe Sebesho
• HR Trends 2024: Marathon Challenges Ahead - Craig Raath
• Project ‘achieve’ - Reward Project of the Year 2023 (Third place) - Kevin Skinner

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 16, December 2023

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, December 2023
• A Short Overview of Personal Income Taxes - By Dr Helena Strauss
• Challenges Impacting the Supply of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Future Critical Skills in South Africa (SA) - By Daily Ramasia
• Rand Weakness and Executive Pay Challenges November 2023 - By Martin Hopkins
• The conflict surrounding Executive Pay in the context of South Africa - By Laurence Grubb and Mary-Anne Williams
• Total Rewards Model and the Conscious Engagement Model - By Esbe Miller

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 15, August 2023

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, August 2023
• A strong EVP in tough times - Anthony Govender
• Five Ideas to Build Trust and Productivity - Ray Harraway
• Flexibility is Vital for Top Employers and Employees - Katey Clarey
• Pioneering Pay Transparency in SA - Nicol Mullins
• The Conscious Company Culture - Dr Jan Niemand & Esbe Miller
• The impact of higher interest rates on increases and employee expectations - Kirk Kruger

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 14, May 2023

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, May 2023
• Artificial Intelligence – HR game changer or game wrecker - Carmen Arico
• Emotional Intelligence - Enabler or Disabler of true Diversity Equity and Inclusion - Candice Mncwabe
• HR Professionals today - The Magicians of Morale in the work place - Esbe Miller
• SARA 4 day workweek panel discussion 19 April 2023 - Esbe Miller
• Strengthening Culture - Nicolene de Beer
• The Future of the Rewards Profession - Let the SLeeping Beauty Rise (Xavier Baeten and Marthe Van Hove)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 13, February 2023

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, February 2023
• SARA Bulletin  - How the World's Best Brands Use Revolutionary Rewards to Inspire and Engage Employees - February 2023 (Nicolene de Beer)
• SARA Bulletin - A Living Wage in South Africa - February 2023 (Deon Smit)
• SARA Bulletin - Key Reward and Governance Trends - November 2022 (Debbie Lane-Mitchell)
• Business Leader Article - Keeping the Employee Value Proposition Compelling and Relevant - February 2023 (Ronel Nienaber)
• Business Leader Article - What Makes An Excellent Remuneration Report - February 2023 (Lindiwe Sebesho and Ebhrahim Dhooma)
• Business Leader Article - Measuring and Managing the Horizontal Pay Gap - February 2023 (Martin Hopkins)
  - Pay Gap Analysis Example (Excel Spreadsheet)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 12, November 2022

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, November 2022
• SARA Bulletin - ESG - A Trend or an Impactful Change That is Here to Stay - November 2022 (Morag Phillips)
• SARA Bulletin - Reward Trends and Opportunities on the African Continent - November 2022 (Carmen Arico)
• SARA Bulletin - The Capital Hotels Approach to Innovation and Positive Change During Challenging Times - November 2022 (Ginger Brown)
• SARA Bulletin - The Great Reimagination - November 2022 (Morag Phillips)
• Business Leader Article - Living Wage Position Paper 1 - October 2022 (Living Wage Network)
• Archive Article - Fair and Responsible Pay - March 2017 (IODSA RemForum Position Paper)
• Academic Paper - The Future of the Rewards Profession - Let the sleeping beauty rise - September 2022 (Xavier Baeten and Marthe Van Hove)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 11, August 2022

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, August 2022
• SARA Bulletin - Claiming Compensation for Inequitable Pay - June 2022 (John Botha)
• SARA Bulletin - Three tips for teaching young adults how to handle income - June 2022 (Darius van der Walt)
• Business Leader Article - Managing Group Insurance Costs - August 2022 (Michele Jennings)
• Business Leader Article - Pay Gap Analysis and Reporting Recommendations - February 2022 (IoDSA Remco Forum)
• Business Leader Article - Performance Management - Has anything really changed - August 2022 (Lindiwe Sebesho)
• Business Leader Article - The Great or Not So Great Return to the Office - August 2022 (Nicolene de Beer & Nicol Mullins)
• Business Leader Article - Which Came First - Happy or Productive Employees - August 2022 (Vishen Pillay)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 10, May 2022

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, May 2022
• SARA Bulletin - 2022 Annual Budget and its Impact on Employers Emloyees and Their Employee Benefits - May 2022 (Phil Le Feuvre)
• Behavioural Economics and Reward - Carmen Arico
• Business Leader Article - Blended Working Practices in the Post-Covid Landscape - May 2022 (Nicolene de Beer)
• JE Governance 103 - Yolanda Sedlmaier and Mundusha Jialal-Dasrath 10 May 2022
• Thought Leadership - Developing a Retention Strategy in COVID - Kirk Kruger

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 9, February 2022

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, February 2022
• JE Systems 102 – Mundusha Jialal-Dasrath
• Putting the SA economy under the microscope for the layperson – Bryden Morton
• Statistics 501 – Nicol Mullins
• Teaser on the Pay Gap – Martin Hopkins
• The 7 Ways of Reporting Executive Pay – Martin Hopkins
  • Example of the 7 ways of reporting executive remuneration (Excel) - Martin Hopkins
• Video - The New Work Exchange - a global perspective - November 2021 (Scott Cawood)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 8, November 2021

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, November 2021
• Business Leader Article – Work From Anywhere – How real is the hybrid working revolution – November 2021 (Mundusha Jialal-Dasrath and Morag Phillips)
• SARA Bulletin – JE Systems 101 – What are the key ones and what are their differences – November 2021 (Debbie Lane-Mitchell)
• Empirical Analysis Summary – Shareholder Voting Rights – How is the NO vote handled – November 2021 (Bryden Morton)
• Advocacy Article – SARA Commentary on the Draft Companies Amendment Bill 2021 (Rem related matters) – October 2021
• Video – The Future of Rewards – November 2021 (Dr Ronel Nienaber and Sandrine Bardot)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 7, September 2021

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, September 2021
• Advocacy Article – Pay Gap Reporting Teaser – September 2021 (Dr Ronél Nienaber and Martin Hopkins)
• Business Leader Article – ESG and Remuneration – Covering the basics – September 2021 (Anelisa Keke)
• Business Leader Article – King Committee Guidance on Effective Stakeholder Engagement (May 2021)
• SARA Bulletin - Statistics 401 for Reward Professionals (Normalised Distribution) September 2021 (Nicol Mullins and Sharon Nieuwoudt)
  • Normalised distribution demo file in Excel – September 2021 (Nicol Mullins)
• Academic Paper Summary – Assessing the business case for ESG practices in South Africa – November 2019 (Johnson, Mans-Kemp and Erasmus)
• Podcast – POPIA for the Reward Professional – September 2021 (Talita Laubscher)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 6, June 2021

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, June 2021
• Advocacy Article - Voting on Remuneration - SARA Survey Results (June 2021)
• Business Leader Article - The New World of Work (June 2021)
• SARA Bulletin - Statistics 302 for Reward Professionals (Multiple Linear Regression) June 2021 (Deon Smit)
• Academic Paper Summary - Mind the Gap - Analysing the effects of South Africas national lockdown on gender wage inequality - September 2020 (Hill and Köhler)
• Academic Paper - The relationship between occupational culture dimensions and reward preferences - June 2016 (Bussin Nicholls & Nienaber)
• Academic Paper - Total rewards that retain - A study of demographic preferences - January 2017 (Pregnolato Schlechter & Bussin)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 5, March 2021

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, March 2021
• Advocacy Article – Thought Leadership for Remuneration Governance (February 2021)
• Business Leader Article – ESG and Remuneration – How to avoid paying lip service to ESG metrics – February 2021 (Anelisa Keke)
• Business Leader Article – Pay Transparency and Job Turnover Intentions – February 2021 (Rosanna Stofberg)
• Academic Paper Summary - The Relationship Between Remuneration and Financial Performance for Companies Listed on the JSE April 2018 (Kirsten and Du Toit)
• SARA Bulletin – Statistics 301 for Reward Professionals – Regression Series - March 2021 (Nicol Mullins)
  • Basic regression demo video – March 2021 (Martin Hopkins)
  • Basic regression examples in Excel – March 2021 (Martin Hopkins)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 4, December 2020

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, December 2020
• Academic Paper Summary – Impact of Star and Movie Buzz on Motion Picture Distribution and Box Office Revenue - November 2020
• Business Leader Article – ESG and Remuneration – A Starting Point – December 2020 (Anelisa Keke)
• Business Leader Article – The New World of Work – December 2020 (Various contributors)
• Business Leader Article – How to be More Effective in Dealing With Key Stakeholders – Managing Style Differences – December 2020 (Italia Boninelli)
• SARA Bulletin – Market Salary Benchmarking for Individual Roles vs Pay Scales for a Set of Grades – December 2020 (Lionel van Schalkwijk)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 3, August 2020

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, September 2020 
• Academic Paper - Relationship between self-selected personality characterisitcs and preferences for job features etc. - Dec 2014 (Titus, Schlechter and Bussin)
• Academic Paper Summary - Sustainable Executive Remuneration - An Empirical Analysis - August 2020 (Bryden Morton and Chris Blair)
• Business Leader Article - And the World of Work Keeps Changing - August 2020 (Morag Phillips, Nicolene de Beer and Bryden Morton)
• Business Leader Article - Basic Pay vs TGP - August 2020 (Italia Boninelli and Bryden Morton)
• SARA Bulletin - Statistics 201 for Reward Professionals - August 2020 (Mullins, Smit, Morton and Phillips)
• Global Living Wage Summary Report - June 2020 (Living Wage Foundation)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 2, May 2020

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, May 2020
• Academic Paper - Why Headline CPI Increases the Wage Gap - April 2020 (Chris Blair and Bryden Morton)
• Academic Paper - Employer Reaction in Africa to Currency Volatility and High Inflation - March 2017 (Dirk Joubert and Nicol Mullins)
• Academic Paper - The Influence of Reward Preferences in Attracting Retaining and Motivating Knowledge Workers in SA IT Companies - June 2015 (Mark Bussin and Wernardt Toerien)
• Business Leader Article - ESOPs and Covid-19 - May 2020 (Martin Hopkins and Lerato Maluleka)
• SARA Bulletin - Statistics 101 for Reward Professionals - May 2020 (Nicol Mullins)
• SARA Career Path Survey Findings (May 2020)

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Thought Leadership Quarterly, Edition 1, February 2020

• Thought Leadership Quarterly, February 2020
• A Guide to the Application of KingIV Principle 14 on Remuneration Governance
• Academic Paper - The Impact of Pay on Productivity and Motivation in SA Platinum Mines (Dr Mark Bussin)
• Business Leader Article - Performance Management Reinvented
• SARA Bulletin - Understanding Your Payslip and IRP5 Codes
• SARA TL Archive - The Relationship Between Intrinsic Rewards, Personality and Emotional Intelligence Within the Education Sector - S Shelton