Compensation is one of the most personal and emotionally charged parts of work. Employees want fairness, clarity, and trust, while leaders are trying to balance budgets, market pressures, and evolving expectations. In today’s workforce, traditional pay models are struggling to keep up with new ways of working, growing transparency, and rising equity concerns. Explore how organizations can rethink compensation to better reflect the realities of the modern workforce. We’ll discuss how to design pay practices that feel fair and understandable, adapt to flexible and global work, and support long-term engagement.