Scaling Up Compensation 2026

Is compensation becoming a source of friction, confusion, and “special cases” as you grow?

When a business scales, compensation often becomes reactive. Counter-offers, inconsistent increments, unclear bonus logic, and managers making pay decisions differently. The result is payroll cost rises, accountability drops, and your best people start questioning whether performance is actually rewarded.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to build a clear, scalable compensation plan that aligns pay with business priorities, measurable performance, and accountability. Compensation becomes a tool for growth, not a recurring leadership headache.

Why This Workshop Matters:

• Protect your payroll budget as you scale: Reduce ad-hoc adjustments and negotiation-based pay decisions that quietly inflate costs.
• Retain high performers with a clear reward path: Make it obvious how performance translates into pay, incentives, and growth.
• Drive accountability and results: Shift from pay for presence to pay for performance using KPIs and simple scorecards.
• Reduce pay-related conflict: Build fairness and transparency through a consistent structure leaders can explain and defend.

Event Details:

📅 Date: 7 April 2026

🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

📍 Venue: Lynch Pin Campus, Radia Offices, Bukit Jelutong

💰 Investment: RM 1,250/pax 

(HRD Corp claimable, subject to your organisation eligibility and claim process)

✨ Special tier pricing available for teams of 4 pax and above.

Fee excludes 8% SST.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the role of compensation in scaling organisations and the common mistakes that create pay confusion and retention risk.
• Align compensation to company strategy, so what you reward matches what the business needs most.
• Design performance-based compensation by defining KPIs and linking rewards to measurable outcomes.
• Decide the right structure for individual vs team incentives, and short-term vs long-term rewards.
• Build a simple compensation framework covering:
  • Base pay
  • Variable pay
  • Incentives and bonuses
  • Recognition systems
• Create accountability using scorecards, so performance conversations and pay decisions become clearer and less subjective.
• Communicate compensation effectively, manage expectations, avoid demotivation, and prevent entitlement culture.
• Draft a practical Compensation Improvement Plan you can implement immediately after the workshop.

Meet Your Trainer: 

James Ng -  Coach & Facilitator | Leadership & Culture Development

James Ng is the chairman of KIAN, a leading furniture solutions provider recognized across Asia and beyond. With over three decades of leadership experience, James has played a pivotal role in transforming KIAN from a traditional manufacturer into a purpose-driven organization known for its innovation, people-first culture and global partnerships.

As a visionary leader, James is deeply committed to the belief that people are the most valuable asset of any organization. His passion for building strong company cultures led to the establishment of various leadership and culture-driven initiative across the KIAN Group. These initiatives focus on empowering individuals and organizations to grow through clarity, communication and intentional development.

James works closely with business leaders, HR professionals and leadership teams to drive sustainable growth by cultivating environments that support accountability, alignment and personal transformation.

Approach & Expertise:

· Champions leadership and culture as key driven of long-term business success

· Coaches individuals to build self-awareness and take ownership of their growth

· Encourages mindset shifts through honest, effective communication

· Facilitate meaningful conversations that spark transformation and alignment

Who Should Attend

Business owners, senior leaders, HR practitioners, managers and department heads, and finance and operations leaders, especially in organisations experiencing growth or preparing to scale.

Leave with a clearer compensation structure and a practical action plan to improve performance, fairness, and retention as you scale.