Michael Horne jumped from candy maker Mars to Fortune 500 conglomerate Dow two years ago as head of global total rewards, and his journey remains sweet.

When Horne arrived at Dow, the materials science company was fresh off of an announcement that it was rolling out a refresh of its global total rewards program. That update included reinstating its employee stock purchase program and launching a wellness portal, along with other initiatives.

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Since May 2021, Horne and his team have executed on the multi-year total rewards refresh strategy, resulting in more than 30% employee participation in the stock purchase program and nearly 80% active engagement with the wellness portal, he recently told HRE in an interview at the i4cp Next Practices Now conference.