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Deel Supercharges Platform with Built-in Artificial Intelligence, Pay Flexibility, and Global Hiring Tools

New tools simplify onboarding, compensation, payroll, and compliance in Deel’s all-in-one platform.

LONDON, 9 July 2025 – Deel, the leading global payroll and HR platform, today introduced a major wave of AI-powered features in its quarterly product showcase, The Deel Drop: Summer Edition. The update includes more than 500 improvements across onboarding, payroll, HRIS, and client experience, focused on simplifying day-to-day operations for global teams.

Deel’s all-in-one platform now embeds intelligence at every step, from talent strategy and financial operations to compliance and support. This quarter, the company introduced new capabilities that anticipate customer needs, reduce back-and-forth, and help organizations make better decisions about how and where to scale. At the same time, it continues to reduce operational friction through self-serve payroll features, built-in financial tools, and clearer HR workflows for global teams.

Payroll and Finance Flexibility

  • Anytime Pay: The world’s first truly global, on-demand pay solution. Eligible EOR employees can instantly access a portion of earned salary anytime, right from the Deel dashboard—no approvals, no delays, no fees, and zero impact on payroll operations.
  • Expense Cards:  virtual and physical cards available in 130+ countries give EOR employees access to company funds with tight spend controls.
  • Self-Serve Payroll Calendar & Redesigned Payslips: Admins can now adjust pay cycles in-platform and employees get clear, visual breakdowns of every pay run.

Smarter Global Hiring

  • Visa Eligibility Tool: Deel AI now helps companies instantly assess work permit paths across 50+ countries, saving weeks of legal back-and-forth.
  • Global Hiring Insights: With just a few inputs, customers get ranked country recommendations based on timezone overlap, cost, and compliance complexity.

Workforce Planning Becomes Proactive

  • Scenario Planning: Teams can now model org growth and hiring options based on budget, region, or business objectives.
  • Salary Planning: Run compliant, global review cycles with built-in guardrails, budget control, and manager approvals, no spreadsheets required.

AI-Powered Support and Compliance

  • Knowledge Hub: Hiring managers, admins, and employees now have instant access to up-to-date guidance for 150+ countries, embedded right in the platform.
  • Deel AI Walkthroughs: Over 200 in-product walkthroughs now offer dynamic, contextual help for complex tasks.
  • Support Inbox: Customers can now manage support cases across teams, with a unified view for HR, Finance, and employees.

“Deel is evolving into the infrastructure layer for global workforce operations,” said Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder and CEO of Deel. “This latest product drop was all about listening to customers and removing friction, whether you’re planning a hire in Brazil, running compensation reviews in Berlin, or onboarding a contractor in Nairobi, Deel understands what you need next. We’re building the system of record for modern teams.”

The Deel Drop: Summer Edition follows The Big Deel launch in April and supports Deel’s mission to build the most unified platform for global work. Deel recently announced that it achieved a $1 billion annual revenue run rate in the first quarter of 2025.  The global payroll and HR leader now serves over 35,000 businesses worldwide, and processes more than $11 billion in annual payroll.

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About Deel

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines payroll, HRIS, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Discover how Deel makes global work simple at deel.com.

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How to accelerate leadership development with AI skills practice

Written by Ed Parsloe, Chief Executive, The OCM

According to Gartner[i], leader and manager development is the top priority for HR leaders for the third year running with coaching skills recognised as a key tool for success.

Consequently, many companies are equipping leaders and managers with the coaching skills needed to manage uncertainty, inspire teams, and drive business expansion.

As the demand for coaching rises, the challenge remains: how can companies equip their leadership with practical coaching skills and the confidence to use them in a variety of conversational situations? Furthermore, how can they be certain their investment delivers return on investment?

With the increasing adoption of AI—demonstrated by the 84% of HR decision-makers keen to integrate AI into leadership development[ii]—and the substantial £7.5 billion invested in UK leadership development in 2023[iii], the question is not if AI should be embraced, but how it can be strategically used to maximise impact.

The Indispensable Foundation: Expert-Led Coaching

AI is not a substitute for the crucial human element in teaching coaching skills. Instead, it acts as a powerful amplifier, enhancing and scaling the impact of expert-led training.

Ideally, a cohort begins with an intensive workshop facilitated by experienced professional coaches. This establishes core models, builds trust, and sets tailored learning objectives aligned with organisational strategic needs and purpose.

Expert coaches facilitate peer collaboration, encourage open communication, and conduct thorough needs assessments, ensuring that AI-driven skills practice is precisely tailored to individual learning requirements.  Group Reflective practice sessions ensure continuous support and the transference of learning into the workplace.

Practice makes perfect

Following foundational skills training, AI-powered tools can provide an innovative and fun way of ensuring learning with continuous reinforcement and practical application.

Individuals can engage with AI-powered avatars in realistic scenarios to practice a range of challenging conversations. Scenarios might include career discussions with high performers, performance review objective setting, supporting underperformers, managing conflict resolution, or supporting team members through difficult situations. By practicing in a risk-free AI environment, leaders and managers will enhance their coaching and communication skills, leading to more impactful real-life interactions.

The learner receives review and feedback performance scores based on the insights and best practices of expert professional coaches who adhere to EMCC coaching standards. This approach ensures that learned skills are deeply embedded and readily applied in professional settings, mitigating the “forgetting curve” commonly associated with traditional training.

The AI-powered programme also encourages reflection, repeated practice, and judgment-free learning, which is particularly beneficial for cohort-based development programmes. The shared experience of AI-enabled coaching skills practice promotes collaboration, engagement, and collective growth.

Measuring impact and demonstrating ROI

AI-driven coaching solutions provide robust analytics that enable HR Directors to track individual and organisational progress, measure ROI, and refine leadership development strategies.

Instant feedback and performance scoring, grounded in expert coaching principles, ensure coaching initiatives are engaging and aligned with business objectives.

This data-driven approach allows HR leaders to assess the value and effectiveness of their investment in the programme and present the information to the board.

Scalability and reach: Democratizing leadership development

AI enables the scalability of high-quality upskilling beyond senior executives to managers at all levels, cultivating a culture of continuous learning and leadership excellence. By extending coaching skills opportunities across the organisation, companies create a pipeline of future-ready leaders equipped to navigate today’s complex business landscape.

The Future of Leadership: A Strategic Human-AI Partnership Rooted in Coaching Expertise

The future of leadership development lies in the synergy between human expertise, grounded in established coaching standards, and AI innovation. Organisations that prioritise building a coaching culture which partners expertise with strategically integrated AI-powered tools will unlock unprecedented levels of leadership effectiveness.

By balancing human connection with AI-enabled learning, businesses drive sustained behaviour change, enhance leadership capabilities, and secure a competitive advantage.

By embracing this blended approach, HR Directors create an innovative coaching culture that empowers leaders, engages employees, and drives organisational success.

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[i] Gartner Survey Finds Leader and Manager Development Tops HR Leaders’ List of 2025 Priorities for Third Consecutive Year

[ii] Four in five HR professionals are currently using AI at work

[iii] Leadership Development Industry Statistics in the UK | CJPI