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Performance and Rewards: Differentiate Only When It’s Worth It

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Should you encourage managers to differentiate performance and rewards among workers? Merit-based rewards are seen as a hallmark of a “high performance culture.”. 91% of companies linked pay to performance in 2011 , up from 78% in 2009. The typical assumption is that more differentiation is better.

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This just in: Your employee engagement is down

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The findings reveal an engagement level of 56 percent thus far in 2011, which is the same as 2010, but lower than 2009 (60 percent) and 2008 (57 percent). Open the lines of communication and meet regularly with employees to provide feedback and facilitate status reports.

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An In-Depth Look at HR’s Role in Employee Engagement

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In large companies, you may need to create other kinds of opportunities, including: Skip levels: meetings with your boss’ boss. Town halls: companywide ask-me-anything-style meetings. Engaging for Success: Enhancing Performance Through Employee Engagement. Leadership lunches: executives dine with a different team each week.