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6 Simple Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day in Your Cubicle

Compensation Cafe

Every year Compensation Cafe gets an impressively spiked peak in readership for Becky Regan's 2010 Valentine's Day post, "5 Simple, Inexpensive Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day at Work." Compensation professionals have a habit of huddling up with EXCEL for days at a time. Now it's time to have your own fun.

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Cafe Classic: Why Are Mentors Worthless?

Compensation Cafe

In a survey conducted from June 7 through June 17, 2010, absolutely none of the 25 human resource or compensation professionals randomly polled (most had called me on other matters) admitted to supplying any special reward for employees who train others in addition to other duties.

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Is Team Chemistry the Next Big Thing in Performance and Rewards?

Compensation Force

Not surprisingly, MoneyBall author Michael Lewis already had a bead on this teamness phenomenon back in 2010, when he wrote The No-Stats All-Star for the New York Times. Bonus/Incentives Metrics/Analytics Pay for Performance Performance Management - General'

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Cafe Classic: To Innovate in Rewards, Get Outside the Rewards Profession

Compensation Cafe

There appears to be general agreement among reward professionals that the compensation approaches and protocols which have dominated practice for the last few decades are ripe for reinvention. Editor's Note: Because innovation is messy and irritating, and because we like to ruffle feathers here at the Cafe. Please share your take below!

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Cafe Classic - How Fast Would You Run in the Dark?

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: Wondering why your performance-based compensation programs aren't delivering results? Performance-based compensation plans are hailed and railed against on a regular basis. My Compensation Café colleague Jim Brennan stated it clearly in a recent posting. Then they disappear. How fast would you run?

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Cafe Classic: Get Rich Quick!

Compensation Cafe

Also by variables that communicate compensation insights. A 2012 snapshot of salaries may end up being misleading if the story changes when you add 2010 and 2011. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café.

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Everyone Gets a $100,000 bonus!

Compensation Cafe

When they met a five-year goal in 2010, employees were given a choice of either a $50,000 car or $35,000 in cash. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience, specializing in job evaluation, market pricing and pay budget distribution. No complex distribution scheme to argue about.