Compensation Cafe
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Could it be that we are designing and communicating incentives for our highest performance all wrong? This study specifically looked at the impact of incentives on motor and neurological performance in high-pressure situations. The real question should be what this may mean for future incentive plan design.
SnackNation
JANUARY 19, 2018
A study done by Deloitte in 2012 found that retention is 25% higher for employees who have engaged in company-sponsored mentorship. Find an inspirational quote or page from a book and send it out to your team on Monday mornings. Start a learning club where employees select books or videos related to your work for everyone to enjoy.
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Compensation Cafe
APRIL 27, 2018
Zingheim, the winners of the prestigious WorldatWork Keystone Award and authors of some of the top selling books in our field. Editor's note: I am proud to feature as today's Classic the cautionary post written for us a few years ago by Jay R. Schuster and Patricia K. Schuster, Ph.D. and Patricia K. Zingheim, Ph.D.,
Compensation Cafe
DECEMBER 3, 2014
Organizations would be more effective and employees would be more engaged if at least half of benefits dollars were converted into cash, especially incentive opportunities. When benefits represent 30% of total employee rewards and performance incentives are about 1%, management claims of pay for performance are laughable. Implications.
TalentCulture
MARCH 9, 2016
Here are five ideas to make the next rung of the corporate ladder easier to reach: Reinstate employee referral bonuses. A staple of fast-growth startups, referral bonuses give employees an incentive to stay – and to bring their talented friends onboard. Institute a management and executive book club.
Compensation Cafe
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Sales compensation has always been a different beast: it has different buyers and economic cycles than employee rewards, and sales incentives constantly evolve to meet new business needs. Supervisors can use that information to adjust raises and bonuses with no help from rewards experts. He received a Ph.D.
Workable
MAY 17, 2017
In 2012, game development company Valve released a handbook for new hires to explain its organizational structure: Screenshot via Valve. Bonus incentives. For example, e-commerce company Zappos created an employee handbook in the form of a comic book. Disqus calls its handbook a “Culture Book.” summaries and statements.)
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