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Do Your Incentive Plans Motivate Choking?

Compensation Cafe

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.

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Time for HR’s 2014 Performance Appraisal

HR Daily Advisor

It’s a good time to reflect on your accomplishments of 2014. How close are you now to where you thought you’d be on January 1, 2014? How pleased are you (and your hiring managers) with the people you’ve added to the staff? Loss of incentive. Where is the incentive? Happy New Year, readers! Let us help.

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How to Manage the B-Team

Cornerstone On Demand

In mid-August, a New York Times article about Amazon featured heated accounts from former employees describing a workplace that rewards top performers with praise and bonuses, while punishing those who can't — or won't — commit to 85-hour work weeks and 24/7 availability. " Provide Continuous Feedback.

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Cafe Classic: There May Still Be Enough Time!

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: It may not be too late to positively impact those year-end compensation conversations happening at your organization. You may have already completed performance appraisal discussions, but performance should certainly be part of the discussion when 2014 increases and bonuses are covered with employees.

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Update: Employee Compensation at Wells Fargo

Compensation Cafe

We also covered the headline news on employee incentives that eventually brought their CEO down. I've Emailed 200,000 of our Coworkers About our Compensation by Margaret O'Hanlon, October 7, 2014 *. Excessively Successful Incentives by Dan Walter, September 14, 2016. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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A Word to the Wise, Once Again!

Compensation Cafe

That was the first sentence in the April 15, 2014 Compensation Cafe article. As I said back in 2014, when your company's internal practices become a topic for public discussion, you need to be alert. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson. "Employee pay has become a trending topic in media and online."

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How Well Do Numbers Speak for Themselves?

Compensation Cafe

The number of students at the various Big Ten Campuses would be a place to start. We do find out about her character, and perhaps her leadership, from the reporter's note that she's declined two raises since 2014. Same thing at the end of year. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.