Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 8, 2018

Every experienced compensation professional knows it is extremely difficult to disengage from any system seen as a significant part of the total reward “contract” with employees. Rarely do you see consultants saying that their client should end a popular but expensive compensation scheme.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 8, 2020

Those presented with compensation proposals won’t accept the recommendations unless they trust the provider. For compensation leaders to be persuasive, they must maintain and preserve their credibility. Everyone distrusts what they don't clearly understand, and compensation is frequently one of those problematic areas.

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Visier

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Countless studies have shown the equal economic contribution women make in the workforce, yet companies still struggle to achieve the goal of equity, particularly in the areas that affect women’s upward movement the most: promotions and compensation. Performance Management’s Effect on Gender Equity.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Editor's Note: In this Classic post, Jim Brennan shines a light on the challenges of rewards work and the surprising discovery that awaits many compensation pros who choose the field in an effort to escape the squishiness of other HR specialties and immerse themselves in quantitative certainty. Compensation is harder than rocket science.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Compensation people seem to come in two types: employee judges and employee advocates. Another group (which I will carelessly label "advocates") prefers to ignore individual performance distinctions and instead would confer identical generous compensation rights to all employees. Or am I seeing things that aren't there, again?

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Cornerstone On Demand

MARCH 13, 2017

3) Supplement Annual Performance Reviews Annual reviews aren't appealing to a generation that prefers immediate constructive criticism and praise. it's the total compensation package that will bring them on board. By thinking about "compensation" beyond salary, you can find creative ways to engage younger employees.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 8, 2015

Performance management is not only important for identifying your high potential employees, but it also has a great impact on your compensation programs and documentation practices. What’s happening with performance management in the real world? Upcoming 2015 BLR surveys include: Employment Branding.

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Spark Hire

APRIL 30, 2015

Without fail, San Diego kept it classy for the 2015 SHRM Talent Management Conference and Exposition ! emPerform is an employee performance management system geared toward organizations looking to improve and automate their employee performance management process through innovative solutions.

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Reviewsnap

DECEMBER 29, 2015

2016 is almost here and that means it’s time to take a look at the best performance review posts of 2015. From compensation practices to employee performance, 360-reviews to learning systems integration, these are the articles that you clicked, read, and shared this year the most.

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HR Lineup

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The company was founded in 2015 and has quickly become one of the leading PEOs in the industry. This includes everything from payroll processing and employee onboarding to performance management and employee development. Invo PEO also offers risk management services to its clients.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Money is not the only reward available to serve your compensation program. If compensation people are to succeed in our ambition to effectively manage and administer total reward programs, we should both recognize that fact and act accordingly. Jim Brennan shares some Classic thoughts and ideas.

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Reflektive

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In 2013, Microsoft became one of the early major companies to overhaul its performance review process, eliminating stack ranking and adapting its compensation process to put more influence in the hands of managers. Its new system gives managers more ownership of performance management.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 6, 2016

Editor's Note: Last summer we posted an announcement from Gerry Ledford (one of our profession's leading scholars) introducing a new academic study focused on leading edge performance management practices and an invitation for any qualified organizations to participate. Do the data indicate that the hype is warranted?

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Most of the people I hang with are still pretty much compensation people rather than Talent Managers or Total Rewards professionals, so when they are presented with a problem, guess what gets addressed first? After all, if an issue can be corrected with cash, it is not a management problem but only a cost item.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

SHRM defines performance management as “the process of maintaining or improving employee job performance through the use of performance assessment tools, coaching, and counseling as well as providing continuous feedback.” Employees whose managers involve them in goal setting are 3.6x

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Insperity

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Right now, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) —also known as health care reform—is probably your number one concern when it comes to complying with new government regulations in 2015. It should be. This means that more workers will become non-exempt. But this is very risky. An increase in federal minimum wage.

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Compensation Today

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger Just because your organization has an established compensation plan doesn’t mean it’s working well anymore. Now, I don’t want to scare you, but I do want to educate you on some of the symptoms of a compensation strategy that’s about to fail. It’s very possible that trouble may be brewing.

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 25, 2018

A company can more directly quantify this by measuring employee happiness with different aspects of the job including compensation, workplace environment and role clarity. Recognition and Rewards – Employees value recognition over other forms of gratification, including base compensation.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 3, 2021

James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries. After corporate HR posts and consulting CEO roles, he was Senior Associate of pay surveyor ERI before returning to consulting in 2015. Image courtesy of Chris Dobyns.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Whether that role is to attract and retain new talent, maintain compliance, or evaluate compensation and benefits, these are the 5 must-have items to add to your 2019 HR budget. If you’re able to invest in management training for your team, explore these 15 options or our guide, 16 Secrets for Building Better Managers.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2022

James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries. After corporate HR posts and consulting CEO roles, he was Senior Associate of pay surveyor ERI before returning to consulting in 2015.

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HR Daily Advisor

JULY 16, 2015

In yesterday’s Advisor , we presented some of the results of our 2015 Performance Management Survey; today, the rest of the results, including the role of HR and the top five errors supervisors make. 1,198 individuals participated in the survey, conducted in May 2015. Developing your compensation strategy.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Since compensation deals with rewards for proper work results, how people accomplish their responsibilities and tasks is worthy of discussion. Compensation professionals need to understand that there are many reasons --some of our own making -- for performance outcomes that fall short of expectations. Are we listening?

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 25, 2018

A company can more directly quantify this by measuring employee happiness with different aspects of the job including compensation, workplace environment and role clarity. Recognition and Rewards – Employees value recognition over other forms of gratification, including base compensation.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Not one of the 25 human resource or compensation professionals I 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. The manner in which you deliver compensation frequently delivers a stronger impact than the amount dispensed.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Editor's Note: In today's Classic, Jim Brennan reminds us of the role that pay - specifically cash compensation - can and must play in an overall reward program and ultimately the value proposition that you offer employees. . Although all rewards don’t jingle, compensation has to be right up front in the sequence of total rewards elements.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Editor's Note: Back in 2015, Jim Brennan wrote this Classic post about Zappos' CEO Tony Hsieh's bold move to upend the company's culture and management approach and to introduce the idea of a holacracy. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 1, 2022

As both Compensation Café founder Ann Bares and contributer Laura Schroeder have observed, laudable retention efforts can all too easily slide into an atmosphere of suffocation and de tention. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Raising grade ranges despite flat market movement and granting cash payments in lieu of base increases are always popular topics in compensation forums. There are many mistakes about compensation that are easy to make. Similar “crimes” against equitable justice might be found in many compensation systems.

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Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

APRIL 12, 2018

One Company, One HR As business needs change, our customers look for one human capital management platform to consolidate multiple systems and processes and help move them (and their people) through major events like mergers and acquisitions. In July 2015 the team rolled out Core HR, payroll, benefits, recruiting.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Individual approaches can supply feedback customized to the specific performer. Of course, compensation itself can be a form of feedback , too, because all rewards don't jingle. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries.

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Littal Shemer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It covers all the core areas of HR including recruitment, performance management, learning and development (L&D), and reward. Strategic Analytics: Advancing Strategy Execution and Organizational Effectiveness Alec Levenson (2015). Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead Laszlo Bock (2015). “A

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

People who have been historically generously compensated for many years by hefty guaranteed base rates have no right to an infinite entitlement to the largest increases. . in The Personnel Journal and the Performance Management Workbook) in the past. The practice has been around for a long time in both the U.S.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

My book on it (Performance Management Workbook , Prentice Hall) has a lot of chapters on such dynamics. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries. Maslow, Hertzberg, et al have waxed prolix on that. Creative Commons image "Goal" by ekkebus.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 22, 2020

James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries. After corporate HR posts and consulting CEO roles, he was Senior Associate of pay surveyor ERI before returning to consulting in 2015.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

Even compensation experts, supposedly the most analytical of HR types, have difficulties with data. Even in the numbers-oriented world of compensation management, Scientific Wild-Ass Guesses (SWAGs) still are required sometimes. All decisions are B.A.D. decisions, relying on the Best Available Data known at the time.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

Even compensation experts, supposedly the most analytical of HR types, have difficulties with data. Even in the numbers-oriented world of compensation management, Scientific Wild-Ass Guesses (SWAGs) still are required sometimes. Editor's Note: Even in the age of AI, ML and even TMI, SWAGs based on B.A.D. are still necessary.

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