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Cafe Classic: Compare for Success

Compensation Cafe

Some of my favorite anecdotes about performance management deal with comparative feedback: Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie painted yesterday’s production totals on the floor of a struggling steel mill, departing through the crowd of watching workers without a word. Analogies about feedback fill the world of total reward management.

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Cafe Classic: Conserve Compensation Credibility

Compensation Cafe

Creating a climate where such belief in the integrity of the messenger exists is vital to survive and thrive in this area of total rewards management. . James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience in most industries.

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Two Types of Compensation People

Compensation Cafe

The typical total reward manager is generally caught in the middle between management and other employees, pulled by both sides. James (Jim) Brennan is an independent compensation advisor with extensive total rewards experience. We don't want to be either heartlessly dispassionate misers or overly empathetic softies.

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Cafe Classic: Pay Attitudes of Managers Are Shaped by Layoff Experiences

Compensation Cafe

Firing a bad performer is relatively easy and occasionally painless; but casting a productive worker out into the great unknown will give you sleepless nights. So, to all you compensation professionals and total reward managers out there, do everyone a favor and do your best to avoid such nightmares. Think ahead.