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The Risks of Unmotivated Employees

Compensation Cafe

For these employees, compensation is sufficient to keep them coming through the door, but is otherwise ineffective in leading to performance. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal highlights a study by Aon Hewitt that looked at this group of employees. For many others, though, I suspect that there is hope.

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Cafe Classic: Are Your Employees Volunteers or Robots?

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Yes, appropriate and fair compensation is critical to establishing a contract with employees. “Your work as a leader shifts from force to invitation, from control to influence, from fear to gratitude. You won’t lead to wring out the worst, but to bring out the best.”. Why should you care if employees are highly engaged?

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8 Tried & Tested Employee Retention Strategies in the Insurance Sector [2024 Edition]

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The current state of employee turnover and retention in the insurance sector According to a study by the Jacobson Group and Aon conducted in the third quarter of 2021, numerous professionals in the insurance industry are reconsidering their current roles and actively exploring alternative opportunities.

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Where Have All the Raises Gone?

Compensation Cafe

Cited in the article, analyst firm Aon Hewitt calls this a “drastic shift” based on the firm’s annual survey on salaried employee compensation. Aon Hewitt did not even start tracking short-term rewards and bonuses — known as variable compensation — until 1988, when they accounted for an average of 3.9 percent of payrolls.

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Overcoming Dark Days with Appreciation

Compensation Cafe

As Globoforce’s Vice President of Client Strategy and Consulting, Derek Irvine is an internationally minded management professional with over 20 years of experience helping global companies set a higher ambition for global strategic employee recognition , leading workshops, strategy meetings and industry sessions around the world.

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