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Tips for Setting, Measuring, and Tracking Employee Goals

Netchex HR Blog

Achievable: Optional stretch goals can have bonus incentives attached, but SMART goals should be realistic without relying on extreme effort or luck. The deadline won’t always coincide with the next meeting, especially with long term personal goals and career development.

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Is Pay Transparency a Gift? Agree, No Opinion, Disagree

Compensation Cafe

Competitiveness: "In comparison with those in other companies with jobs similar to mine, I feel my pay is okay.". I know what I can do to influence the size of my incentive. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café.

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How Betty Crocker Thinks about Compensation

Compensation Cafe

I've finally come up with a good comparison that I want to share with you. Whether you are evaluating or pricing jobs, creating an incentive or new salary ranges, here are some "ingredients" that will help you cook up a cake that gets more attention -- because you're paying closer attention. Think birthday cakes.

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Compensation Communications that Hit the Mark This Time

Compensation Cafe

We'll talk about how this works in a minute, but let's start by checking out this comparison. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Do You Know How to Attract Star Employees?

Compensation Cafe

With certain job levels, the link between incentives and the company's mission would be quite valuable, too. You need to walk into every recruiting situation knowing how job seekers will be sizing up both your company's offer and your company's "employee brand" before they bring up the comparisons with your competitors.

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Value End-of-Year Implementation -- Turn Down the Heat on the CEO Pay Ratio

Compensation Cafe

By that I mean, if everyone in the company is going to compare themselves with the median pay profile, many are going to feel some type of a negative comparison. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café.

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Employee Engagement Metrics Every Manager Should Know

HR Guy

For example, suppose multiple employees mention a lack of career development opportunities as a reason for leaving. In that case, the company may invest in training and development programs to increase employee engagement and retention.

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