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4 Tips for 2020 Career Development

Compensation Cafe

What happens when you disappear raises, slim down bonuses, freeze salaries and/or jack up benefit costs? Career development no longer has to share the total rewards spotlight, and it becomes the go-to form of employee recognition. You may think that addressing career development is no big deal. Speak clearly.

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What Does a Bonus Mean?

Compensation Cafe

After all, we often don't make much of a communication effort when we award bonuses. They want confirmation that the merit budget is the same as the one their neighbor's company--as well as your local competitors--is awarding. When it comes to bonuses, the understood link with business results is often sketchy, too.

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Growing a Healthy Compensation Program -- Part Two

Compensation Cafe

A great motto for the day after Memorial Day, as well as for this series! Managers are also noticing that their "founding" employees are getting a bit antsy about their pay since they still don't have any real evidence that they are being paid competitively -- even if Healthy Gadgets' compensation strategy has been to overpay.

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Tips for Setting, Measuring, and Tracking Employee Goals

Netchex HR Blog

Check out our tips for setting, measuring, and tracking employee goals with the help of HR technology: Develop SMART goals The first step is setting the right kind of goals. Achievable: Optional stretch goals can have bonus incentives attached, but SMART goals should be realistic without relying on extreme effort or luck.

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Quick Reminder on Performance Management Effectiveness

Compensation Cafe

I recently ran into a study on effective performance management practices that I want to share with you. Not because it says anything really new, but because it does a great job on focus and insight, attributes we can all use when it comes to performance management. Procedural fairness is defined as, ". .

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What Is Human Resources?

Analytics in HR

As a function, HR covers the processes, practices, and strategies to attract, develop, and retain employees who contribute to the company’s overall success. Performance management – The ongoing process of managing the employees’ performance and development in alignment with the company goals.

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Why Compensation Doesn’t Drive Motivation

Reflektive

But will the incentive of a higher salary or compensation bonus improve their work performance? Well, that’s another story. Financial incentives can undermine autonomy and intrinsic motivation Click To Tweet. Decades of research has shown that money isn’t the driving force for employee performance.