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Cafe Classic: Fix it then Pay, Not the Other Way

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A big raise or long-term incentive plan to stop complaints about the direction of the company may also have an impact for a while. It is fairly common to have a CEO tell me that they want an incentive program that drives or manages their employees’ performance. Incentive pay doesn’t motivate employees.

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Cafe Classic: Driving Your Compensation Programs in Reverse

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Next, I ask about their goals or philosophy for compensation and the integration with corporate strategy and goals. It would be ideal if these companies knew what type of corporate strategy it was supporting with its compensation programs. This is a common script I have heard from small companies. “We

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What Do You Do?

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They may need help on problems with salaries, bonuses or a certain benefit. Drawing on many decades of experience with virtually every industry and location in North America, I research, summarize, distill and (hopefully) clarify the range of options available for total rewards applications. Here are some descriptions of what you do….