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When You're Cornered, Why Not Step Aside?

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Let's try again with a bigger [select an option: salary, sign-on bonus, incentive, equity offering, loan opportunity and, and, and].". Review the process you followed with him or her and identify key events that may have contributed to the poor outcome. I've seen this happen a number of times, especially with smaller organizations.

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Mid-Career Hires Are Tricky

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Let's face it, the job switch is a life event for most of your candidates, involving substantial change and readjustment as well as career promise. Performance management creates a constricted atmosphere that just doesn't work in this situation. And whose performance is -- yes -- being watched closely by your team.

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What Can the Novel Coronavirus Teach Us About Compensation Communication?

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Just about every group event we have been looking forward to in the next two months has been cancelled. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. As of today, travel to China and mainland Europe has been cut off.

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Make Milestones Matter

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This demands a strategic view, but the key strategic decisions actually come when you select the points in the workflow which signify that a major event in your progress has occurred. 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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Skip the Coulda, Woulda, Shouldas This Year

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Recognize that improvements in this area will take a few months to plan, and implementation won't just be one event, so start the project as soon as you can. Especially for annual programs like incentives that are not thought about in every month of the year. Skills update -- Are you a homegrown compensation practitioner?

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Do You Need a Blender to Price a Blended Job?

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This is a sad turn of events because employees who end up in blended jobs are typically high performers. If they are managed right, these employees will appreciate the opportunity to demonstrate a breadth of skills and leadership abilities -- and they'll enjoy receiving recognition for "pitching-in.".

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Expect More (From Yourself) This Year

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To make them fun while I count the days until my time off, I thought I would write a series about our upcoming main event -- planning for end of year performance assessment and reward implementation. I want to relax with you, but I have many blogs to write before my own vacation. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.