Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2020

Annual planning. Performance review. Incentives. manager's briefings. manager's tools. performance management administration system. 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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JULY 17, 2020

An early planning step involves defining what you want your audience to "KNOW, DO AND FEEL" as a result of the communications. Take another example -- you need to communicate the bad news that mid-year bonuses will not be paid because of business conditions. Everybody's been working full tilt.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 17, 2019

The major consulting firms are announcing that a new era in benefit communications is coming, with big advancements in technology. Face it, those auto-messages provided by compensation and performance management administration systems don't qualify as communications, so don't even try to count them in.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

BTW, most practitioners do see this behavior as a problem, in that these managers are both rewarding negligent performers and chintzing out on the stars, therefore missing the goals of managing performance by a mile. Incentive decisions can also be peanut buttered, as I'm sure you've noticed.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Today's article is the second in a series on the Virtual Reality (VR) of compensation plan design. Last time , we visited some best practices for preparing to start a plan design project. This enables you to see things you need to see, and do things you might not have tried on your own yet, so you're better able to develop a plan.

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JUNE 25, 2020

One of the reasons is the power of today's real-time communications technology. Because employees will see that their manager can be trusted to have insight she/he will share. 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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AUGUST 6, 2019

Start now instead of late September to plan this year's rollout. So what if the tools you are using are the same -- your performance management program, merit raises and bonuses? Your business is in a different place, your marketplace has changed and your managers are focused on different issues.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2021

Isn't this the time of year when major projects are planned? While this first step takes a bit of time, describing target problems and outlining solutions is usually the easy part of project planning. The next step of writing a project plan takes a different set of skills and focus.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Make the most of tested solutions that an experienced employee can bring for inevitable project challenges. 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. Incentives.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Here are three tips you can use any time during the year, but most of all during merit increase and incentive award periods. A champion is someone who will guide and influence the progress of your communications, especially with senior management and department heads. Get yourself a champion (or champions). How can you do this easily?

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Anyone who's done their share of these meetings can tell you that no matter how short your time allocation, it's wise to picture yourself in an episode of ABC's "Wipeout" while you plan your meeting. Your presentation should also create context, identify pain points and provide insight into why the solution you're proposing can't wait.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

It's time to cement your project plans for the coming year, so I thought I'd pass along some items to consider before you submit for approval. I don't need to tell you how much your business relies on technology, and that the appetite for tech solutions in most industries is insatiable. Talk about cognitive dissonance.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

By the time you realize that you don't have everyone's email address memorized, it is time to invest in organizing practices and systems. . Healthy Gadgets' HR staff institutes a system that, they communicate, "we'll never stray from" -- no matter who is making the pay decisions: HR, execs or managers.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Dig in, you'll learn fast: 2018 tax withholding calculator The IRS provides a tool that will help your employees avoid nasty surprises at the next tax filing. 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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MAY 14, 2018

If you're an HR office of one, busily juggling everything from beneficiary forms to incentive awards, it's hard to believe that you share any pressures with other HR managers. This is the first in a series. HR operating context: Predictable revenue and productivity are the company's overarching operating goals.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

HBR asks, "What's the first thing that leaders and managers can do to help their employees?" Their answer: Get the infrastructure right, making sure that people have the requisite laptops and technology. How does this specifically apply to you, Compensation Department? Here's where the shovel comes in. Routinely short on data?

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APRIL 22, 2020

Commitment that, in top performing companies, means the customer comes first. That’s why I was shocked to hear this following story at from a couple who work at a Silicon Valley technology giant. Formerly an award-winning workplace, their company just reported the results of the annual survey with a notable surprise.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

There are many reasons why pay-for-performance practices have been challenged by employees, executives and the media in the last two or so years. First, I've realized that cultural change has altered the context of performance management. Technology is at the root. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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JUNE 17, 2021

A job architecture's goal is organization-wide alignment of all jobs in a company into a structure which may be used to address: workforce planning, job levels, job titling, career movement and pay. . While the tide is turning, there are still a lot of organizations out there without job architecture. Her firm is re:Think Consulting.

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JUNE 14, 2017

In the meantime, the work world has changed immensely in terms of regulatory policies, economics, workforce priorities, data analytics, productivity through technology and so on. At some point, instead of living with the clutter from the old systems, we need to take the time to clean out the metaphorical closets.

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JULY 22, 2019

In its section on the Chaos Theory , Wikipedia tells us, "Chaotic systems are predictable for a while and then appear to become random." 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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APRIL 11, 2016

Brett's negotiating for executive responsibilities and planning to ramp up contributions to his 401(k). All of them will be surprised if they don't earn an "exceeds expectations" rating, given the way their performance opportunities have been going this year. Tomorrow, there could be a big payoff when we do. You talked, we listened.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The online Business Dictionary defines business strategy as: -A method or plan chosen to bring about a desired future, such as achievement of a goal or solution to a problem. The art and science of planning and marshaling resources for their most efficient and effective use. So, where's the disconnect?

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2015

Thinking about a plan redesign any time soon? These challenges have to be addressed in the solution, too, because they are the reasons you have light bulbs in the first place. Experienced designers will advise you, tell you and urge you to start with a really good problem definition. So here goes. Count on it. I know I do.

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MARCH 30, 2016

While it is true that things can go horribly wrong with compensation communications, if you put thought (and emotion) into your planning, the likelihood of history-making disasters can be very low. Why not apply the microtargeting approach to compensation communications, especially with managers? It's too bad, really.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2020

Plus, you can help them manage their time effectively by communicating a single Total Rewards calendar for benefits, performance management and total compensation. With HR building a single operating calendar for open enrollment, performance management, raises, incentive awards and development planning.

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