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What Does "Engagement" Mean These Days? And Why Should It Matter to Comp?

Compensation Cafe

They include performance management, reward strategy, career development, compensation communications, among many other key influencers of employee engagement. You'll want them to be used for easy employee assessments by managers to facilitate project assignments, as well as to check readiness for new responsibilities.

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If You Don't Give Raises This Year

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The money makes it easier for employees to do their assigned work, but has no real significance as recognition or help with projected career opportunities. 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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Don't Do That! Bad Habits and Compensation

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Change management should be the foundation of 90% of compensation communications. Why is change such a big part of it? Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Here are three basics of our work.

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Cafe Classic: Implementation. and Why Action Must Follow Ideas If You Actually Want Something to Happen

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I'll be talking about communications and I'll be talking about change management, too. After all, compensation is a form of change management. Every paycheck sends the message that we expect employees to assess a changing environment and profit from changing opportunities.

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Are We Resilient?

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We need to be focused on "withstanding change to emerge stronger." Surely that involves planning for the coming year of 2022, creating a strategy that should be managed through the lens of change management. In my mind, workforce planning goes hand in hand with a robust job architecture. Her firm is re:Think Consulting.

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It's Time to Talk about Milestones

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Milestones mark a significant change or stage of development as you move forward. At Compensation Cafe, we believe compensation is a form of change management. 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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Cafe Classic: Implementation Matters

Compensation Cafe

Pay for performance is a form of change management if we do it right. 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.