Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Imagine training for a marathon. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. You've got to run, lift weights, stretch and run some more. Over and over and over again. You've got to love the process.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2018

Editor's Note: As the pay transparency train chugs forward and continues to gain momentum, many organizations have made plans and taken steps to pull back the curtain and share increasing amounts of pay information. That's why clarity is a more useful goal when it comes to talking with employees about compensation.

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Heyyy HR!

MAY 4, 2023

Often we accept a new job offer, then start the new position only to realize after agreeing to the initial pay/compensation that the work involves a lot more than we realized. When moving on to another role, even if it’s the same company, make sure to get a higher compensation than your current pay.

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Compensation Today

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This is an excerpt from our new ebook collaboration with BambooHR, “ Your Total Rewards Questions: Answered.” The ebook is based on a panel discussion in which industry thought leaders offered their insights and tips on the biggest, most frequent concerns around total rewards. Learn More About Our Compensation Software.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 30, 2019

If your compensation system works on a calendar year, you're going to be asked to start a compensation communication plan in September. If you are going to make sure your compensation and performance management programs are procedurally fair , you've got research, analysis and strategy development to complete.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Editor's Note: Compensation structures and practices work best when they directly reflect the organization's intentions regarding employee careers. In this Classic post, Margaret O'Hanlon provides helpful perspective on what careers mean to employees, which is not always in sync with how we in compensation view them.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

We do this at our own peril, as Cafe compensation communication guru Margaret O'Hanlon frequently reminds. Did you think we're just standing on a soapbox when we say that we believe that, "Everything we do in compensation is communication?" Want your programs and plans to work better? Now for a taste of the science involved.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

HR, and Compensation in particular, needs to be alert to the leadership opportunities coming out of our strict lock down. Were training and communications used to facilitate needed shifts, or were needs so apparent that the changes happened on their own? Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 12, 2021

On the other hand, there's a lot to be gained by getting everyone excited about having more information and insight into their compensation. Most important will be the one-on-one discussions that occur throughout the year, though, so manager training and FAQs will be needed. which can be made available online. Time for a reality check.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2021

Editor's Note: In the early years of your Compensation career? Margaret O'Hanlon has some Classic tips for making career headway in the New Year. If you find yourself in the early part of your career as this year begins, here are a few suggestions that can help you, I bet. Don't limit the discussion to their compensation.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

Editor's Note: One good email and a meeting will not turn your compensation plan design into reality. I've written a lot about implementation on Compensation Cafe, including a series that starts with this article. It's also the minimum you need to invest in any kind of compensation plan rollout. Why keep harping on it?

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 16, 2019

Do you want to become famous in your company for: (pick one or more) Competitive compensation knowledge, talent acquisition, strategic insight, leadership? Start by learning all you can about your organization and about our field's innovative compensation practices, but don't stop there. Do customers see these distinctions clearly?

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2019

results that fund financial success and compensation. Many of you are in the midst of the objective setting process right now, where you are responsible for training and facilitating the cascade of objectives within your organization. After all, compensation is a form of change management.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 9, 2021

Yet many of my nonprofit compensation clients have invited me to Total Reward discussions because they feel that they could be doing better in a number of employment areas. Margaret O'Hanlon brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Similarly, some leading European multinationals, such as Shell and Phillips developed new approaches to personnel development and drew on similar approaches already used in Civil Service training. Her firm is re:Think Consulting. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2019

and no training can lessen [this powerful tendency]." Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Try this one on for size. Research shows ". To be blunt, ". Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 19, 2019

These italics are mine, chosen to highlight how innovative and focused manager training design could be if it honed in on those skills.). 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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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2020

They were less interested in participating in training and development programs. What does this have to do with the fruitfulness of your compensation negotiations with employees? 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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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 6, 2019

Today's article is the second in a series on the Virtual Reality (VR) of compensation plan design. Just ask the Compensation Cafe staff!). You don't need special VR goggles when you drop into the Compensation Cafe, but that's what we often give you -- a quick simulation of what it's like to be in the midst of our projects.

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Zenefits

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When team members move into other roles that aren’t necessarily promotions, those moves are often part of a career?lattice career lattices?differ career ladders . Career development can happen in ladder ways or in lattice ways?— and sometimes in both — over the course of someone’s career development.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 14, 2017

I'm passing the second video along because, in my experience, it's the first time that WorldatWork has highlighted the value of behavioral psychology/economics for our compensation practices. 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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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2018

August is a handy time of year to assess the effectiveness of your compensation practices. Even if you're still trying to figure out how to communicate compensation, there are a few basics that you can't miss. Find out so you have the time to fix them before you're deep into 4th quarter. This step can make you a hero, count on it.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 20, 2018

It's really tough, especially in smaller companies, where the executives just want to tell you what to do, especially about compensation. I can tell you, having advised hundreds of companies by now, many executives have limited patience for compensation work(except when it comes to paying execs). Instead put a short deck together.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Have we made big strides over the past ten years in our various specialties: Compensation, benefits, training, recruitment and so on? They need managers who not only help them perform better in their skill domain, but also help them understand how to look ahead to where your industry and their career potential is evolving.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2016

Employee development. Career development. Career advancement. But what do employees mean when they talk about career opportunity? But what do employees mean when they talk about career opportunity? If your compensation work addresses career issues, it would be worthwhile finding out.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

They make that progress through training, discussion, coaching and demonstrated reliability. Leadership and Human Resources need to be ready to guide manager behavior in collaboration, or all the training in the world won''t achieve reliability. Like I was saying, Everything You Do (in Compensation) Is Communication.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2015

Want to make 2015 the year you actually achieve something through manager training? McKinsey has identified why executive leadership training can fall short, but savvy change managers can see how these findings can apply to manager training as well. You''ll never get any real ROI until you ditch the one-size-fits-all mindset.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2017

It's 2017 and we all need practice -- The past few years have been monotonous in the compensation world. Then, put your end-of-year compensation plans under a microscope -- Remember that pay for performance is a form of change management. Then traditional compensation communications is what's called for.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Jamie Davis of HCR Software, one of our readers, suggested an article that she felt all of us at Compensation Cafe should be aware of. She's CEO and co-founder of Tilde, a small open-source training and consulting startup. There's good stuff there about executive compensation, incentives and employee development, too.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 23, 2015

I''ve written a lot about implementation on Compensation Cafe, including a series that starts with this article. It''s also the minimum you need to invest in any kind of compensation plan rollout. Or you could acknowledge that your Compensation function has its own goal, far out in the distance, that is strategically essential.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Did you think we''re just standing on a soapbox when we say that we believe that, "Everything we do in compensation is communication?" As communicators know from their professional training, people don''t deliberate on numbers or any other information, they react immediately and emotionally. Now for a taste of the science involved.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The goal of these communications are PROCESS transparency, not training. Managers are often confused why "Compensation needs this information, isn't it just about numbers?" 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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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 16, 2016

Possible members in addition to Compensation include: Legal, CFO or member of her/his staff to act as liaison and/or other executive decision makers. Payroll, IT, HR Business partners, Benefits, Training, Career Development -- colleagues needed to provide input or whose work will be affected by your decisions.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 29, 2021

Managers/supervisors are often promoted from front-line positions without much training in compensation practices. Is Compensation making its best effort to support managers who want to give promotions? First-time managers face this scenario, and Compensation should be better at clarifying things right from the start. .

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DailyPay

JUNE 18, 2019

These problems can stem from insufficient compensation and recognition, unprofessional superiors, and even bullying on the construction site. READ THE EBOOK. Ensure that hiring managers are trained to present the benefits and incentives factually and make potential employees comfortable during the interview process.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

If you have training planned, set at least 30 minutes aside for managers to discuss the hurdles that they face. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Take every opportunity to talk things over with managers.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Last Thursday , Dan Walter mentioned in his Compensation Cafe article that, "reporting the CEO Pay Ratio. Let alone any other aspect of compensation when it is so tightly linked to your company's unique business strategy and culture.). Train your managers. will seldom be reasonably comparable from company to company."

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