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Cafe Classic: Rethinking Compensation Training

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: Is your manager training on compensation failing to get the job done? The inadequacy or ineffectiveness of manager training is a concern for most of us -- and if it's not, it probably should be. Here's a look at a few ways compensation training could become far more effective.

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3 Tips to Kick-Start Career Development in Your Company

Compensation Cafe

In every recent year, career or growth opportunities have been ranked in the top three of employee priorities. Even so, I don't know a company that's satisfied that they've done enough in the career development area. Somehow career development projects seem to be too time consuming to even consider.

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L&D: The Key to Success for Today’s SMBs

Extensis

Quick look: A whopping 96% of employees want the opportunity to enhance their skills, yet two-thirds of employers report confusion about how to create a proper learning and development program. ” Many types of training fall under this umbrella, including: Onboarding and new hire programs. .” Career development.

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Focus Group Check In

Compensation Cafe

Historically, Human Resources have had an on-again, off-again relationship with focus groups. We haul the methodology out for diverse reasons--to test a new incentive idea, find out what employees mean by competitive pay, learn why employees feel they are being paid unfairly and so on. What factors influence decisions to resign?" "Has

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Performance Management: Design a Modern Process That Creates Results

HR Bartender

Even if those percentages are a little bit off, the bottom-line is remote work is on the rise. Here are five performance management activities to consider: Take performance management online. With managers and employees not always working in the same location, an online option is not only convenient but absolutely necessary.

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Strategy Not Part of Your Rep? Here's How to Change Their Minds

Compensation Cafe

How about kicking off with a definition of " strategic partner " coming straight to you from Compensation Cafe. But don't imagine you'll be praised for your strategic insights when you've finished the project. A better label for this work is that "you're getting your house in order." A fruitful, but not typically strategic, exercise.

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What Is The Average Employee Retention Rate by Industry? [2021 Update]

DailyPay

READ OUR EBOOK. Attrition has always been expensive for companies, but in many industries, the cost of losing good workers is rising, thanks to increasingly tight labor markets. This makes measuring employee turnover more important for employers. How can you gauge if you’re spending too much on employee turnover? In other words, 15.1%