Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2020

The employee issues involve research into their current priorities (through data analysis and focus groups) and candid definition of the future state you hope to achieve. 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 28, 2020

Hungry for up-to-date data on how your competitors are handling the Human Resource components of the Covid-19 pandemic? Aon (including Radford ) just published data collected from April 7 to 10, 2020. This is a well conducted survey covering a point in time that can be confusing and sometimes even disturbing.

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MAY 27, 2021

Nor is the number of companies reporting that they need to reskill (40%) or rethink performance data (37%) as a result of the curve ball that Covid threw our way. 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 5, 2019

Employees gather statistics-lite data from sites like Payscale, Glassdoor and Quora and treat it as equivalent to any data you may offer. Otherwise you will lose the battle of misguided data. In fact, I bet you now deal with it in most pay negotiations. Engaging your executives.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In terms of performance management, you could really "manage" rather than just labeling the employees and paying them a "no pain, no gain" 2% increase. And, if you could get to the heart of the performance issues and succeed, imagine what it would do for your company's results. The first step is easy.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Now that HR data is being used predictively, there are validated insights into how our profession can perform more effectively. The organization uses data and analytics when making talent decisions [Note: such as talent sourcing, selection, assessment, employee performance and career development].

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Is there predictive data that can guide us? This report talks about "nominal" differences in groups, but that word just helps them communicate what they've found and sidesteps the fact that the data may not be either robust or predictive. Does your company have a reliable career development infrastructure?

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MAY 11, 2021

With data getting better and easier to access, some of us are getting used to updating job pricings on the fly. After all, they are management tools that guide our organization's salary administration decisions. They should have a data reliability that is built on working principles.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Her firm, re:Think Consulting, provides market pay information and designs base salary structures, incentive plans, career paths and their implementation plans.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Do they have the data for it? Another is, "We pay for performance" when most employees are surprised by their performance ratings or the size of their incentives.). 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 5, 2021

Most reviewers prefer data presented graphically, so visuals like dashboards send powerful messages about your project management achievements. . Your presentations will not only be about data or plan design. Your sponsors will want to know how your team's decisions were made.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Sure you're barely out of the first quarter, but now's the time to develop a joint end-of-year calendar with your other Total Rewards' practitioners. Wouldn't it be great to share your key dates for performance management, salary discussions etc. Hoping to get started on data analytics? There is only one place to start.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 30, 2021

The outcomes of the design process can make compensation administration, career development and workforce planning so much more effective. If you have the budget, it's particularly important to partner with experienced firms for this work--the projects involve so much data that they can easily get bogged down.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 28, 2019

Spend time understanding the nature and root causes of the performance challenges that your new plan must address. Analysis of divisional productivity data (followed by some manager interviews) can tell you a lot about performance obstacles, for instance. Don't assume that you have all the insight you need.

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JULY 30, 2019

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. If you start on this data gathering in August, you'll have enough time to really analyze the status quo and plan improvements before September due dates.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Because you want to try to change a deeply held opinion, make sure you combine your data into a clear, crisp set of key points. Willy-nilly data sharing, no matter how potent the data is, is not going to change anyone's mind. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Margaret O'Hanlon brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Her firm is re:Think Consulting. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 10, 2021

Recent research indicates that almost half (48%) of us plan to do workforce planning/modeling as a result of what we've learned during Covid, and 45% plan to improve insights into and data on pay equity. Here are a couple of thoughts for those who are launching into this work. And for those who aren't, a suggestion.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Let’s discuss best practices for the HR manager, line-level managers and business owners. Get our latest FREE eBook How to Master Remote Workforce Management. If you are a manager or business owner with a virtual team, you may be searching for ways to improve employee relations and manage employees more efficiently.

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JULY 7, 2021

OMG -- Because there is so much data involved with this type of project, make sure you start with reliable templates for capturing, using, and communicating the data. Data capture needs to easily transform into reports. Her firm is re:Think Consulting. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

How will the data be used? Observe the management style, too. Find out what they thought about career programs, performance management, manager skills, their HR department. And when it comes to competitor insights, make sure to keep your data fresh. Why is it a priority? What can you learn there?

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JULY 12, 2021

Executives and managers will need to become subject matter experts who can conduct technically correct discussions with employees throughout the year. After all, they will need to support your choice of salary data without quibbling.). which can be made available online. Her firm is re:Think Consulting.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Have you found good data for all of your jobs? Even if senior management pushes back on the costs, timely surveys are required for total compensation judgments. 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

There's a right and a wrong way to do our work, and a big part of it has to do with knowing the difference between good and bad data. 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

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Do all executives (and most managers) agree with the approach you use? How often do you age your data? Does management understand how you manage the data and do they agree with your schedule? You probably know the messages you're sending to your "high potentials," but how about your "meets expectations"?

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 14, 2019

since the two years of CEO pay ratio data seems to have led to deeper understanding of how pay works rather than any emotional high jinx (which executives were afraid of when this whole thing started). This is why the Bloomberg article wouldn't be a bad thing to circulate among the individuals you work with on the calculations.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

When the data shows that we keep doing the same thing -- and getting away with it -- there's no need to change. Margaret O'Hanlon brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Recent findings are more blunt.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 3, 2019

So it was reassuring to find a calm voice confidently citing data, trends and how some people's lust for book sales/academic promotions have helped create myths that we take for science in HR -- and then use to justify our decisions. What the literature really says -- the video. WorldatWork gets it on camera.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

Editor's Note: We quant-heads in the reward field are prone to focus on data and facts - and give little attention to feelings - when we communicate about pay to 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

JANUARY 31, 2019

The New York Times included an op-ed with data to support this statement, "People between the ages of 25 and 34 were earning slightly less in 2017 than people in that same age group had been in 2000." Check out the visual, it's pretty shocking, especially when you compare the Millenials' trend lines with those of other age groups.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 18, 2021

Employees will be as skeptical of the median employee data as they will likely be of the Pay Ratio information. Margaret O'Hanlon brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Her firm is re:Think Consulting.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

What have data and analytics got to do with compensation communications? You can use employee data and analytics to learn how to talk in a more relevant and engaging way with your employees. Back at the ranch, data and analytics show you how to convince your employees about the important points you need them to understand and support.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If you want country-specific data on future gig practices and other upcoming trends, contact Mercer to see if there is a U.S.-specific 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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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This is one of the reasons that I've been urging you in recent posts to prepare managers to talk with employees about their current pay.To Your managers rely on you for the truth in this confusing business climate. Where do you start? Not with the skeptics who are saying, "This is just reality.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

By mixing demographics with data about an individual's behaviors (ex. volunteering, donating and such) and with big data about habits and preferences from vendors and geographic mapping, communicators grow in understanding about what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

Routinely short on data? You can use this situation to make a sound case that working from home would be more effective with accurate data that everyone on the team can 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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