Zalaris

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We have reached the mid-week point in our series, and with that we move on today to look at: Performance and Goals Management Opportunity Marketplace Succession and Career Development Planning You can download any full article below.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 19, 2019

I recently ran into a study on effective performance management practices that I want to share with you. Not because it says anything really new, but because it does a great job on focus and insight, attributes we can all use when it comes to performance management. Procedural fairness is defined as, ". .

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2020

Wondering what a message platform is? My last article talked about the definition and application of a message platform. A message platform is the outcome of a strategic exercise that you work on with a select group of HR and executives. You've come to the right place. We'll go over a mini case study in a minute.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2020

You'll find a long list of articles in Compensation Cafe recommending that you create a "message platform" to build your Compensation communications. (It How is a Compensation message platform different? The definition and application of a message platform is borrowed from Marketing methodology. It happened again this month.)

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2018

Planning to upgrade compensation management with new software? I live in technology gulch so you'd think these issues were long dealt with here, but when we asked the members of the local compensation association for their hot topics, software topics were in the top five -- software selection and optimizing software metrics.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2020

These are just a few of the scenarios that can happen in performance management and salary discussions -- but remember that we'll be doing most of these discussions on video this year. To preempt the difficulties, plan to provide tools in addition to administrative guidelines. Or cry, or raise his/her voice in anger.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 19, 2017

Which meeting would you want to attend -- a "new" take on traditional performance management or a briefing on how to replace traditional performance management? For there to be any value in the process, each company needs to identify the purpose of performance management for its own business goals.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2020

Annual planning. Career development. Performance review. manager's briefings. manager's tools. performance management administration system. Start by letting yourselves get creative about all of the communication activities you normally do: Line of sight. Giving feedback.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2019

How is this turn of events possible when such a high percentage of companies have incorporated analytical reports when purchasing transactional HR software for talent management, benefits, compensation and Total Rewards? You may be up for disruption of performance management's well-known weaknesses. For Pete's sake.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Sometimes it seems like the best solution is just to keep moving. And if you're a competitive Type A, keep in mind that the same people who may be "vacation shaming" you will be the first to find fault with your performance. This signals that poor judgment is common enough to be discussed widely.

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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. 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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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

But as we move toward imagining a postpandemic era, a management system based on old rules--a hierarchy that solves for uniformity, bureaucracy, and control--will no longer be effective." Notice how much you needed an easy-to-use digital platform. Was your intranet a tool or an obstacle? Was Tech able to be responsive?

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 26, 2018

All companies should accept that they are technology companies from now on. Mirroring biological metamorphosis, our businesses are in the process of transforming in distinct stages from immature technology users to technology-driven strategists. move away from a [longstanding] rules- and planning-based model."

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

That makes printed materials a useful tool if, say, you are changing your compensation design or introducing new incentives, when you want the reader to focus on complex details. Say you are introducing a new equity plan, with information that the employee should not only read but keep.

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Compensation Cafe

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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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This time of year, we give managers a range of communication tools to help with pay and performance management discussions. Most don't understand that a promotion often comes after a process of planned development and self-promotion. Yet managers are often at a loss about what to say to employees who ask.

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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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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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. That means milestones should be a familiar tool. In most cases, conversions like these are required for the success of your new plan. Is it November?

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The survey findings indicate that these technology platforms are most commonly used to communicate Total Rewards: Intranets (72%). Mobile apps (22%). Leaders" are twice as likely to use digital technology: 56% of "leading" companies compared to 25% of "lagging" companies. HR portals (54%). Social media (36%). Just sayin'.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2020

Before you start planning your communications, you have to accept that most employees will not just take you at your word when they read your communications. The message platform would be designed to influence employee feelings like trust, acceptance and teamwork. And that their opinions are based on a wide range of factors.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 11, 2021

After all, they are management tools that guide our organization's salary administration decisions. Assessment of where current employees fall in the adjusted structure, to confirm the new structure and plan for salary management issues that you'll face at the next salary review.

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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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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Imagine how much you could learn and how much these insights could help everyone prepare for planned HR activities if you held a meeting, invited the right people (including a line advisor, maybe), and free-formed the teams' ideas on today's employees' and managers' thoughts, perceptions, attitudes and challenges.

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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

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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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

But we know how quickly you will ignore that new app, book or "habit.". Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Instead, listen to this. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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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. Here are a few perspectives to consider. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 10, 2021

To thrive in the coming decade, companies must develop resilience--the ability to withstand unpredictable threat or change and then to emerge stronger.". It was an example of how change will happen going forward because of, among other things, the speed of technological evolution, especially Artificial Intelligence.

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Everwise

MARCH 28, 2017

As Anne Mulcahy of Xerox said, “Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person — not just as employees — are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Employees lean in when they believe your company commits to their career development. Focus 4: Develop Skills. Do so often.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Intuitively, we know that good objectives are an effective business tool, but then we remind ourselves that we been sliding by just fine by making the least amount of effort. 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

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. Your "FEEL" goal in your "KNOW, DO AND FEEL" planning could be to design the communications to build a belief that the lack of bonus is suitable to the business situation.

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Compensation Cafe

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. Three more tips?

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They don't realize that there are ways to plan for outcomes, and they surely don't understand the limits they are placing on business results. You need to fashion a "message platform" of three to six key points that you can reinforce with solid data that you can inject during conversations about business priorities.

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Compensation Cafe

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. There's a lot to be said for hiring a highly experienced new employee for your team.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2020

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. Employee development. Career development. Career advancement. Preferences often break down by age group as well.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2018

In other words, you'll never know how well your plans are performing if you skip program evaluation and move blindly into the end-of-year game plan for the calendar year cycle. I'm sharing more here to give you support for DIY evaluation and planning. If it seems to you that your software is easy to use, ask around.

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