Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2020

Marketing professionals drive sales by talking about a product or service in a way that the buyer understands easily and connects with deeply. Here's a message statement for an updated pay-for-performance program: "We're streamlining the Performance Management and Rewards process, just as we would any other business process."

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 8, 2021

I have been in companies that work hard on line of sight and the level of discussion around strategy and product development is impressive. You'll have the greatest impact if you can align senior management around the issue, so that there is a set of clear messages that are discussed first with managers, and then with employees.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 8, 2019

Organize to boost your productivity. 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. Here's a resource to get you started.

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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. It's just a given.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He deluged them with numbers: cost of materials, production efficiency, and so on. That, yelled the boss over the din, is the cost of materials that actually go into our product line. 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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While bleeding-edge technical knowledge may be critical to some organizations, knowledge and skills customized to the company -- and thus, only learned on the job -- are becoming more and more important to companies that differentiate on product knowledge and/or customer service. Do you use career levels to price jobs?

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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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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I'm thinking I need to change my approach to that so we can increase (revenue, product value, customer satisfaction, collaboration, innovation and so on) and/or decrease (margin, expenses, time to market, and so on). At last, I'm going to be involved in work that matters. This place is getting better and better -- I'm so happy I work here.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A factor I wasn't expecting is the impact of productivity. Although productivity continues to grow, CEOs have been told by economists that's it's grown at a surprisingly low rate for close to 40 years, leading companies to experience more pressure on profit margins than they'd prefer. Well, sure, but the implications are real.

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SwipeClock

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Good employee relations result in lower turnover and higher productivity. It has never been more important for managers to step up their efforts to support and engage remote employees. (As Let’s discuss best practices for the HR manager, line-level managers and business owners. Offer Career Development.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

HR and management are beside themselves because the employees seem intractable in their anger and frustration. The attitudes impact both productivity and teamwork. Inevitably, the employees believe their (especially) hard work has been taken for granted -- not by their manager, but by management. It will pay off.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

You can: Count on early productivity with limited or no supervision. Performance management creates a constricted atmosphere that just doesn't work in this situation. 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

APRIL 9, 2018

After all, if you have a good product, why don't consumers just buy it and make you loads of money? You know, just like if you have a new compensation change or improvement, why don't employees and managers just buy it and applaud your innovation? They have to introduce new insurance and wellness products regularly.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2021

It's hard to make any progress on this unless you know what the end product should look like, so ask a consultant for a briefing. 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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Brandon Hall

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Brandon Halls Group’s Member Center expanded this week with a variety of relevant and cogent case studies, solution provider profiles, podcasts, eBooks and more. It’s not prudent to take a rear-view mirror approach to performance, which needs to evolve. Technology as a Driver of Career Development. Register here.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 17, 2020

Explanations of product results or share behavior could be used as part of your explanation. 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.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 11, 2019

2) Creating more value for customers by customizing your product or service to their needs, thus ensuring sales growth. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Why bring up value drivers now?

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2019

At some point, wouldn't it be wiser to invest (in salaries, let alone other loyalty and trust issues like career development) rather than spend (on lower productivity, recruiting, orientations and so on)? Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Then it's finally time to turn back to list the preliminary, preparatory steps up to the announcement: focus groups, interviews, manager briefings, executive approvals and so on. It's important to do these last since you can't be accurate about the building blocks for your final products until you understand them.).

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 16, 2019

Direct competitors share similar products or services, and market to the same customers or audiences. Secondary competitors either reach out to different customers or offer a slightly different product or service, usually higher or lower end. Start by identifying your competitors (with Forbes help). There may be more than you think.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 9, 2021

Of course, they typically don't have to work 65-hour weeks, shoulder production goals or watch their medical deductibles increase every year -- and because they don't think in terms of Total Rewards, these comparisons never occur to them. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2020

It recognizes that it needs to influence employees' preferences or they won't value the insurance products the company is paying for -- or even take the time to enroll during open enrollment. 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. Their work productivity went down. 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

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It wasn't the findings on productivity that got my attention so much. Same thing goes for HR communications, especially about performance management. As you develop your year end communications strategy, become aware of how you are asserting the issues and shoot for the sweet spot that will make HR influential.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

By encouraging executives to pay attention to whether employees have the ability to get their work done, you will help remove barriers to productivity and build engagement. 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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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.

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Compensation Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Imagine how much you could learn and how much these insights could help everyone prepare for end-of-year 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. It's just a given.

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Brandon Hall

JULY 20, 2020

The third edition of the remote work playbook and an eBook and webinar on upskilling and managing learning during and after the pandemic provides critical resources you need to successfully manage the crisis. Playbook: Managing Remotely During Disruption (3 rd Edition). Talent Management. Leadership Development.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2018

The Disney team's stated goal is to achieve a global consistency in employee experience.This a huge target as they have five media channels, eleven parks in four countries, eight studios (for films, music and theatre) and three consumer product companies. but the project steps involved are pretty much the same for any company.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Frankly, companies should be itching to have employees who can link their job performance with their pay and feel recognized for their work. Respect goes hand in hand with productivity, especially in these business conditions. How much information is enough? Almost as important, how much is too much? Trust them to get it right.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 6, 2018

Frankly, companies should be itching to have employees who can link their job performance with their pay and feel recognized for their work. Respect goes hand in hand with productivity, especially in these business conditions. How much information is enough? Almost as important, how much is too much?

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 26, 2018

In spite of the increased complexity, the company has introduced four separate performance appraisal programs to reflect the work methods and feedback preferences of the four major employee groups: Scientists working on drug development, product supply, field sales force and corporate.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 31, 2017

As TW points out "HR and Finance have a shared mandate: Reduce costs, sustain or enhance productivity, and keep the talent pipeline full. 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 26, 2017

I'm only bringing this up because over my career I have seen no company do any better with EBITDA -- or want to, when the question is posed. 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 23, 2017

If you shake your head when you hear about talent scarcity or manager inadequacy AGAIN, the feeling that should follow is not boredom but a craving for creative disruption. Most organizations can -- and should -- make headway on productivity-draining institutionalized obstacles, and Human Resources can lead the way if we learn how.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

I particularly like this quote because you're left wide-eyed when it pulls the tablecloth off the table, leaving the place settings in their familiar positions: "Standard economic theory holds that workers are paid in line with their productivity, so a higher salary should imply a better worker.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Note, none of these feelings are shown to improve productivity. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Employees who are paid more may feel condescension or superiority. So what good CAN you make of it?

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