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

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In my last blog article , I explained how you can cut and paste your way to a compensation philosophy. A fruitful, but not typically strategic, exercise. How about kicking off with a definition of " strategic partner " coming straight to you from Compensation Cafe. Don't know where to start? How do you discover them?

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How to Improve Your Compensation Communications

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You'll find a long list of articles in Compensation Cafe recommending that you create a "message platform" to build your Compensation communications. (It Of course, anyone in Compensation can list a set of messages describing the value proposition of working for your company. How is a Compensation message platform different?

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What Will Pay Transparency Mean for You This Year?

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Plus, every bit of research tells us it's critical to effective compensation. If you're a regular reader of Compensation Cafe, you know that when we talk about pay transparency, we're referring to being clear(er) about how compensation works. We've been talking about it for years, after all.

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How to Use a Message Platform for Compensation Communications

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Looking for a practical example of a compensation communications strategy? In short, there are two parts to a message platform for Compensation communications: Key messages are short statements designed to show that Rewards practices are linked to business practices in a way that ultimately benefits the employee. Absolutely.

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Check Out This Fitness Craze!

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How many of us actually consider "walking the talk" as a required daily exercise? Compensation philosophy. You may not want to create a doctrine, but when you, your colleagues, and managers make decisions, you all need to share the same point of view. As Ann Bares wrote , "Your compensation philosophy isn't what you say.

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Toughing It Out

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I can't imagine what's going on in your Compensation Department right now. So instead of talking about shared compensation challenges, I thought I'd give you something to think over in this article that will have value in every Compensation Department. It's a good time to write up your own Compensation version, don't you think!

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It's No Time for "Shelter in Place" When It Comes to Employee Communications

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Odds are there are going to be a range of tough, candid compensation communications in the coming months. Compensation has often taken this "shelter in place" approach to employee communications. Performance review. manager's briefings. manager's tools. performance management administration system.