Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2020

After all, those who handle compensation influence most talent strategy components including recruiting, performance management, development and staffing. . Also, even if we introduce a new, strategic solution, that program needs to be implemented. Become expert at the strategic plan.

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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 Of course, anyone in Compensation can list a set of messages describing the value proposition of working for your company. It happened again this month.)

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Achievers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Before we hit that reboot button on our performance management programs, let’s be absolutely clear on what performance management actually is, and why we should be doing it. As diverse as organizations are (and as diverse as their PM solutions should be) it is helpful to anchor our thinking within a basic framework.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2020

Looking for a practical example of a compensation communications strategy? Wondering what a message platform is? My last article talked about the definition and application of a message platform. Proof points are the details of the compensation practices you are explaining. You've come to the right place. Absolutely.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2019

Planning to renovate your performance management program? It will not only update your understanding of performance improvement methods, but it will also upend the beliefs that drive your current program. Rater bias is systemic and occurs at a statistically reliable rate. To be blunt, ". As the authors write: ".

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2020

How many times have you heard that compensation communications needs to take a marketing approach? Deeper understanding should make it possible to get better at your compensation communications. We have to accept that employees have opinions about every aspect of their pay, pay administration and manager skills.

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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

JULY 17, 2020

Many of our colleagues would say that compensation has nothing to do with feelings. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. Addressing feelings through compensation communications is tricky business.

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Compensation Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Collaborate with managers in real time. The compensation communication cycle takes many weeks -- too long to be disconnected from your audiences. Give yourself the assignment of listening to your managers during the cycle so you can adjust your communications. Treat compensation as part of the business cycle.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2018

Planning to upgrade compensation management with new software? Sorry to say, they didn't include what is often the biggest hurdle -- software implementation. Somehow it's often overlooked, to the detriment of the improvements offered by software let alone the size of the investment. Gallup calls it , ".

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

Editor's Note: Struggling to root out those scary "legends" about how compensation works at your organization? That's the theme of most HR conversations about compensation communications. Think our compensation communication urban legends get in the way? Margaret O'Hanlon shows us how in this Classic post on pay communication!

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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. This is no year for the same old compensation communications. Picture what it's like to have someone celebrate a personal best in your office.

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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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Hppy

APRIL 6, 2018

There are traditional duties that need to be performed up by this group such as recruitment, compensation, benefits, payroll, pension management (for those employees fortunate enough to work for an organization still offering them) training and performance management. These functions are administrative in nature.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

Compensation departments often run on the "no news is good news" communications strategy, choosing to take the upper hand in their relationship with employees. How long will it work for compensation departments to play it close to the vest in a world where information changes hands every nanosecond? It's barely working now.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2020

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. Annual planning. Performance review. manager's briefings. manager's tools. Things are complicated enough.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2019

Editor's Note: It doesn't take magic to create memorable and impactful compensation communication. We want our compensation communications to inspire employees to be all of these and more. I heartily recommend you read Ann's Compensation Force article to hear her excitement about the insights in this piece. Motivated . .

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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

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.

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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. Just ask the Compensation Cafe staff!). Remember, plan design is about getting people to do new things.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Wondering if there is any place for printed materials in your compensation communications? 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. In some organizations, print would be the best solution.

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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." HR, and Compensation in particular, needs to be alert to the leadership opportunities coming out of our strict lock down.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2019

I just ran into a classic that can change the way we work and make our compensation design decisions far more effective. It's a must read for most of us as we struggle with incentive, recognition, merit and executive compensation designs that fail to live up to their promise. You hear this a lot on the Compensation Cafe!

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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. Performance management -- We tend to take the easy way out. Objectives measure outcomes.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Did you ever wonder how effective your compensation communications are? The writers of the Compensation Cafe are vigilant about new research that can address your concerns. The survey findings indicate that these technology platforms are most commonly used to communicate Total Rewards: Intranets (72%). Mobile apps (22%).

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Editor's Note: Too often, we fall into "parent speak" when responding to employee questions and challenges around their compensation. And then we wonder why HR communications are unpopular -- a reaction that is especially unnecessary and undermining when it comes to compensation communications.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Our Compensation responsibilities don't stop at numbers. They include performance management, reward strategy, career development, compensation communications, among many other key influencers of employee engagement. There's nothing more important in Compensation's role than building shared trust and thus engagement.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2021

Isn't this the time of year when major projects are planned? For example, if you're designing a new pay or sales compensation program. While this first step takes a bit of time, describing target problems and outlining solutions is usually the easy part of project planning. Milestones happen to be one more example.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 14, 2018

There is a good-sized HR budget, plus the total HR and Compensation staff usually adds up to at least six practitioners who have had enough experience to know what "wellness" looks like. Here are some of the compensation decisions typically made in a turbo-charged, highly fragmented setting like Healthy Gadgets'.

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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

JUNE 19, 2018

This is the fourth in a Compensation Cafe series for small and early-stage companies. By the time you realize that you don't have everyone's email address memorized, it is time to invest in organizing practices and systems. . The size of the HR staff needs to keep up with manager demands. The employee count is up to 843.

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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. It got me wondering when, and from where, will the cutting edge improvements in compensation communications be coming? So are we just going to let compensation communications be left in the dust?

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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. . The basic components are not foreign to everyday compensation work. Her firm is re:Think Consulting.

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Compensation Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Okay, compensation colleagues, I want you to know that you can qualify for a superhero contract. When a manager asks for a pricing completed over night, you're Superman , using all of your might to turn back time so you can stuff the request in with all the other things that are due. You get as much done in a day as Elastigirl.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 10, 2021

It was an example of how change will happen going forward because of, among other things, the speed of technological evolution, especially Artificial Intelligence. With all of us worn out from the Mr. FixIt work we did during Covid, do HR and Compensation have the energy to be resilient now? Don't let this opportunity go.

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