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The Re?al Politik of Compensation

Compensation Cafe

I once supervised a Compensation Analyst who had spent a great deal of time attending professional seminars and workshops. She had attended these instructional sessions to learn about Compensation as part of her professional development. “Principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations”.

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Compensation In The Real World

Compensation Cafe

I once supervised a Compensation Analyst who had spent much time attending professional seminars and workshops. One result of that education was that when faced with a challenge at work she would repeat her class experience by saying, “the greatest minds in Compensation say that. “. Picture your head banging against the wall.

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4 tips for effective change management 

PeopleStrategy

magazine recommends, avoid having your first message be “Here’s what’s happening, and here’s what you should think about it.” This is best accomplished by holding Q&A sessions, workshops and seminars that give employees both within and outside of HR the chance to express their concerns and opinions.

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Cafe Classic: Balancing Comp 101 with the Workplace

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: There's technical compensation know-how and there's the real world in which we need to make pay work. I once supervised a Compensation Analyst who had learned her craft through professional seminars and workshops. Why does Compensation theory sometimes clash with workplace reality?

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Chief Learning Officer: The Owner of Training Management

Training Orchestra

In fact, the role is so crucial within the learning landscape that there’s even a Chief Learning Officer magazine and website dedicated to the CLO role and the mission of improving training for organizations. Several behaviors and traits make for a truly great CLO.

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The 5th Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. May Surprise You

Compensation Cafe

His research into the impacts and failures of traditional management practices, including pay as the primary means of motivation, has influenced how numerous organizations have rethought compensation practices. Effective management is a system, not a pay plan. So, what’s underlying all of this?

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3 Ways to Encourage a Happier, Healthier Workforce

Compensation Cafe

magazine , this 80-year Harvard study began during the Great Depression and tracked the same participants, and ultimately their children, to amass data on physical, mental and emotional health over time. As reported in Inc.