Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

Was 2015 the year of disruptive performance management models? The HR media has certainly been talking as if there is widespread transformation underway. The rumors of performance management's death are premature. Because, of course, the iceberg lurking in any performance management flow is, "why?" "Why

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

If you find yourself in a lonely HR office of one or you are building a foundation for documented, disciplined practices, my recent recommendations can set you up quickly. Another strategic area for HR is analytics. HR should lead this research. How do you discover them? Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 10, 2017

It's certainly what most companies would plan to do. The Director of HR in a high tech company requested a compensation study proposal because they hadn't checked competitive pay levels for over three years. Odds are, managers should communicate more of a Total Rewards theme than there has been in the past, but who knows?

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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

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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15Five

MARCH 26, 2019

When does the “ performance management ” of a new hire begin? Most leaders will tell you it takes place during those first days or weeks of a new hire’s arrival, when manager and employee sit down and establish goals. Below, you can read the first two chapters of this phenomenal resource.

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Hppy

APRIL 6, 2018

In my experience, there has always been mixed views on what HR should be accountable for. HR in most organizations is part of a broader community; and have a strong allegiance to groups of HR professionals who connect with one another to share best practices, learn from “the HR experts” and share their success stories and failures.

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SwipeClock

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Employee self-service provides great benefit to everyone by making it easy for employees to view and update HR-related information anytime from anywhere. Download our new eBook: Remote Corporate Culture. We bank online, pay at the pump, make donations, and schedule appointments via text or mobile apps.

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Cornerstone On Demand

MARCH 11, 2015

But their success — and HR's ability to recruit, engage and retain them — depends on HR pros who are strategic decision-makers, armed with the proper tools to let them excel at their jobs. Modern HR professionals manage much more than payroll and benefits.

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Primalogik

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Send employees a writeup of what you plan to discuss ahead of time. Have the right software in place. Using paper-based performance review systems has become unfeasible for many companies. Using paper-based performance review systems has become unfeasible for many companies. Handling the review with skill.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

The Covid year(s) are teaching our organization how significant Human Resources is to its operations. When the pandemic hit and we all needed to change fast, there was no question that HR would be at the table, relied on for strategic advice. Notice how much you needed an easy-to-use digital platform.

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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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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

You have to build a solid background of corporate culture, HR policies and processes as well as HRIS to support your business growth. Also read: Key metrics that an employee management system should track. Hiring plan – organizational structure, roles, seniority, priorities. Where should you start?

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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. Envisioning the future in living color is really the only effective way to navigate the gap between today's practices and the results you envision.

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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. They act as supporting evidence for the key messages, giving them validation and credibility. 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 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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Namely

JUNE 1, 2017

The field of human resources is changing. In our HR Redefined series, we give innovators a medium to share personal reflections, professional advice, and best practice guidance. Annie Rosencrans (Namely): How does culture influence the way you approach performance management?

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Zenefits

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Floppy disks, the appendix, erasable pens, and structured annual performance reviews: the ultimate list of useless and archaic tools in 2018. We’re focusing on how structured annual performance reviews earned its spot on this list and how to improve your performance management system this year.

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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? But if I were the Human Resource leader for a company, how helpful would either presentation be. I know how I would choose between the two.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

One of the reasons is the power of today's real-time communications technology. Especially when the communications are about process rather than end results. Because employees will see that their manager can be trusted to have insight she/he will share. It's barely working now. Another is far more fundamental.

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Compensation Cafe

APRIL 16, 2020

After all, Human Resources is having shortages of our own. Annual planning. Performance review. manager's briefings. manager's tools. performance management administration system. Giving feedback. Career development. Incentives.

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Compensation Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2019

Yesterday I got an email offer to attend the webcast, "How to Market 'Analytics' without Scaring HR with the 'A' Word.". HR is already developing a reputation for avoiding digital changes. One of the goals of the webinar is, "DON'T Scare them [HR] with complex number models.". You know what that tells me? For Pete's sake.

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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? In other words, Covid wasn't a singularity.

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Compensation Cafe

MAY 11, 2021

The annual work is painless enough that even a one-person Human Resource department can deal with it. After all, they are management tools that guide our organization's salary administration decisions. The salary structure is our tool as business leaders so we should be able to use it without offering excuses.

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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

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

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As a result, they have a strong conviction that any communication effort will have dismal results. 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. They are speaking from real experience, though -- their own. But you know better.

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Compensation Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I can hear your answer from here -- it's bound to be a resounding "yes" if you are an HR professional. While few of us can fully deliver at that level of sophistication, a "consumer-grade" experience should be used as HR's rule of thumb beginning now. HR portals (54%). Mobile apps (22%). on our list of worries.

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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. Manager tools -- I have written about how you can help managers give performance feedback and pay information on video calls.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 7, 2021

Before we get off the subject of job architecture, I thought it would be useful to include some "footnotes" on things to look out for as you develop implementation plans. This is common in job architecture projects, and most managers can settle down into the appropriate mindset as soon as they start to admit all the benefits to themselves.

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HR Bartender

MAY 17, 2015

His background includes senior management roles with Stanford University, Agilent Technologies and ICANN. Elad, what would you say are the key competencies an individual needs to be successful in today’s business world? Make the HR department function as an exemplar of development. Focus, attention and relaxation.

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Compensation Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

However, so much of HR-speak comes off that way, too. And then we wonder why HR communications are unpopular -- a reaction that is especially unnecessary and undermining when it comes to compensation communications. It's easy to see how much richer your communication and implementation plans would be as a result of this conversation.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

However, I am reporting from the gig economy playing field to tell you that how you get project work, how your work is managed and remunerated, is typically platform-based any more if you are working with big companies and/or tech savvy mid-sized ones. This minuscule finding is quite a surprise. They may not be employed how you think.

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Compensation Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

Suddenly the company size becomes a game changer for everyone, including Human Resources. When we think about operations and logistics, Human Resources doesn't always come to mind, but once you're growing past 500 employees, it becomes logistically impossible to follow many of the practices that you relied on earlier.

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Compensation Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

That's the theme of most HR conversations about compensation communications. Maybe because it's a popular practice to share the war stories behind closed doors, passing the squirms down to new HR staff. Oddly enough, we have no corresponding hazing for HR newbies when it comes to benefit communications.

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Compensation Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2017

Manager department meetings are like beer at a barbecue. You could implement pay and performance management communications without manager meetings with employees, but why would you bother? The act of getting everyone together to talk about pay and performance illustrates that the team is all in it together.

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