It’s a fact. Left on their own, with no boundaries or constraints, incentive plans will often multiply like rabbits. I once spoke with a … Read more
The Problem With Incentive Plan Cliffs
Triggers and hurdles and cliffs, oh my! To be clear, I’m talking about pay plan mechanics and in particular about the kind of cliff that plays an … Read more
Reimagining Pay for Today’s Workforce
Comprised of four or even five generations, today’s workforce is a melting pot made up of employees of all ages and demographics. It’s more diverse than … Read more
Stop Making Comp Offers Like a Car Buying Negotiation
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 … Read more
Comp Guide for a Small Company: Why You Need a Salary Survey
Note: This is the second in a 4-part series on compensation practices for small companies. In this series Margaret O’Hanlon shows how a small company … Read more
What Would Happen If Everyone’s Pay Was Known?
What would happen if everyone knew how much everyone else was making? Crazy, you say? It might work for major league sports, but not for us. Wait a minute, … Read more
Appeals Court Says Prior Salary Doesn’t Justify Pay Differences
Just in time for Equal Pay Day, a federal appeals court today ruled today that an employee’s salary history alone is insufficient to justify pay … Read more
Appreciation and the Company Outlook Drive Satisfaction and Retention More Than Pay
Maybe your paycheck isn’t what gets you out of bed in the morning, but nobody would come into work if the money stopped flowing. Pay is the most basic way … Read more
How to Prepare Managers to Talk About Pay
Of all the topics organizations need to talk about, you’d think they’d be most effective about communicating compensation. After all, although you hope … Read more
What We Can Do to Improve Performance Measurement and Rewards
When it comes to evolving performance management and pay for performance, it has definitely been a long haul. For the past few years, performance has been … Read more
3 Steps You Can Take to Close the Gender Pay and Opportunity Gaps
Gender pay data can be examined in a number of different ways, but no matter how you slice it, the pay gap still exists. The most recent research by … Read more
Your Comp Plan Is a Reflection of Your Culture
These days, it seems like more and more companies are thinking about their corporate culture. A good culture is viewed as a solid strategy for driving job … Read more
Wages Jump As Jobs Grew Modestly In December
Ending the year much as it began, employers hired a modest 156,000 new workers in December, bringing the total for 2016 to 2.16 million new jobs. In 2015, … Read more
5 Ways Compensation Will Change in 2017
As the economy continued to rebound in 2016, there was intense competition in many talent markets across a number of jobs and industries. All indicators … Read more
Budgeting Comp For a Blended Workforce
One of the key missions of a CHRO (or those who want to become CHROs) is to create a compensation plan. This has become increasingly complicated and … Read more
How to Decide Comp In A Continuous Feedback Workplace
Now that your company has started giving more frequent feedback, you may be wondering how this new system will impact compensation and promotion decisions. … Read more
You’ll Be Better Off Talking to Them About Pay
It’s time to bring compensation into the modern era. Companies are successful when they make their organization a place where the best people want to work. … Read more
What You Can Do About Shrinking Take Home Pay
Big companies. Small companies. Private. Public. For-profit. Nonprofit. Manufacturers. Tech shops. Banks. Hospitals. Retailers. You name it. They all want … Read more
How to Link Pay to Performance When You’ve Eliminated Reviews
Performance management is definitely undergoing a midlife crisis; it’s time for it to reinvent itself. For the past few HR and compensation conferences … Read more
Selling Your Comp Plan the FAB Way
How are great salespeople able to seamlessly turn every one of your concerns into a demonstration of the prowess of their product? Are they really just … Read more