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Paul - Showing that the company is still investing in it's workforce is very important. Thanks for commenting!
Commented Oct 22, 2009 on Total Rewards Statements and Delivering Bad News at Compensation Cafe
Total Rewards Statements and Delivering Bad News
I have long been a believer in the value of Total Rewards Statements. But what kind of message are we delivering when we provide Total Rewards Statements to our employees that show a decline in the value of their total package over time? It depends on if/how we address that issue. Some comp...
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Commented Oct 13, 2009 on Flexible Work Arrangement Considerations at Compensation Cafe
Flexible Work Arrangement Considerations
Since October is National Work & Family Month it is the perfect opportunity to talk about the best way to implement flexible work arrangement policies. Here are some previous posts on this topic to give you some insight as to why your business might want to consider implementing these policie...
Working Girl - I'm glad you got a laugh out of this post! I'll probably
give them 10s since I think they did a good enough job that they
shouldn't be penalized due to a poorly conceived comp program. It just
makes me sigh when I see this type of thing.
Commented Sep 25, 2009 on A Real-Life Encounter with a Questionable Comp Plan Design at Compensation Cafe
A Real-Life Encounter with a Questionable Comp Plan Design
Incentive plans are intended to align employee’s behaviors with a company’s business strategy, and then drive those behaviors. But sometimes well-intentioned plans can go awry. I recently had an experience as a customer with an incentive plan that I’m sure was designed to drive good custome...
Paul this is a great post, and a topic that I've seen you address before. I think the biggest reason why we see results rather than behaviors being incentivized is because results are easier to measure than behaviors. It would take more work to identify the behavioral measures and not everyone is willing to put in the time, but I think you're right in that the effort would be handsomely rewarded.
Commented Jun 23, 2009 on The American Dream and Incentives - What Our Politicians Can't Get Right at Incentive Intelligence
The American Dream and Incentives - What Our Politicians Can't Get Right
On the front page of today's Greenville, SC newspaper, down below the cover story of home-town boy Lucas Glover winning the PGA US Open, is an article entitled "Homebuyers may get $15,000 tax break." I tried to find it on line to provide the link but #fail on that. The article is about how ...
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