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Small Companies Deserve Compensation Excellence
Apr 28,2014April 28, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Job Structures, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options, Titles and Descriptions
Often your HR person is also your benefits, recruitment, training, organizational development, problem resolution and party planning resource. Even though...
When Considering Pay: Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation
Apr 03,2014April 3, 2014
Compensation professionals do a lot of moderating. We work to moderate expectations. We work to moderate misunderstandings with incentive pay....
Don’t be Your Employees’ Grandma
Mar 18,2014March 18, 2014
Grandmas are awesome. They are sweet, loving and great listeners with too many other good things to list. But, they...
Predicting the Next 10 Years of Compensation
Dec 26,2013December 26, 2013
As someone who spends a lot of time designing and honing long-term incentive programs, I thought I’d skip 2014 and...
Defining Exemplary – Better than Great
Nov 20,2013November 20, 2013
Performance reviews and ratings are tough. When I work with companies that are new to the concept, I always start...
Exceeding Expectations is Like Having Super Powers
Nov 07,2013November 7, 2013
A while back I wrote a post titled “It’s the Little Things” where I discussed how seemingly minor details may...
Communicating Pay Increases
Nov 05,2013November 5, 2013
Once your company has decided on pay increases, the issue of communicating those raises to the employees becomes paramount. The...
Enthusiasm Can Trump the Details
Oct 30,2013October 30, 2013
(Orig post at www.compensationcafe.com) We discuss communication a lot here at the Compensation Café. We know that if people do...
The Duckbilled Platypuses of Compensation
Sep 10,2013September 10, 2013
More than two years ago I wrote about “Defining Pay for a Compensation Unicorn”. A unicorn is a person with...