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They Still Create New Music with the Old 12 Notes, You Can Do the Same with Compensation
Jun 01,2011June 1, 2011
The basic scale used in western music incorporates 12 notes. The scale has only five lives (staves). This combination of...
Total Rewards and a Farmers Market Strategy
May 19,2011May 19, 2011
It is fact that poor food choices lead to poor health. Of course, there are many other contributors, but when...
Are Your Compensation Goals Getting You to the Top of the Wrong Mountain?
May 09,2011May 9, 2011
So often we see companies whose executives are paid handsomely only to falter shortly after. How does this happen? Goals...
Icing is Nice, but Frosting is Essential (Compensation is like Cupcakes)
Apr 25,2011April 25, 2011
How is compensation like a cupcake? Is it just that people crave it, or is it something far more fundamental?...
Curiosity May Kill Cats, but It Saves Compensation Professionals
Apr 08,2011April 8, 2011
Do you ever wonder why you are reading this article? No one is paying you to read this. Your boss...
Compensation is a Balancing Action (Not an Act)
Mar 28,2011March 28, 2011
Have you ever used one of those workout things called a “Bosu Ball”? A Bosu Ball is half a workout...
Compensation and Loyalty: The Head and the Heart
Mar 16,2011March 16, 2011
Recently, I was working onsite at a client’s office doing a series of employee engagement interviews. The company is looking...
What Do You Do if You Don’t Like Your (Stock) Options
Mar 08,2011March 8, 2011
In my February 25, 2011 posting “Stock Option Moving Sale”, I suggested that rather than end up with the compensation...
In a Vacuum of Information People Will Use Imagination
Feb 04,2011February 4, 2011
I love talking to employees about their compensation plans. It is always easy to see the people who work at...