Peggy Andrews, PhD, SPHR, Lecturer in Management & Leadership Curriculum Coordinator at Hamline University School of Business recently reviewed “Everything in Compensation...
Archive for category: Compensation Plan Design
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: An Incentive Compensation Story
Feb 04,2015February 4, 2015
Not so long ago in a town not so far away, there was a growing company. Inside that company, worked...
Quick Fixes May Not Be Good Fixes
Jan 27,2015January 27, 2015
Recently, it was reported that employees at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo accidentally broke the braided beard off of the iconic...
The Mind Heart Body and Spirit of Total Rewards
Jan 07,2015January 7, 2015
World at Work defines Total Rewards as: “All of the tools available to the employer that may be used to...
The Beowulf of Compensation
Dec 11,2014December 11, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Performance Units, Private Companies, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock Options
Most of you know of the poem Beowulf. Legend has it that it was passed down through oral performances for...
I Was Wrong. Pay for Performance Doesn’t Work!
Nov 11,2014November 11, 2014
You may want to disregard nearly everything I’ve ever posted here. As it turns out, I may not know anything...
Would You Like Mayo and Lettuce with that Noncompete?
Oct 30,2014October 30, 2014
Noncompete clauses are often hard to enforce, but sometimes they still make sense. Heck, youcan’t really keep a person from...
Want Results? Prove it!
Sep 30,2014September 30, 2014
Most compensation professionals I know are very earnest in their desire to pay people as well as possible. They attend...
New Book on Communicating Compensation Plans!
Sep 12,2014September 12, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Books and Publications, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, International, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options
Everything You Do in Compensation is Communication: 3/8 of the Compensation Cafe Publishes a Book! …. $10 discount through September...
First Do No Harm
Sep 04,2014September 4, 2014
Primum non nocere. The Hippocratic Oath is one of the foundational elements of any doctor’s career. As it says on Wikipedia: “Another...