Pay

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Get Your Employees to Do What You Want Them to Do. Today.

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Ever have those moments at work when you feel like you just aren’t getting through to your employees? The morale may seem a bit lower, people may be responding sluggishly or the quality of work may be faltering.
It could just be a preemptive case of the winter blues. (And if that’s the case, I’d suggest [...]

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The Rule of Martinis Applied to Pay

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

The Rule of Martinis: One is too many, two are just right, and three are not enough. — James Thurber
I love that quote. I’ve felt that way about pay, too. I mean, if an increase or a bonus is too small, you might as well forget it. Employees feel under appreciated. If they’re too much, [...]

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A New Standard for Bonus and Retention Plans

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and talking about the AIG bonus debacle over the past few days. All that made me say there should be a new standard for bonus and retention plans:

Your bonus plan must be explainable in plain English.
You should be proud to explain to your best friend and your mom [...]

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AIG: Where Pay-for-Performance Goes to Hell in a Handbasket

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career communicating about executive compensation and pay-for-performance. I believe in the variable pay model — it works. So, I’ve held back for a while commenting on AIG’s bonuses. As a friend told me yesterday, “We don’t know all the facts.” I’m sure there are many good people working [...]

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Women Make Less Than Men Because They Want To

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Okay, that’s a purposely provocative title. I don’t believe it for one second. But one of KnowHR’s commenters does. Steven R. said this in response to an article I wrote titled Women Make Less Than Men: 5 Things HR Needs to Do Right Now to End Pay Inequality:
Do some research and then come back and [...]