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Part I - Malaise in the Employee Rewards: What’s Going On?

Compensation Cafe

Sales compensation has always been a different beast: it has different buyers and economic cycles than employee rewards, and sales incentives constantly evolve to meet new business needs. For contrast, let’s remember what I consider to be the Golden Age for employee rewards: the late 1980s to about 2001. He received a Ph.D.

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Part III - Where Should We Take Employee Rewards in the Future?

Compensation Cafe

Since the recession of 2001, business leaders have made cost control their primary goal for rewards. Organizations would be more effective and employees would be more engaged if at least half of benefits dollars were converted into cash, especially incentive opportunities. Employee incentives fit that bill. . Implications.

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Top 7 Compensation Consulting Firms for Any Sector

Astron Solutions

Incentive and variable compensation program development to address particular goals. Annual and long-term incentive plan design. Incentive and equity plan design. Incentive design and payout calibration. Annual, sales-based, and long-term incentive development. Competitive market research and comparisons.