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What Does a Bonus Mean?

Compensation Cafe

After all, we often don't make much of a communication effort when we award bonuses. So, you could say that they are also checking that your company's performance matches your competitors, although not deliberately. When it comes to bonuses, the understood link with business results is often sketchy, too.

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Performance Management Tools: The Ultimate Guide

Primalogik

Performance management tools have become essential to HR operations. Not only do they assist the HR department; they also help managers throughout the organization to guide their teams to success. Consider that only 2% of companies feel they have a great approach to performance management. Table of Contents 1.

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Quick Reminder on Performance Management Effectiveness

Compensation Cafe

I recently ran into a study on effective performance management practices that I want to share with you. Not because it says anything really new, but because it does a great job on focus and insight, attributes we can all use when it comes to performance management. Procedural fairness is defined as, ". .

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Growing a Healthy Compensation Program -- Part Two

Compensation Cafe

Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café. Her firm, re:Think Consulting, provides market pay information and designs base salary structures, incentive plans, career paths and their implementation plans.

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‘Tis the Season to Evaluate Your Total Rewards Strategy

WorkHuman

Interestingly, the same survey shows that annual performance bonuses will decline slightly next year, while discretionary bonuses will increase slightly. Unlike salaries, incentives are variable and give employers much greater discretion in rewarding employees for performing at superior levels. 3 in 10 U.S.

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If You Don't Give Raises This Year

Compensation Cafe

Your trade-off program(s) should probably fall under categories like professional growth, career opportunities, work breaks, medium-term incentives and so on. Margaret O'Hanlon, CCP brings deep expertise to discussions on employee pay, performance management, career development and communications at the Café.

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Having Trouble Unplugging?

Compensation Cafe

Closing the books on merit increases may be on schedule, but there are always loose ends to clear up before you get slammed with Q1 bonus and incentive work. In true pay-for-performance philosophy, you've earned it. You may be feeling reluctant, even though you're tired. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.