Ideation: a compensation planning blog
Redesigning Compensation For Top Performers
This is the second article in an ongoing series by David Creelman about redesigning compensation planning to acquire and retain top performers. To catch up on our discussion, you can read the first...
What is AI’s Role in Compensation?
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, making...
Salary.com Webinar: 4 Ways to Avoid Painful Turnover in 2024
Join Salary.com's VP of Comp Management, Jamie Davis, and Solutions Consultant, Alden Aikins, for the webinar, 4 Ways to Avoid Painful Turnover in 2024, where we dive into the critical...
Getting your managers in the right compensation mindset
An HR pro I know said, “The task is easy, it’s the people that are difficult.” In the case of compensation, the difficult people are probably managers who don’t spend much time thinking about...
How Reward Can Make Good Use of The People Analytics Team
If you’ve been in the HR space these past few years, you’ve probably heard about the industry’s new golden calf: people analytics, the data-driven method of studying people processes, functions, and...
The Skilled Compensation Shortage No One Is Talking About
I often encounter individuals eager to embark on a career in Human Resources (HR). Regrettably, very few express a desire to specialize in compensation. This lack of interest makes it challenging...
Compensation Pros Should Become Experts in Measuring Performance
Let me know if I’m being presumptuous, but it seems to me that compensation pros get stuck doing an awful lot of repetitive manual tasks. The touted solution to such toil is usually this: use a...
Nobody’s Perfect: What to Compromise When Choosing an HR Software Solution
As companies evolve, they follow a natural inclination to acquire new technologies that can streamline their processes and support organizational growth. At the heart of these technological...
Compensation Data and The HR Suite: Understanding Data Management in HR Software Solutions
Compensation planners know that every decision made about incentive programs, benefits packages, variable pay structures, and stock option compensation is informed by one essential asset: data. Lots...
Why Compensation Planning Needs Comprehensive Service
Important Considerations When Choosing a Compensation Module One thing remains true in the marketplace of services: people don’t remember how crucial customer service is until they receive a...
The Golden Ratio for Choosing Compensation Software
This is our first entry in a four-piece series entitled Rethinking Compensation’s Role in the HR Suite. This article is about the Golden Ratio of Compensation and why organizations should consider it when shopping for an HR software suite.