Moving Mountains
September 11, 2008
Well, it has been said that man cannot move mountains. Technically, this is true – fortunately people are more flexible than their geography. In fact, with great human capital management, you most definitely can move mountains, and should. Let’s talk…
Viva Pay for Performance! Even Cuba gets it!
June 13, 2008
It is always surprising when people resist the idea that pay and performance are related. It is so logical - reward your best, and make sure that slackers aren’t hanging around being rewarded.
Why would a rock star keep performing…
Give the Gift of Great Performance this Year
December 18, 2007
Erik’s note: We’re happy to present another guest post by Chris Lozaga a Research Analyst in SuccessFactors Global Research team
The holiday season has different implications for everyone – the sales team is busy trying to close those year-end deals,…
President Bush wants pay for performance
January 31, 2007
Not for himself, of course, but rather for America’s corporate executives. In New York City today, Bush spoke on Wall Street about his belief that “the salaries and bonuses of CEOs should be based on their success at improving their companies and…
Is a bonus better than a raise?
August 29, 2006
Depends on who you ask.
Via digg.com, I came across an article from the WSJ entitled “Employers increasingly favor bonuses to raises” - which discusses the whole concept of performance-linked bonuses. According to the article, 80% of companies will offer some from…
Wanna know how much I make?
August 9, 2006
The Chief Happiness Officer does. And he’s got good reason for wanting to know. Among other things, he thinks it might make salaries more fair, make it easier to retain the best employess and keep pressure on the highest earners to…
The Equity Factor: Pay for Performance
May 15, 2006
A Note: this post was written by a guest writer, and does not necessarily represent my opinion. That said, I think it’s important to host a variety of thoughts and perspectives on the blog and thus, I give you the…
Pay for performance doesn’t apply - to the boss
April 11, 2006
Over the weekend, the NYT (again) tackled the subject of top executive compensation. But this time, they added some cool charts and graphs to illustrate how utterly out of synch pay has become with corporate results.
My favorite is this one…
Performance Reviews most pressing HR issue
March 29, 2006
You may have noticed a poll in the left-hand column over the past couple of weeks. Though clearly not scientific in any way, the poll has provided some insight into what’s on the minds of our readers.
We asked, “What is your…
Why smart employees should love, nay, DEMAND performance management
February 27, 2006
With all this talk of the downsides of performance management going on in the blogosphere, I thought I might take a look at this from the employee perspective. Hey wait, I AM an employee! Thusly: Some reasons why I, Max Goldman,…
