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Salary Discussions: Effective Compensation Communication

Course Description:

Without a doubt, communicating pay decisions can be a challenge and the last few years of economic upheaval hasn’t made it any easier. 

Here’s a fact: Pay ranks as the primary element of the employee value proposition in the U.S. and employee satisfaction with pay is lower than it’s ever been. 

In this must-attend audio conference, our compensation and communication experts, from Mercer, will provide you with practical advice on how to:

1. Educate employees on how their performance impacts pay,
2. Support managers to effectively converse about pay with employees,
3. Create a culture of honest, open communication,
4. Build commitment to your organization, and
5. Make leaders visible in pay discussions and built trust in management.

Course highlights:

During this comprehensive, 75 minute program you will learn key strategies you need to:

• Communicate more effectively with your employees about your overall compensation strategy and how it relates to overall organizational performance
• Coach managers and supervisors to conduct these important conversations
• Use an overarching communication strategy to effectively tackle employee engagement 
• Talk about compensation in ways which employees can relate
• Help employees feel valued at every compensation level

Plus, we’ll help you tackle some of the tough one-on-one employee discussions, including tips on:

• Ways to respond when a poor-performing employee requests additional pay
• How to get the most out of a pay raise discussion with an employee
• What you can say when you unable to bring an employee’s pay up to market rate
• How to get employees to come to you with their compensation-related complaints

faculty:

Erin Ward, Market Business Leader, Communications Practice, Mercer

As market business leader in Mercer’s Pacific Southwest Workforce Communication and Change business, Erin specializes in developing and implementing communication strategies, explaining human resource/business policies and program, and helping to change employee behavior. She also has experience helping employers communicate change, including layoffs, during and after mergers and acquisitions. Erin joined Mercer in 1999.

Catherine Hartmann, Principal, Mercer

Catherine is a Principal in the Human Capital Advisory Services business in the Los Angeles office of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc. Her specific areas of focus are analyzing and designing total reward strategies, implementing global job evaluation systems, building compensation and performance management programs, and conducting employee research.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

pricing:

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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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