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Salary Discussions: Effective Compensation Communication

Course Description:

With the state of the nation’s financial system in complete turmoil talking about salary with your employees is not only a challenge it’s down right frightening.  Times are tough, money’s tight and your employees are nervous.    

Even in more stable times most supervisors dread salary discussions because 1) they don’t feel ownership for pay decisions; 2) they’ve never been trained to effectively discuss compensation; and 3) they too don’t understand their organization’s compensation programs.

Yet, even in these challenging times you can maintain morale, keep your workers motivated, and even increase productivity.

Find out how effective compensation communications can foster commitment to the organization, and increase overall trust in senior management.   Discover how to tackle the most delicate and potentially emotional pay discussions and to coach other supervisors on compensation communications.

At the end of this 75 minute audio conference, you’ll know how to:

• Properly communicate your overall compensation structure changes
• Announce bonus and other incentive plans
• Talk about compensation in ways that employees view it as equitable
• Help your employees understand what they can do to gain higher pay
• Effectively discuss how compensation is linked to performance
• 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 he most out of announcing a pay-raise to 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
• How to discuss factors that impact compensation decisions

You’ll also get the answers to your specific questions in the interactive Q&A session.

Featured Faculty:

Pam Hein, Midwest Communication Practice Leader, Hewitt Associates

Pam Hein is Hewitt’s Midwest Communication Practice Leader. In this role, she is responsible for the business results Hewitt Communication professionals are delivering to clients. Her accountabilities also include people leadership (including recruiting, development, and retention) for the 100+Hewitt Communication consulting professionals in the Midwest. She is a Principal of the firm and a member of Hewitt’s North America Communication Leadership Team.

In addition to her leadership role, Pam has consulted for more than 15 years on a wide range of HR-related communication issues including organizational change, mergers and acquisitions, total rewards, compensation, and benefits. She has developed and implemented communication approaches and transition management solutions for a variety of companies during her career, with a particular emphasis on compensation communication. Her clients have included: Abbott Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, Nalco Company, NiSource, and W. W. Grainger, Inc.

Prior to joining Hewitt, Pam was a communication consultant for a Chicago-based public relations/marketing firm. She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Iowa.

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 1.5 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.

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