The Impact of Naturalness Bias on decision-making in HR functions
What Naturalness Bias can teach us about our perceptions of talent
Will we ever solve the “People Manager Problem”?
"Time is a flat circle" Rustin Cohle - True Detective1 If I had to pick the most common total rewards challenge that I have encountered with clients over the years, I would struggle to find anything as commonplace as the role of the people manager. Specifically the challenges of selecting people who are willing and... Continue Reading →
How do you create better problem solvers? Spoiler: It isn’t financial incentives
The challenges with financial incentives that relate to problem-solving roles, and how we can truly drive innovation
Hybrid approaches to salary structures
"One does not simply build a salary structure" Following up on my previous posts on the differences in globally graded vs traditional salary structures and job-based approaches vs salary structures, I'd like to add one more piece to make it a trilogy. But hopefully a good trilogy like the Before trilogy or Lord of the... Continue Reading →
Six initiatives to combat inflation in 2022
Originally posted on the Nua Blog: Inflation is the new hot topic among economists. Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicates the cost for all consumer goods rose by 0.8% in November and called into question the notion that 2021 price increases were only a temporary spike. While economists debate whether inflation will continue to rise and... Continue Reading →
Pay-for-performance – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The concept of pay-for-performance is commonplace but what does it really mean and how do we avoid the pitfalls?
Should I apply geographic differentials to our Directors?
This is an interesting question, and does require some thought. To which level of role should geo-differentials be applied? To start with, what is a geographic differential? Well, typically when creating salary ranges, or benchmarks, rather than creating a midpoint for every position/level in every city in a given country, we will group cities and... Continue Reading →
“An MBO”?
I hear this usage a lot, "Maybe we can give them an MBO" or "I'd like to include MBOs in the plan". However, this doesn't really make sense so permit me a short rant if you will. MBO stands for "Management By Objectives" which means it isn't a measure, it is a process. The approach... Continue Reading →
Pulling the right levers – Managing compensation for the sales team
Who remembers those triangles in maths lessons that helped you remember how to calculate one variable given the two others? Essentially you cover up one corner of the triangle then the remaining two variables dictate whether to multiply or divide the remaining two, to give you the missing number. Since I had the memory of... Continue Reading →
Job architecture – what is it and why do we need it?
"You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision." The architect of The Matrix speaking to a rogue job in his HRIS system. Job architecture is a simple concept - It is a systematic way of organizing... Continue Reading →