5 Key Types of Executive Compensation
The Highlights: Executive compensation covers the full mix of pay, incentives, and benefits provided to top-level…
5 Key Types of Executive Compensation
The Highlights: Executive compensation covers the full mix of pay, incentives, and benefits provided to top-level…
How to Retain Employees Without Raising Pay
The budget is locked. A high performer is wavering. You can’t get a comp increase approved in time. What do you do? This is the question we hear most often from HR leaders and owners who don’t have a comp budget to flex. The highest-impact retention moves don’t cost money. They cost attention, sequencing, and … Read more
Employee Engagement Trends: Here’s What Matters Most Heading into 2025
When you have engaged employees, you’re not just attracting top talent; you’re keeping current employees motivated. It’s also one of the best ways to combat disengagement and burnout. By considering how your employees’ individual values align with organizational goals and creating a culture that values meaningful work, transparency, and positivity, you can move the needle … Read more
10 Common Compensation Questions HR Teams Ask in 2026
Compensation questions don’t stop coming. From small Northeast Ohio manufacturers to scaling nonprofits, the same patterns surface again and again in what HR teams bring to our Helpdesk: benchmarking sources, review cadence, market shifts, fairness conversations. The list has grown a little longer for 2026. Pay transparency laws are reshaping what employers publish, remote work … Read more
5 Compensation Mistakes That Cost Employers the Most (and How to Fix Them)
Most compensation problems do not show up as compensation problems. They show up as a recruiter who keeps losing finalists at the offer stage, a tenured engineer who quietly accepts a competing offer, or a board that asks why payroll is up 11% with no clear story behind it. After working with hundreds of Northeast … Read more
Tis the Season for 5 Holiday HR Issues
Tis the season for several HR and compliance issues associated with the holidays. Here are five…
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5 Compensation Trends HR Leaders Need to Know
With the war for talent in full-effect, it’s important to look more deeply into how compensation…
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The Rules for Paying Interns Changed: Here’s What You Need to Know
Up until January 5, 2018, when employers needed to determine whether the internships they would offer…
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You Want to Be a Great Workplace. So Now What?
It is true that becoming a “great workplace” doesn’t happen overnight. But instead of getting overwhelmed…
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You’re Measuring Engagement Wrong
Employee satisfaction and employee engagement are two different concepts of measuring your workforce. However, they are…
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Reward & Recognition Program Quiz: 6 Questions for HR to Answer
1. What is the end goal of your reward and recognition program?
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