The how and why of salary benchmarking

Just as a volleyball team has a certain place or ranking within a league, companies can benchmark themselves against other similar companies.

It’s called salary benchmarking. 

Salary benchmarking is comparing your company’s salaries against the compensation of Read more

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6 tips for having easier salary review discussions

Salary reviews may seem like a touchy subject, but they don’t have to be.

You can handle salary review requests and salary review expectations through clear communication and planning in advance.

You have a range of options

Setting a Read more

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Competitively positioning your compensation

Knowing how much to pay your staff and leaders can be tricky.

You want to incentivise top performance in order to attract and retain top talent. But you don’t want to (or simply can’t) overpay.

What’s the right Read more

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Employee Motivation Hacks

Pull a lever and motivate employees.

Seems like a fantasy, right?

Like the idea of self-driving cars sounded just a few decades ago.

Yet, earlier this month China put the world’s first driver-less bus on the busy roads of Read more

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HR Lesson From Houdini

The Chinese Water Torture Cell.

September 21st, 1912. Berlin, Germany –

Harry Houdini introduces the world to what would become his most well-known and dangerous act.

In Houdini’s own words:

“Imagine yourself jammed head-first into a cell filled Read more

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