Comp and Coffee

Expert Dawn Dugan discusses gamifying compensation, integrating game elements to enhance engagement. Topics include incentivizing sales reps, using tracking technology to monitor behaviors, engaging employees in learning new skills, and aligning goals with company objectives through gamification in compensation management.

In this episode of Comp + Coffee we talk about salary compression. What is it? Why does it happen? And what can compensation pros do about it?

In this episode we discuss the value of college degrees, especially as they relate to the rise in tuition in the United States. We also talk about what this means for compensation managers. 

In this episode we welcome Bryan Briscoe, senior director of compensation at Marriott. With Bryan we chat about stepping up your reporting and visualization game. Of course, much of what we can report on comes down to effectively communicating, so we spend a good bit of today's conversation on that, too.  

We talk a lot about ways to map to business needs on this podcast, but today we thought we'd take it beyond just talking.   In today's podcast we cover which books have most influenced members of the Comp + Coffee and Payfactors teams. And we cover a wide range of topics, not just business-y books!   If you find this interested and want to get in on a Comp + Coffee book club, drop us an email at coffee@payfactors.com.

In this episode we recap the first annual CompCon, a gathering of compensation revolutionaries. We discuss: Why there’s an appetite for something different, both from a conference standpoint and compensation standpoint All the new compensation ideas circulating around How often fair pay came up at the conference, and what it means for compensation management How compensation pros can improve communication And much more, including what’s on tap for CompCon 2019. Want to stay in the know? Just enter your email address at https://compcon.com/

In this episode we discussed the results of our recently released 2018-2019 salary budget survey report, we talk about the purpose of these surveys, and spend a little time on what the future of these surveys might look like. Download the free 2018-2019 Salary Budget Survey Report at:https://info.payfactors.com/salary-budget-survey-2018

Jason Averbook, CEO of LeapGen and CompCon keynote joins us to discuss: Why now is a time in HR that's unlike any that have come before Why HR should go away as a department And what the future of HR...or the people team...might look like   Come see Jason speak at CompCon in Boston on: Why is data and foundation so important? Why is employee experience so important, and what does HR need to drive that? How do you think about the difference between automation and digitization? What skillsets does HR need going forward? http://www.compcon.com

On this #AgedandSage episode, we pick up a new format that will appear from time to time. On #AgedandSage we'll speak with comp professionals about what's aged, that is what's something that used to work that no longer works for them. And then what's sage, or what's something new that's working well.  On this episode we talk with Romaine Lewis of Navigant Consulting. 

As we gear up for CompCon (http://www.compcon.com) and the equal pay topics we'll be covering there, we welcome Megan to the podcast. Megan shares her very recent equal pay saga.