Peanut Butter & Pay Increases

Peanut Butter & Pay Increases

What does peanut butter have to do with pay increases? The peanut butter approach for pay increases gives the same pay increase to employees regardless of their performance level. For example, if you have a 3% salary increase budget then everyone gets 3% across the...
Strategies for Effective Performance Management

Strategies for Effective Performance Management

It’s That Time of Year Again – Yes, it is hard to believe that we are quickly closing out another year! With that said, it’s also time to prepare for year-end performance reviews.Managing employee performance deals with an organization’s strategy,...
Mandatory PTO and Other Trends

Mandatory PTO and Other Trends

With recent unemployment rates reaching historic lows, employers are in fierce competition for talent. To attract and retain qualified workers, companies of all sizes are bolstering their employee benefit offerings. In recent years, the concept of employee time off...
The Best Leaders are Servants

The Best Leaders are Servants

Good Leaders Empower Their People If you set out to climb Mt. Everest, one of the first things you do is hire a Sherpa. Originally an ethnic group in Nepal, today a “Sherpa” is the common term used for the leader of a mountain climbing expedition. In...