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An Incentive to Control Incentive Pay
CFOs should play a central role in setting incentive-compensation practices.
Thought Leadership
Consulting Magazine: Dave Kuhlman on "Finding Your Firm's Growth Engine"
In an excerpt from Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Yours Can Too, Axiom's Dave Kuhlman explores two of the key factors driving growth at the most successful firms.
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How Companies Can Attract Top Female Employees
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How to Strengthen the Link Between Performance + Pay with Midyear Check-ins
Organizations continue to emphasize pay for performance, and employees are asking for a stronger link between the two, yet there remains a significant gap concerning the performance and pay link.
The authors stress that addressing three key dynamics during midyear performance check-ins will reinforce the link between performance and pay.
A Five-Year Forecast for Global Talent Management Trends
For a cover story appearing in the January 2013 Workspan magazine, Axiom's Aaron Sorensen and Paul Dinan asked HR leaders from prominent global companies to forecast the trends, dynamics and factors that will shape the focus and function of human resources over the next five years. Key topics include:
Workplace Weekly: 5 Reasons Why Companies Are Holding Back on Hiring
Workplace Weekly shares "The Five Reasons Why Companies Are Holding Back on Hiring" featuring the perspective of Axiom Consulting Partners' president, Garrett Sheridan.
Management Challenges Facing the Family Business and How Great Families Conquer Them
Having worked with family business leaders in a variety of industries, Axiom has seen that family businessess can thrive, even in difficult market conditions, by engaging five unique management challenges:
1. When relationships matter most
2. When instinct and analytics collide
3. Why performance and results should trump loyalty and 'fit'
4. Building a strong bench from the family tree
5. Aligning generational perspectives.
How Participative Leadership Powers a Culture of Productivity
Axiom partner Marc Timmerman, writing in the Oct. 2012 issue of workspan magazine, examines company culture as an important element of the employee value proposition and how participative leadership can be a low-cost, high-impact factor in creating a differentiated, productive and creative working environment. Timmerman examines the academic literature, writes of the example of HCL Technologies, and offers practical steps for helping leaders apply new leadership styles.
2013 Compensation Budget Projections
Axiom Consulting Partners' 2013 Compensation Budget Projections report incorporates data from WorldatWork, the Conference Board and Mercer Human Resources Consulting.
Of particular note, employers continue to emphasize the allocation of salary budget increases towards merit pay, particularly for higher-performing employees. Beyond that, U.S. salary increase budgets continue to remain relatively flat. Research this year projects a 3% median increase in salary budgets, similar to findings the past three years.
Attract, Deploy & Retain the Right Sales Talent Through Partnerships
In the August 2012 issue of WorldatWork's workspan magazine, Garrett Sheridan, president of Axiom Consulting Partners, and James Killian, vice president of research and advisory services at Chally Group write: " Sales is the engine of growth for most businesses. Helping sales leaders attract, deploy and retain the right sales talent is therefore one of the most valuable services human resources can provide. There are always opportuities for human resources and sales leaders to improve how effectively they work together by leveraging each other's capabilities.