Chances are, you’ve been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Not the flu itself, hopefully. (God willing, you’ve steered clear of that contagion.) No, we’re talking about the economic hit. Its impact has been more far reaching and less discriminatory than the actual virus.
If Covid-19 has created an uncertain economic future for your company, we’d like to show you a way to effectively manage compensation in the face of the current chaos that also ensures your success when things rebound. We call this the “survive to thrive” strategy.
In this presentation you will learn a pay approach that is flexible and resilient enough for broad cash flow fluctuations but enduring enough to remain relevant when prosperous times return.
The COVID economy has likely caused you to rethink your compensation approach and forced you to confront some difficult questions: Should incentive compensation play a larger or smaller role in your pay strategy going forward? What’s more important—rewards for short or long-term performance? Better yet, should you even be offering incentives at all given the current uncertainty in the business environment?
VisionLink and EBS would like to help you answer those questions. In this webcast, you will learn why incentive plans are more important than ever and how they should be engineered in a post-COVID business world. We will show how the right approach to value-sharing can help you succeed any economy and inspire a balanced result in your employees’ performance.
Is there such a thing as a chief executive who is “satisfied” with the performance of his or her employees? Or, are there any who feel their company’s performance management system is “working?” And what about pay? Do you know anyone who feels good about the relationship between the incentive payments they are making and how their people are performing?
I’m guessing not.
So why is that? How can so many run successful businesses but not be able to figure out how to effectively manage the performance of their people and reward them in a way that drives more of the results they want?
The answer is because there are no rules. And the reason there are no rules is because every business is different.
So, what do you do?
Well, you will need to watch our on-demand webinar to learn the answer. (Sorry, it’s just how marketing works!) Discover the principles and practices successful companies use to drive, manage and reward superior employee performance.
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the future it’s that nothing about the future is certain. That makes it hard to plan, does it not? Yet, to succeed in the new economy you must have a strategy—and soon. It’s urgent. So, what should you do?
Start with your employees. They will have a lot to do with whether your company’s future is successful or not. Consequently, the experience you provide must be envisioned in advance and delivered according to your plan. It must attract premier talent and ensure they will want to stay and perform. And it must enable your employees to easily buy into and support your vision for the future—so they will be as committed to the company’s success as you are.
So, what kind of experience will do that?
That is the issue we addressed in this broadcast.
Chances are, you think differently about compensation now than you did a few months ago. Let’s face it, COVID-19 made us think differently about a lot of things, did it not? And although you’ve survived the crisis so far, you recognize your pay strategy going forward probably needs to change.
But change how? Exactly what should be different?
This broadcast was created to help you answer that question. We recognize business leaders like you are struggling to determine how you can effectively reward performance in the new economy without creating the same financial vulnerabilities you’ve just lived through. We can think we can help.
If you are like most business leaders, your confidence in the economy is growing…but your company is not completely recovered from its COVID experience. It’s left you and your leadership feeling a bit numb. You may have had to cut salaries, freeze incentive plans and either furlough or let employees go. It’s been painful. (Our apologies for reminding you!)
Now you need to move forward with optimism but you can’t just pretend nothing has happened, right?
All of this leaves you feeling uncertain about what your pay strategy should look like in 2021. Questions abound: How can you reward employee performance but not make your cash flow vulnerable? How can you create a pay offering that is more flexible without also unleashing compensation chaos? And so on.
If this is where you and your company find yourselves, you should watch this broadcast.
How to build a pay strategy that performs the way you want it to.
Do you want to ensure your pay strategy will succeed—that it will do the job you’ve “hired” it to do?
If so, you must learn the process that compensation experts use. It includes four phases of planning. If followed, you will end up with a compensation offering capable of attracting premier talent and turning your employees into growth partners.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
If you lead a business, perhaps you’ve had to deal with questions like these: “Why is my bonus less than it was last year?” “Why didn’t I get a bigger salary increase?” “Can I have stock?” All are indicators your employees are feeling a bit entitled.
So, how does this happen? More important, what can you do about it? How can you transform a culture of entitlement into one focused on value creation and engagement?
The economic chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic is likely causing you to examine every financial element of your business right now. And because compensation is the biggest line item on your P&L, that number blares at you like a neon sign these days. All logic tells you it needs to shrink--and quickly.
As a result, you're wondering what your pay strategy should look like for the foreseeable future. Now, more than ever, your approach to compensation needs to be tied to performance--which means it is linked to results. If that's true, what should those results be and how do you make sure your pay plan effectively rewards them?
The COVID economy has likely caused you to rethink your compensation approach and forced you to confront some difficult questions: Should incentive compensation play a larger or smaller role in your pay strategy going forward? What’s more important—rewards for short or long-term performance? Better yet, should you even be offering incentives at all given the current uncertainty in the business environment?
VisionLink and EBS would like to help you answer those questions. In this webcast, you will learn why incentive plans are more important than ever and how they should be engineered in a post-COVID business world. We will show how the right approach to value-sharing can help you succeed any economy and inspire a balanced result in your employees’ performance.
Is there such a thing as a chief executive who is “satisfied” with the performance of his or her employees? Or, are there any who feel their company’s performance management system is “working?” And what about pay? Do you know anyone who feels good about the relationship between the incentive payments they are making and how their people are performing?
I’m guessing not.
So why is that? How can so many run successful businesses but not be able to figure out how to effectively manage the performance of their people and reward them in a way that drives more of the results they want?
The answer is because there are no rules. And the reason there are no rules is because every business is different.
So, what do you do?
Well, you will need to watch our on-demand webinar to learn the answer. (Sorry, it’s just how marketing works!) Discover the principles and practices successful companies use to drive, manage and reward superior employee performance.
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the future it’s that nothing about the future is certain. That makes it hard to plan, does it not? Yet, to succeed in the new economy you must have a strategy—and soon. It’s urgent. So, what should you do?
Start with your employees. They will have a lot to do with whether your company’s future is successful or not. Consequently, the experience you provide must be envisioned in advance and delivered according to your plan. It must attract premier talent and ensure they will want to stay and perform. And it must enable your employees to easily buy into and support your vision for the future—so they will be as committed to the company’s success as you are.
So, what kind of experience will do that?
That is the issue we addressed in this broadcast.
Chances are, you think differently about compensation now than you did a few months ago. Let’s face it, COVID-19 made us think differently about a lot of things, did it not? And although you’ve survived the crisis so far, you recognize your pay strategy going forward probably needs to change.
But change how? Exactly what should be different?
This broadcast was created to help you answer that question. We recognize business leaders like you are struggling to determine how you can effectively reward performance in the new economy without creating the same financial vulnerabilities you’ve just lived through. We can think we can help.
If you are like most business leaders, your confidence in the economy is growing…but your company is not completely recovered from its COVID experience. It’s left you and your leadership feeling a bit numb. You may have had to cut salaries, freeze incentive plans and either furlough or let employees go. It’s been painful. (Our apologies for reminding you!)
Now you need to move forward with optimism but you can’t just pretend nothing has happened, right?
All of this leaves you feeling uncertain about what your pay strategy should look like in 2021. Questions abound: How can you reward employee performance but not make your cash flow vulnerable? How can you create a pay offering that is more flexible without also unleashing compensation chaos? And so on.
If this is where you and your company find yourselves, you should watch this broadcast.
How to build a pay strategy that performs the way you want it to.
Do you want to ensure your pay strategy will succeed—that it will do the job you’ve “hired” it to do?
If so, you must learn the process that compensation experts use. It includes four phases of planning. If followed, you will end up with a compensation offering capable of attracting premier talent and turning your employees into growth partners.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
If you lead a business, perhaps you’ve had to deal with questions like these: “Why is my bonus less than it was last year?” “Why didn’t I get a bigger salary increase?” “Can I have stock?” All are indicators your employees are feeling a bit entitled.
So, how does this happen? More important, what can you do about it? How can you transform a culture of entitlement into one focused on value creation and engagement?
The economic chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic is likely causing you to examine every financial element of your business right now. And because compensation is the biggest line item on your P&L, that number blares at you like a neon sign these days. All logic tells you it needs to shrink--and quickly.
As a result, you're wondering what your pay strategy should look like for the foreseeable future. Now, more than ever, your approach to compensation needs to be tied to performance--which means it is linked to results. If that's true, what should those results be and how do you make sure your pay plan effectively rewards them?
What if the employee incentive plan you offer didn’t really cost your company anything? How much value would you share? In theory, if it didn’t really cost you anything, the amount you could share would be unlimited, right? So, what’s the catch? Is there actually such a thing as incentive compensation that pays for itself?
There really is no catch. You could start a self-financing incentive plan today if you just knew the steps to take. And that’s the purpose of this webinar. We want to teach you how to reward performance in a way that drives a positive ROI on your compensation investment, and eliminates the “cost” associated with traditional approaches. So, stop wasting money on incentive plans that are a drain on cash flow and profits.
The Role of Rewards in the “New Age” of Employee Empowerment. So where does compensation fit in this new engagement environment? Does it play any role? Some analysis suggests its impact is minimal. Other studies indicate it is a larger factor. To the extent attrition can be considered the antithesis of engagement, one might be confused by what seems to be conflicting data analyses among researchers regarding the influence compensation has on this much sought after quality in employees. If these are questions you are trying to answer, you should not miss this presentation.
As a private company leader, have you struggled with the idea of sharing stock? Do you find yourself conflicted because you want to reward your key people for improving business value, but prefer to do so without diluting owner equity? Do you find yourself without a good answer when some says: “Can I have stock in the company?” If so, you’re not alone.
This happens because you simply don’t know what options you have, right? If you don’t share equity, then what do you do instead? This webinar will solve that problem for you. There are six different ways to reward long-term value creation without giving away stock. In this broadcast, we will discuss each of them and teach you how to decide which one is right for your company.
Ever get questions like these from your employees?
Why is my bonus less this year than last year? Why was my raise not higher? Why are you not paying me as much as salary.com says you should be paying me? Why can’t I have stock? Why…
You get the picture. Questions like these can put you on the defensive and strain your relationship with your employees. Worse, they evidence you have created a culture of entitlement. Yikes!
To learn how to make questions like these go away and transition your employees from a sense of entitlement to one of stewardship, be sure to watch our on-demand broadcast. You will not want to miss it!
In this broadcast, you will learn:
How entitlement takes root and what you can do to prevent it.
How a clear compensation philosophy can make 90% of pay complaints go away.
How to use market pay data more effectively—and why it is less important than you (and your employee’s) think.
What it means to have a balanced pay strategy and why it will make your value proposition more compelling.
Why a Total Rewards approach is critical to creating a positive employee experience, and…
Why today’s talent trends make it essential your people have that positive employee experience.
As a prudent enterprise leader, you want your employees’ compensation tied to their performance. However, to accomplish that you must be able to distinguish the results your employees’ are producing from those driven by other factors (such as market conditions or shareholder investment).
So how do you do that? How do you ensure that you are rewarding performance and productivity actually attributable to your people?
This broadcast will address these and other important “pay for performance” questions. you will learn what high-performance companies do to ensure they are rewarding the right results. If you have been unsuccessful in your attempt to build such a plan for your business, you will not want to miss this event.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
What if the employee incentive plan you offer didn’t really cost your company anything? How much value would you share? In theory, if it didn’t really cost you anything, the amount you could share would be unlimited, right? So, what’s the catch? Is there actually such a thing as incentive compensation that pays for itself?
There really is no catch. You could start a self-financing incentive plan today if you just knew the steps to take. And that’s the purpose of this webinar. We want to teach you how to reward performance in a way that drives a positive ROI on your compensation investment, and eliminates the “cost” associated with traditional approaches. So, stop wasting money on incentive plans that are a drain on cash flow and profits.
Most companies struggle with how to design a bonus plan that “works.” Too many have tried various approaches only to end up with either an entitlement program or an abandoned effort all together. For those who have had this experience there is hope and help—and this webinar will offer both. Learn how to approach bonus plan design in a way that drives better results instead of just creating additional costs.
Shareholders and high performing employees need each other. Owners need growth enablers who can build the future company they envision. Key performers want to apply their unique abilities to a meaningful end that rewards them for value creation. So, how do you bring those two visions together in the way you construct rewards strategies? How do you pay crucial contributors in a way that improves shareholder value and makes owners feel good about the investment they are making in compensation? If these are questions you are trying to answer, you should not miss this!
How do you determine the right blend of salaries and incentives in your pay strategy? Some believe that paying higher salaries attracts the best people, and therefore improves company performance. Others believe employee earnings should be tied to results, so they emphasize variable pay. So, is one right and the other wrong?
Obviously, there is no universal “right” way to pay employees. Instead, you must find what works best for your organization. So, how do you do that?
That is the question this webinar plans to answer. We will discuss 3 principles for determining the right rewards balance for your company and how they can be used to resolve the higher salary versus bigger incentives dilemma.
Attracting Premier Talent Comes with a Price You Can’t Afford Not to Pay!
PwC’s 18th Annual Global CEO Survey revealed that “one of the biggest headaches for CEOs is making sure that the organization has the right people to cope with what lies ahead.” It further said that “CEOs need to be sure that the business is fit to react quickly to whatever the future may throw at it – and that means filling it with adaptable, creative people, working in a culture where energy fizzes and ideas spark into life. If they can’t be found, they must be created.” View this presentation that will address how you can successfully address this priority for your organization.
Compensation is expensive. And if your pay investment is not managed properly, it can wreak havoc on your company’s cash flow. For many business leaders, that’s been a key learning from the coronavirus economy.
So, how do you solve that problem? What rewards plan allocation is best suited to your organization and most likely to produce the performance results you want?
In this webinar, we will answer both those questions. We will show you how to create a structure that ensures your compensation investment is effectively planned and managed—and generates a real return for the company. Not only that, we will introduce you to an online tool that helps you achieve that outcome simply—and for free.
You want your people to buy into your vision of the future. You want to attract and keep premier talent. You want your employees to adopt a stewardship mindset and “own” results. You want all stakeholders to feel they are a part of the company’s success. You also want all stakeholders equally invested in preventing mistakes that can set the company back.
You recognize that’s a tall order in the best of times. But in today’s chaotic business environment, the challenge is even greater. So, what should you do?
This broadcast was created to help you answer that question.
Do you want to share business value with employees…but without giving them equity in the company?
“Is that even possible?” you wonder.
Yes it is. And it is why phantom stock has become so popular with private company leaders. This plan allows you to tie the benefit of your long-term incentive to the value of your business without diluting owner value or giving away a single share of actual stock.
This will help you If you want to learn what phantom stock is, who should offer it and how a plan is constructed.
View recording: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/what-is-phantom-stock-and-why-do-i-keep-hearing-about-it
The COVID-19 economy changed everything, did it not? The future business environment is not going be the same as it was prior to the pandemic. As a result, your future company can’t be the same either. It will be facing unique challenges. But it also offers you unprecedented new opportunities.
As always, those who anticipate and prepare for that future will have the advantage.
To that end, watch the recorded presentation to learn five ways you can leverage your ability to succeed in the new economy. In this webinar, we will share high impact insights that will help your company thrive regardless of the conditions that lie ahead.
As a business leader, at some point you will have to decide if you’re going to share stock. You likely favor the idea of rewarding long-term value creation but don’t like the idea of diluting shareholder equity. So, you wonder if there are other options. The good news is there are alternatives. View this recording to learn about them—and how they might work for your business.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
While the coronavirus has stalled business for many companies, some are experiencing a sudden spike in demand for their product or service. Perhaps yours is one of them. If so, you may find yourself “hiring in a hurry” to ensure you have enough talent to handle the sudden increase in interest, traffic and opportunity.
Given the urgency, the risk of mistake-making is high and can be costly—especially when it comes to extending pay offers. Compensation is an expensive proposition, so making promises in a hurry can be particularly hazardous. You don’t want to make commitments now you will regret later.
We can help you avoid that risk.
Finding and keeping great people has never been more important—or as competitive. As a result, once you’ve secured premier talent, the last thing you can afford to do is lose those employees. However, if your organization is like most, you are at risk of losing your key performers. There are four primary reasons your best people may be considering leaving and why a focus on greater employee engagement is so critical. To learn what they are—and how they might work for your business—be sure to view this broadcast.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
Let’s face it, it is becoming harder and harder to attract the best talent. And without great people, you’ll never achieve a high-performance culture. As a result, your growth ambitions will be left unfulfilled. In short, it is critical to have an “irresistible” pay offer.
In this presentation, you will learn:
What a well-crafted pay philosophy should address and why it matters to the people you are trying to attract.
How to design a pay approach that appeals to the millennial employees you need to recruit.
Why a compensation strategy rooted in a value-sharing model is essential to an irresistible pay offer.
How top talent evaluates your compensation plan—and what they want it to help them achieve.
Why “how” you pay top producers is more important than “how much” you pay them.
How to create a rewards plan that offers unlimited earnings potential and pays for itself.
To watch the recording, visit https://www.vladvisors.com/webinars/the-3-parts-of-an-irresistible-pay-offer
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When economic conditions are in constant motion, is it even possible to determine the “right” pay strategy?
For example, some company leaders believe high salaries are necessary to attract great people, but are concerned about having costly pay commitments if the economy is shut down again. Others think employee earnings should be tied heavily to performance, but wonder what metrics to use—and how to balance short versus long-term rewards. So, is one right and the other wrong?
The reality is there is no playbook for determining how to pay employees amid the kind of economic uncertainly we have been experiencing. So, what should you do?
This broadcast will help you answer that question. You will learn how to use compensation as a strategic tool and construct a rewards approach that is agile enough for changing conditions but enduring enough to work in any economy. We will, in fact, show you how to resolve the “higher salary versus bigger incentives” dilemma.
How to Determine if Your Pay Strategy Needs Professional Help. Compensation planning is not your core competency. Leading a business is. So is it time to stop putting your pay investment at risk and getting experts involved? In this presentation, we’ll show you seven ways you can tell.
View a recording of the presentation: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/7-signs-you-need-a-compensation-consultant
What if the employee incentive plan you offer didn’t really cost your company anything? How much value would you share? In theory, if it didn’t really cost you anything, the amount you could share would be unlimited, right? So, what’s the catch? Is there actually such a thing as incentive compensation that pays for itself?
There really is no catch. You could start a self-financing incentive plan today if you just knew the steps to take. And that’s the purpose of this webinar. We want to teach you how to reward performance in a way that drives a positive ROI on your compensation investment, and eliminates the “cost” associated with traditional approaches. So, stop wasting money on incentive plans that are a drain on cash flow and profits.
The Role of Rewards in the “New Age” of Employee Empowerment. So where does compensation fit in this new engagement environment? Does it play any role? Some analysis suggests its impact is minimal. Other studies indicate it is a larger factor. To the extent attrition can be considered the antithesis of engagement, one might be confused by what seems to be conflicting data analyses among researchers regarding the influence compensation has on this much sought after quality in employees. If these are questions you are trying to answer, you should not miss this presentation.
As a private company leader, have you struggled with the idea of sharing stock? Do you find yourself conflicted because you want to reward your key people for improving business value, but prefer to do so without diluting owner equity? Do you find yourself without a good answer when some says: “Can I have stock in the company?” If so, you’re not alone.
This happens because you simply don’t know what options you have, right? If you don’t share equity, then what do you do instead? This webinar will solve that problem for you. There are six different ways to reward long-term value creation without giving away stock. In this broadcast, we will discuss each of them and teach you how to decide which one is right for your company.
Ever get questions like these from your employees?
Why is my bonus less this year than last year? Why was my raise not higher? Why are you not paying me as much as salary.com says you should be paying me? Why can’t I have stock? Why…
You get the picture. Questions like these can put you on the defensive and strain your relationship with your employees. Worse, they evidence you have created a culture of entitlement. Yikes!
To learn how to make questions like these go away and transition your employees from a sense of entitlement to one of stewardship, be sure to watch our on-demand broadcast. You will not want to miss it!
In this broadcast, you will learn:
How entitlement takes root and what you can do to prevent it.
How a clear compensation philosophy can make 90% of pay complaints go away.
How to use market pay data more effectively—and why it is less important than you (and your employee’s) think.
What it means to have a balanced pay strategy and why it will make your value proposition more compelling.
Why a Total Rewards approach is critical to creating a positive employee experience, and…
Why today’s talent trends make it essential your people have that positive employee experience.
As a prudent enterprise leader, you want your employees’ compensation tied to their performance. However, to accomplish that you must be able to distinguish the results your employees’ are producing from those driven by other factors (such as market conditions or shareholder investment).
So how do you do that? How do you ensure that you are rewarding performance and productivity actually attributable to your people?
This broadcast will address these and other important “pay for performance” questions. you will learn what high-performance companies do to ensure they are rewarding the right results. If you have been unsuccessful in your attempt to build such a plan for your business, you will not want to miss this event.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
What if the employee incentive plan you offer didn’t really cost your company anything? How much value would you share? In theory, if it didn’t really cost you anything, the amount you could share would be unlimited, right? So, what’s the catch? Is there actually such a thing as incentive compensation that pays for itself?
There really is no catch. You could start a self-financing incentive plan today if you just knew the steps to take. And that’s the purpose of this webinar. We want to teach you how to reward performance in a way that drives a positive ROI on your compensation investment, and eliminates the “cost” associated with traditional approaches. So, stop wasting money on incentive plans that are a drain on cash flow and profits.
Most companies struggle with how to design a bonus plan that “works.” Too many have tried various approaches only to end up with either an entitlement program or an abandoned effort all together. For those who have had this experience there is hope and help—and this webinar will offer both. Learn how to approach bonus plan design in a way that drives better results instead of just creating additional costs.
Shareholders and high performing employees need each other. Owners need growth enablers who can build the future company they envision. Key performers want to apply their unique abilities to a meaningful end that rewards them for value creation. So, how do you bring those two visions together in the way you construct rewards strategies? How do you pay crucial contributors in a way that improves shareholder value and makes owners feel good about the investment they are making in compensation? If these are questions you are trying to answer, you should not miss this!
How do you determine the right blend of salaries and incentives in your pay strategy? Some believe that paying higher salaries attracts the best people, and therefore improves company performance. Others believe employee earnings should be tied to results, so they emphasize variable pay. So, is one right and the other wrong?
Obviously, there is no universal “right” way to pay employees. Instead, you must find what works best for your organization. So, how do you do that?
That is the question this webinar plans to answer. We will discuss 3 principles for determining the right rewards balance for your company and how they can be used to resolve the higher salary versus bigger incentives dilemma.
Attracting Premier Talent Comes with a Price You Can’t Afford Not to Pay!
PwC’s 18th Annual Global CEO Survey revealed that “one of the biggest headaches for CEOs is making sure that the organization has the right people to cope with what lies ahead.” It further said that “CEOs need to be sure that the business is fit to react quickly to whatever the future may throw at it – and that means filling it with adaptable, creative people, working in a culture where energy fizzes and ideas spark into life. If they can’t be found, they must be created.” View this presentation that will address how you can successfully address this priority for your organization.
Compensation is expensive. And if your pay investment is not managed properly, it can wreak havoc on your company’s cash flow. For many business leaders, that’s been a key learning from the coronavirus economy.
So, how do you solve that problem? What rewards plan allocation is best suited to your organization and most likely to produce the performance results you want?
In this webinar, we will answer both those questions. We will show you how to create a structure that ensures your compensation investment is effectively planned and managed—and generates a real return for the company. Not only that, we will introduce you to an online tool that helps you achieve that outcome simply—and for free.
You want your people to buy into your vision of the future. You want to attract and keep premier talent. You want your employees to adopt a stewardship mindset and “own” results. You want all stakeholders to feel they are a part of the company’s success. You also want all stakeholders equally invested in preventing mistakes that can set the company back.
You recognize that’s a tall order in the best of times. But in today’s chaotic business environment, the challenge is even greater. So, what should you do?
This broadcast was created to help you answer that question.
Do you want to share business value with employees…but without giving them equity in the company?
“Is that even possible?” you wonder.
Yes it is. And it is why phantom stock has become so popular with private company leaders. This plan allows you to tie the benefit of your long-term incentive to the value of your business without diluting owner value or giving away a single share of actual stock.
This will help you If you want to learn what phantom stock is, who should offer it and how a plan is constructed.
View recording: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/what-is-phantom-stock-and-why-do-i-keep-hearing-about-it
The COVID-19 economy changed everything, did it not? The future business environment is not going be the same as it was prior to the pandemic. As a result, your future company can’t be the same either. It will be facing unique challenges. But it also offers you unprecedented new opportunities.
As always, those who anticipate and prepare for that future will have the advantage.
To that end, watch the recorded presentation to learn five ways you can leverage your ability to succeed in the new economy. In this webinar, we will share high impact insights that will help your company thrive regardless of the conditions that lie ahead.
As a business leader, at some point you will have to decide if you’re going to share stock. You likely favor the idea of rewarding long-term value creation but don’t like the idea of diluting shareholder equity. So, you wonder if there are other options. The good news is there are alternatives. View this recording to learn about them—and how they might work for your business.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
While the coronavirus has stalled business for many companies, some are experiencing a sudden spike in demand for their product or service. Perhaps yours is one of them. If so, you may find yourself “hiring in a hurry” to ensure you have enough talent to handle the sudden increase in interest, traffic and opportunity.
Given the urgency, the risk of mistake-making is high and can be costly—especially when it comes to extending pay offers. Compensation is an expensive proposition, so making promises in a hurry can be particularly hazardous. You don’t want to make commitments now you will regret later.
We can help you avoid that risk.
Finding and keeping great people has never been more important—or as competitive. As a result, once you’ve secured premier talent, the last thing you can afford to do is lose those employees. However, if your organization is like most, you are at risk of losing your key performers. There are four primary reasons your best people may be considering leaving and why a focus on greater employee engagement is so critical. To learn what they are—and how they might work for your business—be sure to view this broadcast.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
Let’s face it, it is becoming harder and harder to attract the best talent. And without great people, you’ll never achieve a high-performance culture. As a result, your growth ambitions will be left unfulfilled. In short, it is critical to have an “irresistible” pay offer.
In this presentation, you will learn:
What a well-crafted pay philosophy should address and why it matters to the people you are trying to attract.
How to design a pay approach that appeals to the millennial employees you need to recruit.
Why a compensation strategy rooted in a value-sharing model is essential to an irresistible pay offer.
How top talent evaluates your compensation plan—and what they want it to help them achieve.
Why “how” you pay top producers is more important than “how much” you pay them.
How to create a rewards plan that offers unlimited earnings potential and pays for itself.
To watch the recording, visit https://www.vladvisors.com/webinars/the-3-parts-of-an-irresistible-pay-offer
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When economic conditions are in constant motion, is it even possible to determine the “right” pay strategy?
For example, some company leaders believe high salaries are necessary to attract great people, but are concerned about having costly pay commitments if the economy is shut down again. Others think employee earnings should be tied heavily to performance, but wonder what metrics to use—and how to balance short versus long-term rewards. So, is one right and the other wrong?
The reality is there is no playbook for determining how to pay employees amid the kind of economic uncertainly we have been experiencing. So, what should you do?
This broadcast will help you answer that question. You will learn how to use compensation as a strategic tool and construct a rewards approach that is agile enough for changing conditions but enduring enough to work in any economy. We will, in fact, show you how to resolve the “higher salary versus bigger incentives” dilemma.
How to Determine if Your Pay Strategy Needs Professional Help. Compensation planning is not your core competency. Leading a business is. So is it time to stop putting your pay investment at risk and getting experts involved? In this presentation, we’ll show you seven ways you can tell.
View a recording of the presentation: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/7-signs-you-need-a-compensation-consultant
Too many business leaders discover too late that their compensation offering is inadequate. They lose a key player or fail to secure a top recruit because their value proposition just isn’t compelling.
A pay strategy cannot be an afterthought. It has to be approached strategically and comprehensively or you will fail to attract, develop and retain premier talent. But how do you do that? What does a compelling pay program look like and where do you begin if you want to develop one?
Now you no longer need to wonder. VisionLink’s will give you comprehensive insight into how to build a rewards strategy that is both complete and compelling. It shares the secrets of experts who have spent the last 20 years designing successful rewards strategies for hundreds of businesses.
View a recording of the presentation: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/how-to-build-a-more-compelling-pay-strategy
If you lead a business, you must treat your compensation plan as a strategic tool that can accelerate company growth. If you don’t, it can become a profit diluter and a drag on company performance.
With that in mind, we invite you to learn the 3 areas of strategic impact you should be having on your company’s pay design and development. We will discuss which compensation decisions only you should make and those that can be delegated to someone else.
Have you struggled to find a pay strategy that actually drives higher performance?
Well, it doesn’t have to be a mystery. Learn what high performance companies do to develop high performance rewards strategies. Turn Your Compensation Cost into an Investment in Business Growth!
View the recorded presentation on VisionLink's website: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/5-keys-to-building-a-high-performance-pay-strategy-in-2018
How do you know whether your company’s pay strategy is successful? It’s a simple question but most company leaders struggle to find an adequate answer.
The reason the question is so difficult is because compensation is seldom considered a strategic issue. It’s considered a cost issue. Therefore, it is designed without the success measures most strategic initiatives carry.
So how do you determine a measure that best defines success when it comes to compensation? If you are struggling to determine whether your pay strategy is successful, you won’t want to miss this valuable presentation.
View the webinar recording online at: http://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/what-is-a-successful-pay-strategy
Employee performance management has been undergoing a revolution over the past few years. Highly structured, year-end appraisals are being eliminated. Instead, business leaders are adopting a forward-looking, flexible mentoring and coaching approach. The “new and improved” method is designed to help companies navigate the accelerated pace of change all businesses are experiencing.
So, how is this revolution impacting compensation? What kind of pay strategies are being used with this new performance management approach? How are successful business leaders ensuring their compensation plans offer maximum flexibility without creating a need for constant reinvention?
In this webinar, we will answer all those questions and more. You will discover how a rewards plan can be both agile and enduring—and why that combination is essential in the hyper-change environment we are living in.
For most companies, compensation is the costliest item on the P&L. And yet business leaders typically know little about their organization’s pay strategy. In today’s hyper competitive world, that’s not okay. Pay is a strategic tool that can either drive or diminish company profitability. It is a key to recruiting the kind of talent that can positively impact the trajectory of the business. Therefore, chief executives need to play a leading role in charting the compensation course their companies take. But, to do that effectively, they must become better informed about core pay issues. But which issues? What, exactly, do they need to know?
This webinar will answer those questions. It is designed for enterprise leaders who want to learn how compensation can play a more productive role in their businesses.
Effectiveness in compensation can be defined by attracting premier talent (offer compelling value proposition), driving sustained success (reward results) and instilling a culture of confidence (build a competitive advantage). Learn the "habit" of pay planning that will drive that result.
How do you shift your employees from an entitlement to a stewardship mentality where your people take ownership of outcomes and results? If your company’s culture is showing symptoms of the entitlement “syndrome,” you will not want to miss this.
View a recording of the presentation here: https://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/how-to-transform-entitlement-into-stewardship-2018
How do you determine who the top performers are in your organization—and what kind of value proposition are you offering to make sure they will stay?
These seem like simple questions but most business leaders struggle to answer them. And knowing the answers is critical given the scarcity of skilled talent in the marketplace today.
In short, being able to identify those people who are really creating value in your business—and developing a pay strategy that keeps them producing—has never been more important. It doesn’t go too far to say that the future of your business depends on it.
Addressing these issues is the focus of this presentation.
Most business leaders are dissatisfied with the bonus plan their company offers. Why is that?
The reason they give is that their incentive plan just doesn’t “work.” But the core problem is they start with the wrong expectation. They want their plan to change employee behavior. Therefore, they build their bonus offering on a flawed premise. This becomes a costly issue because companies make huge investments in the performance awards they pay out. Having them not “work” is simply not acceptable. There is a better way—and we would like to teach it to you.
VisionLink has been building rewards strategies for over 20 years. Now we want to share our secrets with you. Join us to learn the four steps to effective pay design and why each is essential.
Most business leaders struggle with their incentive plans. What kind of results should they reward? Who should receive them? How will the incentives be "paid for?" And finally, what is the right balance is between short and long-term value-sharing? Although there is no silver bullet answer to these questions for every company, there are guiding principles businesses should follow if they want their incentive plans to help drive the performance they seek. If you find yourself grappling with these issues, you will not want to miss this presentation! http://www.vladvisors.com/compensation-knowledge-center/webinars/how-to-balance-short-and-long-term-incentives
The COVID economy has likely created competing priorities for you as a business leader. You feel pressure to minimize your compensation expense and protect cash flow. At the same time, you need to incentivize employee performance so your people will be motivated to get results.
So, what should you do?
Tune into this webcast to learn why many enterprise leaders are finding phantom stock to be the answer. In this broadcast, we will show you how this kind of plan enables you to reward performance without increasing your compensation expense. You will also see how phantom stock allows you to share value without diluting owner equity.
In short, we will demonstrate why phantom stock is the compensation equivalent of “having your cake and eating it too.”
Which Long-Term Incentive Plan is Right for Your Company? If you plan to grow your company, you will need a pay plan that rewards long-term performance. You just will! Employees want to know they can participate in the business value they help create.
The hard part is determining which value-sharing approach is most suitable. Should you share stock? If so, should you give away present value or just future value? If you do not want to share equity, do you still want to tie the incentive to business growth in some way? There are lots of questions to be answered before you can determine which LTIP strategy is best.
In short, we can help you decide how to pick the best LTIP for your company.
As an enterprise leader, you want to cultivate highly productive performers in your workforce. Your business growth depends upon it. And so you search for rewards strategies that will drive the kind of productivity and performance you need. However, you do so with some skepticism—wondering if pay really has any bearing on the results you achieve. Some things you read suggest it doesn’t, but your business intuition tells you that pay, productivity and performance are (or at least should be) linked. But how? The approaches you’ve tried in the past haven't exactly “worked.” So, you grapple with what to do next. If this is an issue you face, you will not want to miss this.
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Ken Gibson
SeniorVice President
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kgibson@vladvisors.com
23201 Lake Center Drive, Suite 207 ⬧ Lake Forest, CA 92630 ⬧ 949-852-2288
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Questions
What is the role of incentives in a bad
economy?
How can you lower expenses but still reward
performance?
What kind of pay strategy encourages value
creation?
Should your compensation philosophy differ
now from when times were good?
What kind of employee performance should
be rewarded and how?
How do you make sure your pay approach is
agile but also stable?
What is the least “expensive” way to
compensate your people in this
environment?
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VisionLink’s Survey of Business Community
Profile
March 31, 2020
Clients & “Friends” of VisionLink
100 respondents
$10 million-$1 billion annual revenue
10-1,500 employees
Private companies
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Survey Highlights
44% indicated the economic condition has “hurt us a
little,” while 46% have recognized a “significant negative
impact.”
88% of participants feel their companies will emerge
intact from the economic crisis. Only 1% feels the crisis
threatens the survival of their businesses.
72% of the companies surveyed have not yet laid off any
employees; 14% have laid off more than 20%, with the
remaining 14% in between.
54% of respondents are retooling parts of their business
model while 32% are “doubling down” on their current
model. Only 4% feel they need to significantly alter their
strategy to “weather the current storm.”
87% of company leaders are optimistic about the future
of their enterprises even though their businesses have
experienced some short-term loss.
The primary reason given for optimism was an overall
faith in the U.S. economy and their company’s abilities to
survive (53%), followed by 27% attributing their
confidence to their ability to innovate.
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WSJ Editorial
The Economy Will Survive
the Coronavirus
Don’t despair. Even amid the doom and gloom there are many things to be
glad about.
By
Vernon L. Smith
April 5, 2020 12:16 pm ET
Once the pandemic passes and we go back to work, the country will
recover quickly. The economy will reach new levels of
prosperity…Don’t despair. This economic crisis will pass, and pass
quickly, once the clampdown is lifted; especially if the financial
shock is reduced by fiscal and monetary relief. (Mr. Smith is a professor at
Chapman University and the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics.)
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Compensation Solution “Tool Kit”
1. Define the “Job” of Compensation
2. Re-Examine Your Rewards Philosophy
3. Emphasize Value Creation
4. Assess & Adjust Current
Commitments
5. Think Outside the Box
6. Create Structured Flexibility
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1. DEFINE THE JOB OF
COMPENSATION
What are the outcomes compensation needs to help the company
produce right now?
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Identify Compensation’s Job
“When we buy a product, we essentially
‘hire’ something to get a job done. If it does
the job well, when we are confronted with
the same job, we hire that same product
again. And if the product does a crummy
job, we ‘fire’ it and look around for
something else we might hire to solve the
problem.”
(Clayton Christensen, Theory of Jobs to be Done, Harvard
Business School, Working Knowledge, Dina Gerdeman, October 3,
2016)
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Broader Application
What if we applied this
theory to all of the
processes and systems
we use in an
organization including
compensation?
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Ken Questions
1. What “job” does your
compensation plan need to
do for you right now?
2. What pay strategy is best
suited to that “job? ”
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Key Outcomes
Examples of outcomes your
compensation strategy should be
helping your achieve right now:
Create a focus on value creation.
Lessen fixed commitments.
Tie earnings to results.
Reinforce priorities.
Accelerate and reward innovation.
Create growth partners.
Build cost consciousness.
Create a unified financial vision for
surviving then thriving.
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Start with Your Performance Framework
Business
Framework
Talent
Framework
Compensation
Framework
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Business Framework
Phase One
Define Growth Expectations
(Vision)
▪ Key outcomes that must be achieved
Define Business Model and
Strategy
▪ Performance Engine
▪ How the company will compete
▪ Where are growth opportunities?
Identify Roles and Expectations
▪ Establish Performance Criteria
▪ Define “Success”
Business
Framework
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Compensation Framework
Phase Two
Establish a pay
philosophy
▪ Expansive vs. Selective—or
Hybrid
▪ Define what the company is
willing to pay for
Engineer a pay strategy
▪ Structure
▪ Mindset
Adopt a “Total Rewards”
Approach
Compensation
Framework
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2. RE-EXAMINE YOUR REWARDS
PHILOSOPHY
In the current environment, what should be rewarded and how? How
should your philosophy differ now than during prosperous times?
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Compensation Philosophy Statement
How value creation is currently
defined.
How value is currently shared—
and with whom.
How market pay standards
currently apply.
How guaranteed pay and value-
sharing will be currently
balanced.
How short and long-term value-
sharing will be currently
balanced.
How merit pay is currently
defined.
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Key Areas to Focus On
Explore and refine
“emergency”
principles.
Determine priorities
for cash and non-cash
compensation, as well
as benefits.
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Then What?
Put it in writing.
Refer to it frequently.
Communicate it…soon!
Emphasize what will be
rewarded.
Create a sense of partnership.
Market the future.
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3. EMPHASIZE VALUE CREATION
How will you define value creation for your business? How and with
whom will value be shared? What measures will determine value-
sharing?
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Core Changes Shift from “Incentives” to “Value
Sharing”
Took away local measurements
driving management incentive
plans—all paid on same metrics
▪ “We live together and we die
together”
Aligned everyone behind
company success
▪ “I call it ‘pay the company first.’ ”
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Pay the Company First
“Basically, up to the company’s
operating profit target, all of
the profits go to the company;
and only after that target is
met, do we start funding the
incentive pool.”
Example: If UL’s target is
$80 million--
100% of first $80 in
profit goes to company
The next $20 million
goes to the incentive
pool
From there on, 50/50
between company &
incentive pool
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Pay the Company First
Once value creation is defined,
compensation can follow a formula
for sharing value in a way that aligns
key producers with the company’s
business plan and priorities.
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The Value of Profit
Wealth Multiplier
Profits
Secure
Business
Reward
Employee
Results
Protect
Shareholders
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A Sense of Partnership
Leads to a Growth
Multiple
The Value of Profit
Wealth Multiplier
Profits
Protect
Shareholders
Secure
Business
Reward
Employee
Results
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4. ASSESS & ADJUST CURRENT
COMMITMENTS
How will you handle incentive plans that are active but based on goals
that are no longer relevant?
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Option: Good Faith Expression
Executives forgo payouts for
2020
Strong message for lay-off
situations
Combine with long-term plan
substitute
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5. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
What non-traditional strategies might help you “survive to thrive?”
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Criteria for “Outside the Box” Pay Strategies
Must be flexible
Must drive value creation (wealth
multiplier philosophy)
Must minimize guarantees
▪ Share the risk
Must provide “upside” potential
Must promote and reinforce innovation
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Performance Agreement
Typically done for executive or high-level
management
Participants excluded from company’s incentive
plans
Annual “deal” negotiated with CEO or other
primary business leader
Deal memorialized on a “deal sheet”
▪ Defines financial, operational & leadership expectations
▪ Defines value of the award that could be generated
Quarterly self-evaluation against performance
expectations with primary business leader
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Performance Agreement
Outcomes:
Threshold for compensable
performance is very high
▪ Small or even $0 payouts can occur
High-risk, high-reward—high upside
Self-evaluations create a mentoring
environment
High performers think and feel like
owners in the company’s success
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Opt-In Plans
Most Ideal in Small Company or Start-
Up Environment
Opt for:
▪ “Higher” salary plus modest incentives
▪ “Low” or no salary and high upside
through short and long-term value
sharing
Opt-In payments tied to a revenue or
profit-sharing formula
Volatility: payments lowered &/or
deferred
▪ Deferred payouts made when economics permit
Opt-In periods may differ
▪ Quarterly, semi-annual, annual
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Opt-In Plans
Outcomes
Owners can limit guaranteed
payouts
Employees have options
Highly flexible—can adjust to
rapidly & frequently changing
economics
Provides a “shared” entrepreneurial
experience
Promotes an ownership mindset
“Self-identifies” key performers
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Long-Term Value-Sharing Plans
Broad Application
Used in any size organization
Can be used with any of the
previous approaches
Creates “wealth multiplier”
mindset
Ties employees to vision and
business plan of the company
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Long-Term Value-Sharing Plans
Outcomes
No current cash flow impact
Emphasizes sustained
performance
Provides alternative to short-
term incentive plans (in weak
economy)
Instills a sense of partnership
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Grant Equity or
Not Equity?
Full Value or
Appreciation Only?
Yes
Appreciation
Stock Option
Full Value
Performance Based?
Yes
Performance Shares
No
Restricted Stock
No
Reward for Value
Increase or Financial
Performance?
Value Increase
Full Value or
Appreciation?
Appreciation
Phantom Stock
Option
Full Value
Performance Based?
Yes
Performance
Phantom Stock
No
Phantom Stock
Financial
Performance
Appreciation-
Performance Based or
Employee Directed?
Performance
Based
Reward for Profit/Cash
Flow or Other Metrics?
Profits
Allocation or
Objectives Based?
Allocation
Profit Pool
ObjectivesOther Metrics
Performance Unit
Employee Directed
Strategic Deferred
Compensation
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Phantom Stock
Company establishes a phantom share value
(formula or valuation)
Employees given an award that has current value
essentially equivalent to company stock value
(subject to vesting schedule)
No rights of ownership
Rewards for past contributions and future growth
Payments will be made in cash (or stock) at pre-
determined dates
Full value awards create a direct link to ownership
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Phantom Stock Options
Employees given a promise of cash payment at a
future date
The value will be based on the appreciation in stock
price from the date of award to the date of redemption
(like stock appreciation rights)
Like stock options but without the need to pay for
shares
Rewards employees for contributing to the increase in
enterprise value
Can be part of the employee’s annual pay package
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Performance Unit Plan
Employees given award units (PUPs) with a current value
Units redeemable in a future year (3 years most common)
Payment is made in cash at the end of the period
The value of the PUP at redemption will depend on
improvement in 2 (or 3) performance metrics
New PUP cycle starts each year, thus ultimately resulting
in an annual payout
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6. CREATE STRUCTURED
FLEXIBILITY
How can you make sure your pay strategy is agile enough to address
current conditions but enduring enough to be relevant when the
economy rebounds?
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The Need for Pay Agility
Compensation Solution
Create a rewards strategy that
is flexible and combine it with
an operational structure that is
enduring.
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Flexible but Enduring
Look at compensation
strategy as you would an
investment portfolio.
Individual pay
components are your
“asset classes.”
As things change, adjust
weighting of each asset
class.
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Develop a Balanced Approach
The role of each pay component in
relation to others within the
comprehensive compensation
strategy is coordinated and clear—
and reflects the company’s pay
philosophy.
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Eight Components of Pay
Benefits
Core benefits
Executive benefits
Qualified retirement plans
Supplemental retirement plans
Compensation
Salary
Performance incentives
Sales incentives
Growth incentives
Incentives should be in the form of value sharing.
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Salary
Performance
Incentives
Sales
Incentives
Growth
Incentives
Core Health
& Welfare
Plans
Executive
Benefit
Plans
Qualified
Retirement
Plans
Nonqualified
Retirement
Plans
Salaries
Competitive with market standards?
Tied to strong performance management process (merit)?
Managed within a flexible but effective structure?
Performance Incentives
Tied to productivity gains?
Clear, achievable and meaningful?
Self-financing?
Sales Incentives
Challenging yet achievable?
Reinforcing the right behaviors?
Differentiating your offering?
Growth Incentives
Linked to a compelling future?
Supporting an ownership mentality?
Securing premier talent?
Core Benefits
Responsive to today’s employee marketplace?
Allocating resources where most needed?
Evaluated to eliminate unnecessary expense?
Executive Benefits
Flexible enough to address varying circumstances?
Communicating a unique relationship?
Reducing employee tax expense?
Qualified Retirement Plans
Giving employees an opportunity to optimize retirement values?
Operated with comprehensive fiduciary accountability?
Avoiding conflicts and minimizing expenses?
Nonqualified Retirement Plans
Optimizing tax-deferral opportunities?
Aligning long-term interests of employees with shareholders?
Structured to receive best possible P&L impact?
An Aligned
Compensation
Strategy
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Build a Total Compensation Structure
A total compensation
structure gives you a
comprehensive view of all
compensation and benefit
plans and ensures
operational integrity.
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Finding the Right Balance
Total Compensation Structure
Name Title/Position Tier Salary
Short-term
Incentive
Target
Long-term
Incentive
Target
Total Direct
Comp
H&W
Annual
Value
QRP
Annual
Value
Security
Plans Annual
Value
Total
Indirect
Comp TRI
Jason Smith CEO 1 $ 300,000 $ 120,000 $ - $ 420,000 $ 18,200 $ 8,000 $ - $ 26,200 $ 446,200
Lucy Jones VP Marketing 2 $ 210,000 $ 45,000 $ - $ 255,000 $ 16,200 $ 7,000 $ - $ 23,200 $ 278,200
Rick Miller VP Sales 2 $ 160,000 $ 85,000 $ - $ 245,000 $ 9,200 $ 6,000 $ - $ 15,200 $ 260,200
Janice Johnson CFO 2 $ 195,000 $ 40,000 $ - $ 235,000 $ 10,200 $ 5,000 $ - $ 15,200 $ 250,200
Maria York Director 3 $ 160,000 $ 10,000 $ - $ 170,000 $ 12,200 $ 4,000 $ - $ 16,200 $ 186,200
Frank North Director 3 $ 150,000 $ 10,000 $ - $ 160,000 $ 11,200 $ 3,000 $ - $ 14,200 $ 174,200
Ricardo South Director 3 $ 140,000 $ 10,000 $ - $ 150,000 $ 7,700 $ 2,000 $ - $ 9,700 $ 59,700
Simon Lewis Director 3 $ 130,000 $ 10,000 $ - $ 140,000 $ 8,700 $ 2,500 $ - $ 11,200 $ 151,200
$ 1,445,000 $ 330,000 $ - $ 1,775,000 $ 93,600 $ 37,500 $ - $ 131,100 $ 1,906,100
Can we
afford to
make these
payouts?
Should we
shift to a
longer-term
plan?
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What is the Right Allocation?
Total Rewards Investment (TRI) Allocation
TRI looks at each component of pay as a percentage of the total
Name Tier Salary STI% LTI% H&W% QRP% SP% TRI
Jason Smith 1 67.2% 26.9% 0.0% 4.1% 1.8% 0.0% $ 446,200
Lucy Jones 2 75.5% 21.4% 0.0% 7.7% 3.3% 0.0% $ 278,200
Rick Miller 2 61.5% 53.1% 0.0% 5.8% 3.8% 0.0% $ 260,200
Janice Johnson 2 77.9% 20.5% 0.0% 5.2% 2.6% 0.0% $ 250,200
Maria York 3 85.9% 6.3% 0.0% 7.6% 2.5% 0.0% $ 186,200
Frank North 3 86.1% 6.7% 0.0% 7.5% 2.0% 0.0% $ 174,200
Ricardo South 3 87.7% 7.1% 0.0% 5.5% 1.4% 0.0% $ 159,700
Simon Lewis 3 86.0% 7.7% 0.0% 6.7% 1.9% 0.0% $ 151,200
Salary STI% LTI%
H&W% QRP% SI%
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Offering Options
Sample
Position
Salary Short-Term
Value Sharing
Long-Term
Value Sharing
Total
Option A $120,000 $0 $0 $120,000
Option B $100,000 $20,000 $30,000 $150,000
Option C $80,000 $40,000 $80,000 $200,000
Codified via a simple employment agreement
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Focus on the Future
Here’s the short-term
picture
Here’s our vision for the
future.
Here’s how we plan to
get there.
Here’s the role we need
you to perform.
Here are the resources
you will be able to use.
Here’s our philosophy
about pay and rewards.
Here are the specific pay
programs you’ll
participate in.
Here’s how our pay
programs will work for
you if we achieve our
plan.
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Take advantage of a one-half hour
consulting call with a VisionLink
principal at no charge.
Indicate interest on final survey.
Request Consultation & Take Survey
Request a copy of our
slides, report,
complimentary consultation
and BonusRight demo.
We value your input.
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Today’s Presenter:
Ken Gibson
SeniorVice President
(949) 265-5703
kgibson@vladvisors.com
23201 Lake Center Drive, Suite 207 ⬧ Lake Forest, CA 92630 ⬧ 949-852-2288
www.VLadvisors.com ⬧ www.PhantomStock.com
ThankYou!
80. VisionLink’s Focus: Help Business Leaders Build and
Sustain a High Performance Culture
Accelerate performance through pay strategies that
transform employees into growth partners.
81. If you do that…
• Quality of talent will improve.
• Employee engagement will expand.
• Performance will be magnified.
• Business growth will be accelerated.
• Shareholder value will increase.
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Today’s Presenter:
Ken Gibson
SeniorVice President
(949) 265-5703
kgibson@vladvisors.com
23201 Lake Center Drive, Suite 207 ⬧ Lake Forest, CA 92630 ⬧ 949-852-2288
www.VLadvisors.com ⬧ www.PhantomStock.com
ThankYou!