The History of Performance Reviews – infographic

I feel like starting the week lightly, so I’d like to share with you an infographic that I found both well-designed and educational. It is called The History of Performance Reviews and was created by the good folks at WorkSimple, which is a company specialised in social recognition and feedback. I have mentioned before that…

How to search the connections of one of your LinkedIn direct contacts

Did you know that LinkedIn recently added a new functionality allowing you to search the connections of your first-degree contacts individually ? I discovered this not long ago thanks to a post from Marla Tabaka at Inc.com, in which she covers recent changes to how you can update your LinkedIn profile. On this specific topic…

Case study – Give an out-of-cycle increase to my employee now!

Imagine the scene – you won’t have much problem doing so as I’m sure you have faced a similar situation in the past 🙂 : It’s August. The Head of Accounting calls you and theatrically announces : “There is something wrong in what you decided to pay my employee Hassan ! He is underpaid and…

Share the knowledge – December 2012

First of all let me wish you a very prosperous 2013. I hope this new year will bring you happiness and growth, and I look forward to our continued interactions through Compensation Insider in the coming 12 months :-). And now, back to my regular schedule of posting ! Like every month, here are some…

Happy Holidays and see you in 2013 !

2012 was a great year for Compensation Insider. I posted 3 times a week as planned and readership grew through the year, beyond the goals I’d set for myself at the beginning of the year. Thanks to you my readers and this increased visibility, I was approached to become a media partner at conferences in…

As an expat, do I long for my home country ?

This instance of Reader Question will give you a very personal interpretation of the answer. I hope to encourage you to think about the meaning of home, origins/roots and sense of belonging, as we are nearing a time of the year where many of us reconnect (or long to) with our families for Christmas and…

Why is “soft stuff” so hard really, at least to assess ?

As year-end approaches, we are all in the process of evaluating how well we did this year, and we are (or at least, some of us are) also thinking about objectives and goals for the coming 12 months. As part of your self appraisal, you surely find it natural to evaluate your performance based on…