Benefits Think Reward, recognize, motivate: The many forms of compensation

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Compensation is more complex than just paying employees for their work. It rewards high performers, norms and behaviors to be emulated, and motivates low performers to improve. 

HR and total rewards leaders are increasingly tasked with creating and implementing strategic pay practices that simultaneously maximize productivity and achieve business goals. When an organization’s compensation strategy connects performance to pay, it can drive individual performance and, in turn, business performance. 

Lexi Clarke
Chief people officer

Lexi Clarke is the Chief People Officer for Payscale, a SaaS technology firm focusing on compensation management solutions. She has partnered with business leaders on HR and compensation projects at … Read full bio


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