May 2022
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
7h 6m
English
In Chapter 10 I discussed the things to look out for when reviewing and designing bonus plans. I raised some issues that suggested that using recognition and/or non-cash can work more effectively than bonus:
Where the time span of impact is short – do not use annual bonus plans but immediate or very short-term non-cash awards.
Where a direct financial incentive is unlikely to work – use recognition.
Complement bonus plans with non-cash.
Whilst I believe that more effective use of recognition will deliver more value than bonuses, it is not a nil sum game. For reasons I will discuss here, I believe that recognition is important for everyone. The 2017 CIPD Reward Management survey (CIPD, 2017a) shows ...
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