http://www.attractorconsulting.com/2009/12/pay-and-motivation-at-kent-county-council/ Strategic Change in Human Resources and Payroll Practice Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.attractorconsulting.com/2009/12/pay-and-motivation-at-kent-county-council/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Elspeth Watt Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:35:43 +0000 http://www.attractorconsulting.com/?p=861#comment-115 Great post. I particularly agree with your point on tampering with manager performance assessment and applying forced distributions to 'afford' the package. This is particularly true in the public sector where budget tinkering is an art form, but is increasingly seen in cash-strapped businesses. For performance-related pay systems to work there must be comparative freedom and flexibility to reward excellent performance without severely demotivating the bulk of the workforce, who whilst delivering average levels of performance, are essentially those that keep things functioning. It requires a range of different motivators along with PRP to ensure everyone can buy into more business-focused service delivery, particularly in the wider public sector which has become a political football. I’ve highlighted some of the pitfalls for SMEs in my post: http://bit.ly/9aDVSk Great post. I particularly agree with your point on tampering with manager performance assessment and applying forced distributions to ‘afford’ the package. This is particularly true in the public sector where budget tinkering is an art form, but is increasingly seen in cash-strapped businesses.
For performance-related pay systems to work there must be comparative freedom and flexibility to reward excellent performance without severely demotivating the bulk of the workforce, who whilst delivering average levels of performance, are essentially those that keep things functioning.
It requires a range of different motivators along with PRP to ensure everyone can buy into more business-focused service delivery, particularly in the wider public sector which has become a political football.
I’ve highlighted some of the pitfalls for SMEs in my post: http://bit.ly/9aDVSk

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