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Building a Business

Setting Up the Perfect Compensation Plan for Your Sales Team

Structure your compensation to align with your company's goals and ensure your sales management team understands the goals they must attain.

By Ken Thoreson

Building a Business

Why You Should Pay Yourself First in Business (And How to Do It Right)

By Lewis Howes

Building a Business

Bill Gates’ Solution to Income Inequality

By Chris Matthews

Building a Business

After Gaffe, Microsoft Board to Look at Gender Pay Gap, Male Culture

By Reuters

Building a Business

Banish ‘Annual’ From Your Performance Review Vocabulary

Companies are innovating by giving their employees more ongoing and supportive feedback to foster better results. Think of it as workplace coaching.

By Beth Miller

Business News

Microsoft CEO Criticized for Suggesting Women Not Ask for Raises

Satya Nadella suggested that women in technology should not ask for raises but have faith in the "system," bringing a torrent of criticism.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Determining Early Employees Compensation and When to Scale Up

Our expert, serial entrepreneur, author and CEO of The Container Store, Kip Tindell discusses what to consider when paying early employees and when to expand beyond the early team.

By Kip Tindell

Building a Business

The 25 Highest-Paid Women Take a Miniature Pay Cut

Median pay for the highest-paid female executives at publicly traded companies edged down to $13.8 million last year from $14.7 million in 2012.

By Jennifer Liberto

Building a Business

The Secret to Happiness at Work Is the Right Job for Enough Money

Research reveals job turnover is immensely costly and people are more likely to quit over general dissatisfaction than pay.

By Joanie Connell

Building a Business

Factor in These 7 Employee Costs Before You Start Bidding for That Star Hire

Employees see only the number on their paychecks but your bottom line is pinched much harder than just that.

By Matt Straz

Building a Business

Data Reveal the 7 Factors for Optimal Employee Retention

A far-reaching survey shows that workers who are paid fairly stay with a company that gives them opportunity and respect.

By Matt Straz

Business News

The Highest-Paid Female CEO in America Was Born Male

Martine Rothblatt, who founded Sirius Satellite Radio and currently leads United Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company, took home a cool $38 million last year.

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

7 Things Employees Wish They Could Tell Their Boss About Salaries

Even if you're a great boss there are a lot of things you don't know about your employees.

By Jeff Haden

Building a Business

5 Factors in Setting the Right Salary

Balance is key in deciding the proper compensation for your team.

By Gwen Moran

Business News

How Workplace Happiness Affects Your Paycheck

Productivity and performance aren't the only drivers of success.

By Ken Sundheim

Building a Business

Why Do People Actually Quit Their Jobs? (Infographic)

Lack of advancement, poor work-life balance and economics – here are the real deal breakers for employees.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Manage Your Home Economics as If You Are Running a Business, and Watch Your Savings Grow

Don't fall into the trap of expending a great deal of energy for a small financial payoff.

By J.D. Roth

Building a Business

Should You Pay Employees an Hourly Wage or a Salary?

You may not have a choice.

By Joe Worth

Business Accounting

Take the Boss and the Egos Out of the Salary Equation

A salary formula without bias combined with peer-based merit pay

By Jurgen Appelo

Thought Leaders

Entrepreneurs Are Forgotten in the Minimum Wage Debate

Small businesses employ more than 50 percent of the population, but who is guaranteeing their wages?

By Carol Roth

Building a Business

Does Your Company’s Branding Really Matter in Recruiting?

Before a candidate even arrives at an interview, he or she will know lots about your company. Here's how your organization can be smartly positioned.

By Will Staney

Business Accounting

The Median Income of an Uber Driver in NYC Is Nearly $100,000

Uber published some staggering figures on its company blog about how much money its drivers make.

By Geoff Weiss

Business Operations & Logistics

The 25 Best Companies for Employee Compensation and Benefits

Unsurprisingly, the tech sector dominates the list. But can you guess who came in at No. 2?

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

There’s No App to Explain This: The Gender Salary Gap in Tech

Equal pay can prompt improved employee morale and retention. Plus, the employer limits exposure to discrimination claims.

By Burton Goldfield

Thought Leaders

One of the Nation’s Top-Paid CEOs Leads an Unprofitable, Largely Unknown Company

Charif Souki of Cheniere Energy, a Houston-based enterprise hoping to one day capitalize on the fracking boom, raked in a whopping $142 million last year.

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s $1 Salary Means Nothing

The CEO and co-founder of Facebook may have a $1 salary on paper, but he took home $3.3 billion by exercising stock options for 2013.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

No Cash on Hand? 3 Tips on Attracting Top Talent With Stock Options.

Entrepreneurs are frequently faced with the conundrum of how to recruit top-tier talent with little cash. To overcome this challenge, many offer stock-based compensation.

By Lynda Galligan

Building a Business

At Whole Foods, Employees Can Look Up Other Employees’ Salaries

Whole Foods has had a long-standing tradition of keeping compensation details open. Here's why.

By Alison Griswold

Tech

Gap Raises Minimum Wage as Walmart Mulls a Hike of Its Own

Gap announced that it would increase the minimum hourly rate for stateside employees to $9 in June, and then again to $10 exactly one year later.

By Geoff Weiss

Human Resources

Making Sense Out of Cents: Determining Employee Compensation

For companies that have received outside funding and are looking to scale, determining employee compensation can be a challenge. Here we offer a few pointers on how to get it done right.

By Sharon Wienbar