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A Case of the Mondays
What is pay transparency? Despite the common misconception, it’s not about publishing everyone’s salaries. It’s about providing context to employees about how pay decisions are made to establish a culture of trust, fairness and equality.
The pay transparency journey is different for each organisation. It is dependent on the starting position and the culture already in place. A Case of the Mondays is an ideal read for all organisations, no matter their starting point.
The pay transparency journey is different for each organisation. It is dependent on the starting position and the culture already in place. A Case of the Mondays is an ideal read for all organisations, no matter their starting point.
204 pages, Paperback
Published September 11, 2022
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October 4, 2022
Really good book from my good friend Rameez. I've known Rameez since the late 1990s when we were at university together in UCL and I had to protect him against an overly aggressive squirrel that stepped in our path after the football training session in Regents park. I know you know what I'm talking about Rameez. Anyway, I digressed, I really liked this book because it's written in an incredibly easy to read style because Rameez uses anecdotes and stories and allegory's from films and books that he's read to make what could potentially viewed as a bit of a dry subject super super interesting. This book is essentially about pay transparency and how that could be used to build super cultures based around trust and openness. It isn't just about revealing your pay to everyone but about building a culture where pay grades and salary levels aligned to different job roles can be potentially made more transparent and what the potential implications that have on building trust in the wider organization. Anyway he explains it a billion times better in the book - strongly recommend you to read it especially if you work in HR.
Here are some of the best bits from the book:
films are a great form of entertainment and escapism but we underestimate the influence these stories and characters have on us. It is a concept known as “narrative transportation”. The idea that we become so involved in a storyline that even after we have finished watching the film or reading the story it influences our behaviors and attitudes. Sunny: books obviously do something very very similar :)
Research from Oxford economics found that the average cost of replacing a single employee is over 30,000 pounds. This includes loss of productivity, advertising, agency fees, HR and management time. The cost goes up as we look at more technical and senior roles that take longer to recruit.
People are different. They will contribute in different ways and value different things. I don't want to be forced or influence into making career choices to fit in with the perceived narrative or outcome.
To establish trust in the performance management process we must completely rethink our approach. We have to change our language our process and our culture. The language we use is important and we need to shift to using more positive language and a name that doesn't imply that we can control and manage the performance of our employees.
Here are some of the best bits from the book:
films are a great form of entertainment and escapism but we underestimate the influence these stories and characters have on us. It is a concept known as “narrative transportation”. The idea that we become so involved in a storyline that even after we have finished watching the film or reading the story it influences our behaviors and attitudes. Sunny: books obviously do something very very similar :)
Research from Oxford economics found that the average cost of replacing a single employee is over 30,000 pounds. This includes loss of productivity, advertising, agency fees, HR and management time. The cost goes up as we look at more technical and senior roles that take longer to recruit.
People are different. They will contribute in different ways and value different things. I don't want to be forced or influence into making career choices to fit in with the perceived narrative or outcome.
To establish trust in the performance management process we must completely rethink our approach. We have to change our language our process and our culture. The language we use is important and we need to shift to using more positive language and a name that doesn't imply that we can control and manage the performance of our employees.
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