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Dennis Ackley
Conference Speaking | Retirement Education | Benefit Communication
Total Comp, Pay, and Value of Benefits Topics...click on title for PDF
 
Total Compensation and the Value of Benefits
Creating Benefit Value StatementsBenefits & Compensation Digest, March 2005
   If “here’s how much your benefits costs” increased employees' appreciation, shouldn't it have worked by now?
  
Total Compensation: Effective Solution or Empty Slogan?American Compensation Assoc. News, March 1999
   Unfortunately, more has been said to employees about total compensation than is actually known.
 
   Throwing total compensation numbers at employees is not a quick fix for increasing appreciation of benefits.
 
Pay
What to Say About PayCompensation and Benefits Review, February 1993 
   Use “full job value” - don’t say “midpoint.” Have competent employees reached only the halfway point?
 
Resources and News Clips
Resource: Total Value Statement Planning Guide  A step-by-step approach to creating a benefit value statement.
Resource: Stock Option Communication Sample  A starting point for explaining stock options.