Howard Risher, Author at Ere Media API

Howard Risher

Howard Risher is a private consultant who focuses on pay and performance. His career extends over 40 years and includes years managing consulting practices for two national firms. He recently became the editor of the journal Compensation and Benefits Review. He also has an MBA and Ph.D from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Contact him at h.risher@verizon.net.

At Last, Here’s a Winning Answer for Managing Performance

Howard RisherOctober 15, 2015

Employers need a restart on performance management. Picture Sisyphus pushing that rock. A search on the question, “Do appraisals do more harm than … Read more

Traditional Salary Systems Are Going the Way of the Dinosaurs

Howard RisherJuly 1, 2014

What is the future of salary management? If current trends continue, employers will be forced to adopt a new program model. Here are the reasons: First, … Read more

The Gender Pay Gap: Can You Explain Your Salary Differentials?

Howard RisherMay 1, 2014

There is a gender pay gap. The attention to the issue by the media is fully warranted. Academics are arguing over the size of the gap but it exists in … Read more

Like It or Not, Pay Transparency Is Coming (So Better Get Ready)

Howard RisherApril 17, 2014

Yes, the big focus today on pay transparency is political. The history of the Paycheck Fairness Act is a dead giveaway – it was proposed by Senate … Read more

Compensation: It’s a Lot More Than Just the Cost of Labor

Howard RisherFebruary 11, 2014

A quiet revolution has been unfolding over the past 20 years or so. There was a time when an employee’s salary was highly confidential. Employees were told … Read more

Employee Buy-In: It’s the Real Key to Workplace Effectiveness

Howard RisherJanuary 21, 2014

I had a reason to exchange emails recently with one of my HR heroes — Dave Ulrich. The issue was the strategy for identifying, defining and using … Read more

It’s Time to Bury Forced Ranking — Once and For All

Howard RisherDecember 9, 2013

The heated debate over how to assess employee performance was highlighted recently by two back to back articles on BusinessWeek.com. One day, Yahoo’s … Read more

Performance Management? Everyone Wins When It Is Managed Effectively

Howard RisherNovember 20, 2013

When employee performance is managed effectively, it drives higher performance, produces higher levels of engagement, and reduces turnover among the better … Read more

Performance Management: It Really Does Work, But Managers Are the Key

Howard RisherNovember 13, 2013

Employee performance is not HR’s responsibility. We should be able to agree that the management of employee performance is a day-to-day responsibility of … Read more

Why We Need to Hold Managers Accountable for Employee Performance

Howard RisherSeptember 4, 2013

I think it’s time for HR to take off the hair shirt. We have no reason for penance. For decades HR has been admonished for the problems with performance … Read more