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The Risks Of Promoting Without Giving Raises

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The Wall Street Journal article The Risks Of Promoting Without Giving Raises by Paul O. Lopez explained that there are many companies that want to promote their employees even though they are experiencing hard economic times.

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2 Reasons Why to Promote Without a Raise?

The companies are promoting without raises for two reasons:

    1. They know the employees will take on the additional responsibilities to help the company
  1. The promotion will boost employee morale.

The companies, however, are unable to provide raises with the promotion. There is nothing illegal or inappropriate about doing this.

Factors to Consider When Promoting Without Giving Raises

Companies promoting without giving raises should consider past employees that have been promoted to similar positions and the types of raises they received. They must take particular caution when there are promotions that could be construed as racist or discriminatory. [Read more…] about The Risks Of Promoting Without Giving Raises

Know When To Jump Ship

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In today’s poor economic climate, many companies are doing all they can to stay afloat. Companies are looking for a leader with a vision. They want a leader to take them from a survival state to a strong and vibrant state where they flourish.

Leaders that can do this are in high demand. Struggling companies are trying to attract these leaders away from their existing companies. In addition to struggling companies, some successful companies are trying to upgrade with a new leader to stay ahead of the competition.

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Knowing when to Jump Ship

As a leader, how do you know how long to stay with your current company when other companies are trying to get you to join them? When should you jump ship? When you are in a poor environment it is easy to leave your current company for a better one, but when you are in a good environment, the decision is a little tougher. The following factors should be considered prior to leaving your current company:

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A Stable and Certain Environment When Going Through Change?

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Have you ever gone through an experience where change was happening around you and there was nothing you could do about it? Change may have happened so quickly that you couldn’t maintain a stable and certain environment from day to day. Experiences like these can be very difficult and try our patience until we learn to handle them with ease.A Stable and Certain Environment When Going Through Change

People’s Expectation

There are people that deal with change in stride and there are those that fight change as much as they can. There is a wide range of people that fall somewhere in between. When speaking of people and their expectations, I am referring to those who fight change on one level or another just for the sake of fighting it.

People like stability, consistency, and dependability in life. As a result, they expect a stable and certain environment in most if not all aspects of life. When change happens, they think the role of the leader is to maintain a perfectly stable and certain environment. When that doesn’t happen, they get upset, frustrated, and even angry at leadership. [Read more…] about A Stable and Certain Environment When Going Through Change?