359. Paying For Performance: 5 Common Scenarios Every Leader Faces

How to handle pay reviews, bonuses, talent retention, and asking for a raise.Last week, we released a bumper episode on remuneration — Ep.358: How to Pay People Properly. How do remuneration packages work? What’s involved in the different types of incentive payments? How is each pay component evaluated?Having built the foundations, in this episode I take it to the next level by walking through 5 practical scenarios that you’re likely to face as a leader when you’re making decisions about people’s financial rewards.Scenario 1: Handling annual salary reviewsScenario 2: Using financial incentives to secure rare talentScenario 3: Using KPIs to determine short-term bonus paymentsScenario 4: Locking in a potential flight riskScenario 5: How to ask for a pay riseGaining a better understanding of these situations, and knowing how to handle them will massively increase your confidence for the conversations that inevitably follow!🎁 We’ve created a completely free downloadable guide to go with this episode!It walks you through the 5 most common pay scenarios leaders face, with practical tips for each one.👉 Grab it now at www.yourceomentor.com/episode359————————🔥 2,000+ No Bullsh!t Leaders Are Inside… You In? 🔥Join our free Skool community for real leaders with no egos. 👥 High-calibre connections.🎧 Weekly Podcast Club prompts.📢 Unfiltered convos that shape the podcast content.You’re in the trenches, so are we. Let’s cut the BS and lead better, together.Join for free now! 🔥————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.