May cohort

Prevent stressful pay conversations. Keep your best people with the strategies and frameworks to pay competitively.

Maryann Kongovi

Startup Advisor & Operator

Startup Compensation 101

You'll develop a framework to guide all compensation decisions. You'll walk away with a lightweight process to apply and maintain them, and the scripts to share it all effectively.

Crack the code on how to pay your team.

you're an early-stage startup founder or an HR generalist and you worry about your pay strategy

you're tired of reacting to pay demands. You want the confidence that you have fair and competitive packages

you want a sustainable strategy that's&nbsp;fair to everyone, especially as you pass the #10 employee mark

This course is for you if...

Key outcomes

See off-cycle requests and pay confusion disappear once you hit 'publish' on your compensation philosophy. You'll develop your point of view on how pay works for your company. Through hands-on activities, you’ll craft the foundation for all future decisions.

Prevent stressful pay conversations

Using a template and step-by-step guidance in class, see how you are paying everyone in your company across the team, and against your market reference points. With this visibility, we will explore the levers to make adjustments based on your philosophy.

Assess how you're paying everyone with one simple framework

We'll review examples of how to comply with local wage laws. Using templates I'll provide you'll build the required compensation bands. We'll also review the data sets (free and paid) you'll need to create your bands and structure your job ladders.

Stay compliant with U.S. state laws on compensation disclosure

You'll develop a script to tell your pay story - how you pay and why - with templates that will be provided. In small breakout groups, you'll role-play any tough conversations you've been dreading and get peer feedback to refine your message.

Tell, and sell, your pay story

Venture Partner, 3CC | Third Culture Capital

former Chief Program Officer, Code for America

Testimonials

Meet your instructor

#1: Create your compensation philosophy &amp; find the data you need<ul><li>Live session with Maryann</li><li>Breakout groups to discuss workshop topics</li><li>Group discussion</li><li>Rewatch anytime (all sessions are recorded)</li></ul>

Monday, Sept. 18th

Optional office hours &amp; live Q&amp;A

Tuesday, Sept. 19th

#2: Compensation bands, ladders &amp; promotions<ul><li>Live session with Maryann</li><li>Breakout groups to discuss workshop topics</li><li>Group discussion</li><li>Rewatch anytime (all sessions are recorded)</li></ul>

Wednesday, Sept. 20th

Thursday, Sept. 21st

#3: Create your pay scorecard and your pay story<ul><li>﻿Live session with Maryann</li><li>Breakout groups to discuss workshop topics</li><li>Group discussion</li><li>Rewatch anytime (all sessions are recorded)</li></ul>

Friday, Sept. 22nd

Course schedule

Publishing a thoughtful and well-written compensation philosophy can pre-empt and prevent stressful pay conversations. In this module, we will review the key elements of a good compensation philosophy and discuss different examples. Using templates you will then create your own. Peer feedback will give you insight into how it might be received.

Create your compensation philosophy: why everyone needs one and how to get the data you need

Salary transparency is now required in eight U.S. states and counting. These require compensation bands, which also provide the guard rails for how everyone's pay is set. In this module, we will discuss how to use bands and job ladders to not only be compliant, but also competitive. We'll also discuss how to calculate promotions and ladders.

Staying compliant - compensation bands, ladders, and promotions.

In this module, you will create a pay scorecard so you can assess how you are paying everyone in your company, compared to your philosophy and bands. You'll leave with a clear picture of how you are paying, and the levers to make adjustments as needed. Finally, you'll get the tools to communicate it and real-time feedback from your peers.

Audit your pay: create your scorecard and tell your pay story

Program Curriculum

Your investment is 100% risk-free

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects where you'll develop the key elements of a good compensation plan.

Active learning, not passive watching

You’ll be interacting with other leaders through breakout rooms and project discussions. You'll receive invaluable peer feedback on how your plan is shaping up.

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you.

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