| “Pat and Jay’s book provides the latest and best information on achieving high performance through pay.” |
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— Edward E. Lawler III, Distinguished Professor of Business and Director, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California, and co-author of Built to Change and The New American Workplace. |
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| “A must read for all rewards professionals and business leaders who want to accelerate business success.” |
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— Maggie Gagliardi, SVP, Global Compensation & Benefits, American Express Company |
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| “This compendium of practices illustrates how innovations in pay can sustain and drive business performance.” |
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— Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and Partner, The RBL Group |
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“Effective leadership requires making rewards count. High-Performance Pay is a leader’s primer on how to recognize and reward excellence—a key ingredient of organizational success.” |
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— James O’Toole, Research Professor, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California, author of Creating the Good Life and co-author of The New American Workplace |
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"I always look for the applicability of pay concepts to a global workforce. Pat and Jay present a pay philosophy and related concepts that apply to any company or organization that seeks to achieve superior business performance wherever they operate in the world.” |
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— D. Thomas Dale, Vice President, Human Resources, Pulse, Inc., a Technitrol company |
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| "With thoughtful insight, High-Performance Pay gets to the heart of what it takes to truly get what we pay for to make our organizations great. In doing so, Pat and Jay build on their early work in The New Pay and Pay People Right, by offering win-win strategies that connect the sound ideals of total rewards – individual growth, compelling future, positive workplace and total pay – with high performance. A great ‘next generation’ read for leaders who want to create a workplace brand that attracts the right people to do the right things.” |
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— Mark A. Speare, Senior Associate Director for Patient Affairs, Human Resources & Marketing, UCLA Heath System |
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“High-Performance Pay is not for a bookshelf. It should be marked up, dog-eared and well worn by successful readers. This is an action book. Put Zingheim and Schuster’s wisdom in action. Your employees and customers will thank you for doing so.” |
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— Dennis Campos, Human Resources Director, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Adjunct Professor, Claremont Graduate University |
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“The mark of today’s successful compensation and human resources professionals is their ability to partner with their business leaders to drive a level of performance that enables the meeting and exceeding of business goals. Pat and Jay have again given us the go-to book for developing strategies and tactics for driving that peak level of performance in our organizations given today’s challenging business environment.” |
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— Leslie M. Stevens, CCP, CEBS, Director Compensation, Starbucks Coffee Company, and WorldatWork Board Member and Faculty |
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“Having spent my entire career in the compensation and benefits field, this work represents the most up-to-date compendium of ‘must know’ compensation solutions I have seen in one book. I hope Pat and Jay are willing to update this book five years from now.” |
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— Randolph Wm. Keuch, VP, Total Rewards, HJ Heinz Company |
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“Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster show that pay systems must treat investments in total rewards like the vital business decisions they are, incorporating talent segmentation, logical decision principles and agility.” |
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— Dr. John W. Boudreau, Research Director, Center for Effective Organizations and Professor, Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and co-author of Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital |
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“Pay for performance from the factory floor to the executive suite is the prerequisite for a high-performance organization. This book provides the needed information to make it happen. It should be required reading for every human resource professional and manager of people.” |
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— Bruce R. Ellig, Former Chief HR Officer, Pfizer Inc. and author of second edition of The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation |
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“As in the Internet age the administrative and technological hurdles disappear, but also with increasingly tight budgets and ever greater competition for top talent, it is down to each of us who propose reward strategies to ensure reward funds are first and foremost applied to those people who provide the highest value to the business. Here is an opportunity to develop a simple, sustainable application to support strategic rewards in large complex organisations like BP to enable competitive advantage.” |
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— Desirée Klein-Wagner, VP Total Reward, Group Human Resources, BP p.l.c. |
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“Today, all employers are facing key workforce and reward-related concerns such as shortages of key talent, economic challenges to manage cost, and fundamental questions about the right mix of rewards to attract, retain and ENGAGE outstanding people. Pat and Jay’s book is a comprehensive tool addressing these critical real-time issues!” |
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— Ann Ewers, HR Total Rewards Executive, Bon Secours Health System, and WorldatWork Keystone Award Winner |
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“Pat and Jay provide a practical guide that business leaders and HR professionals can use to define a total rewards strategy that contributes to a blueprint for high performance. Both new and experienced HR professionals – who are engaged in helping business leaders forge total reward programs in their companies – will benefit from reading this book which provides not only practical advice but also proven, actionable ideas for making a difference in organization performance.” |
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— Jerome A. Colletti, Managing Partner, Colletti-Fiss, LLC, and co-author of Compensating New Sales Roles and Sales Compensation Essentials |
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“Zingheim and Schuster have done it again! They’ve written another readable, actionable and forward thinking book. High-Performance Pay is indispensable for all HR professionals who want to keep or claim their seat at the executive table.” |
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— Ann Bartelstein, Division Vice President, Pharmavite, LLC |
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“High-performance pay never goes out of style, but our approach as HR Practitioners and Managers of People continues to evolve. Thank you to Zingheim and Schuster for providing this updated guidebook for use as part of an integrated total rewards strategy.” |
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— Tracy J. O. Kofski, Vice President Total Rewards, Target and WorldatWork Board Member |
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“In an era of heightened governance and increased transparency, linking pay and performance is more critical than ever. All stakeholders demand high performance. In High-Performance Pay, Zingheim and Schuster show how to create a sustainable high-performing culture, and more importantly, how to keep it on course as business needs change.” |
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— Laura Thanasse, Vice President Compensation Strategy, Sun Life Financial Inc. |
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| “Zingheim and Schuster continue to push the envelope in providing practical strategies that will truly move the needle in the effectiveness of your company’s compensation program. A must read for anyone desiring to get the most out of the reward budget in an ever-increasing dynamic business environment!” |
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— Kerry Chou, Director, Global Compensation and Benefits, ON Semiconductor |
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| “In their previous book Pay People Right, Zingheim and Schuster highlighted the need to focus on Total Rewards when developing an effective employment value proposition. High-Performance Pay takes this concept forward and challenges the reader to apply it in ways that will drive successful business performance. This new book provides a window into the future of compensation strategy along with some practical advice and case studies. An essential guide for all compensation professionals.” |
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— Irene Kohut, Director, Global Compensation, Nortel |
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| "A comprehensive and thought-provoking book about the evolution of change for a compensation/benefits professional to a total rewards professional. Reading this book emphasized the importance of linking pay and rewards to business goals, providing pragmatic examples of how a total rewards professional can be an agent of change for creating and sustaining high-performing organizations." |
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—Karen F. Ickes, SVP Total Rewards, Wendy's International Inc. |
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“Pat Zingheim and Jay Schuster once again demonstrate why they are the thought-leaders in compensation design. Benefit by the broad arc of strategic compensation ideas found in High-Performance Pay.” |
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— David J. Cichelli, Senior Vice President, The Alexander Group, Inc. and author of Compensating the Sales Force |
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