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Total Rewards Course: Compensation, Benefits, EVP, Payroll

Name: Total Rewards Course: Compensation, Benefits, EVP, Payroll
Rating: 4.3 (268 reviews)

C&B Certification | Incentive and Payroll Management | Salary Grading | Mercer Job Levels | Pay Equity

Created byPapaHR ★ 170K students: Human Resources, HR Management, SHRM, AI Analytics, Recruitment, Payroll, Certification, CIPD, Claude

Last updated 10/2026

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What you'll learn

Create comprehensive employee reward systems fully aligned with business goals and strategy
Create competitive compensation and benefits packages
Integrate performance metrics into pay and reward strategies
Evaluate and optimize the effectiveness of organizational reward systems and total compensation programs

Course content

58 sections • 464 lectures • 247h 24m total length

Total Rewards Systems: Components, Roles and Compensation Strategy48:45
Compensation
Benefits
Work/life balance
Performance management and recognition of achievements
Development and career opportunities
Employee value proposition (EVP)
Link to turnover and retention
Global Total Rewards trends
What is the role of the Compensation Specialist/Expert/Head
Quiz: Total Rewards Decisions, Compensation, Benefits and EVP
Develop Total Rewards Strategy and Link Compensation to Business Goals28:56
Link to company strategy
Link to company culture
Development of guidance on total remuneration
Presenting a strategic employee rewards plan to the executive leadership team
Design Total Rewards Elements and Communicate Rewards Across Company30:23
Analysis
Design
Development
Implementation
Communication
Evaluation and revision

Compensation Basics, Job Evaluation and Salary Structure Design30:48
Philosophy
Basic salary
Job analysis
Analytical and non-analytical methods
Linking to the market
Salary forks
Competencies
Salary Market Reviews and Compensation Benchmarking for C&B Teams24:47
Job comparison
Correct data collection
Sources of information
Percentiles and median
Target and big picture
Mapping positions
Choosing a provider
Recommendations
Job Grading and Basic Pay Structure for Compensation and Benefits38:17
What is grading
What is post
The step-by-step grading process
Pay structure
Salary forks
Median
Pay grades
Base pay development
Annual review of salaries
Sales Compensation, Incentive Pay and Rewards for Sales Teams24:41
Gathering information
Rewards for the sales team
Payment structure for the sales team
Valuation metrics
Commissions & Incentives
Executive Remuneration, Top Manager Pay and Global Rewards26:34
Salaries
Incentives
Shares and options
Benefits for top executives
Global Rewards
Expat work
Link Remuneration to Efficiency, Effectiveness and Business Performance32:14
Determining what we pay for
Working with budgets
Annual review of salaries based on performance
Company bonus system
Linking with KPI, MBO, OKR systems
Benefits, Perks, Flexible Benefits, Cafeteria Plans and Work-Life Balance32:09
Elements of benefits
Health care plans
Holidays and sick leave
Strategic benefit planning
Flexible benefits implementation
The evolution of work-life
Modern approaches to work/life balance
Combating burnout
The CIPD well-being model
5 well-being domains
Cash Incentives in Compensation, Benefits and Total Rewards Systems28:05
Job entry incentive
Referral incentive
Retention incentive
One-off incentives
Project incentives

Budget Total Rewards, Compensation Costs and Benefits Investments24:18
Salary budgeting
Budgeting for new vacancies
Salary review budgeting
Incentives budgeting
Benefit budgeting
Overhead budgeting
Taxation
Market benchmarks
Evaluate Total Rewards Effectiveness with Metrics and Business Impact20:53
Audit of the company's Rewards and Total Compensation system
Benchmark indicators with the market
Employee questionnaires
Metrics and analytics in Rewards and Total Compensation
Recognition Programs in Total Rewards and Compensation Strategy24:25
Programme aims and objectives
Monetary and non-monetary options
Peer2Peer Recognition using Google as an example
Employee of the Month
Gamification of Achievement Recognition
Connect Total Rewards, EVP and Employer Brand for Talent Attraction23:31
The role of Rewards and Total Compensation and EVPs in the Employer Brand
External communication of Rewards and Total Compensation
Evaluating Rewards and Total Compensation externally to the company
Communication of Rewards and Total Compensation to external target audiences
Career Management, Corporate Culture and Other Total Rewards Elements30:39
Careers, grades, levellers and career ladder
HiPo work and their fees
Talent reward programmes
The role of Corporate Culture in Rewards and Total Compensation
Culture mapping and integration into Rewards and Total Compensation
Office
Leadership and management
Work and work tasks
Team
Company processes and procedures

Internal Communications Basics for Total Rewards and HR Programs31:45
Explore internal communications, including testing, auditing, and aligning two-way messages with company goals to build trust, culture, and effective change management.
Internal Communication Channels for Rewards, Benefits and EVP Messages26:36
Develop internal communications goals with a consultative, results-driven approach, using the grow model and smart goals to research reality and plan audience-specific messages.
Research Target Audiences and Prepare Total Rewards Messages26:11
Segment your employees into personas and craft targeted messages using framing and storytelling. Align internal communication with audience insights to drive change and engagement.
Segment Employees and Tailor Rewards Communication Messages21:13
Learn to select and mix internal communication channels to reach diverse employees. Explore a case study and leadership training that boost engagement, two-way feedback, and culture.
Implement Internal Communications for Rewards Programs in Company20:45
Apply a structured internal communications approach to manage change and engage employees. Leverage stakeholder mapping, audience insights, and a clear messaging plan to reinforce culture and business results.
Measure and Improve Internal Communications for Total Rewards Rollouts15:50
Implement internal communications analytics to measure KPIs, collect data through surveys and panels, and prepare actionable reports that align messaging with business goals.

1. Why Employees Leave: Turnover, Engagement and Total Rewards Signals35:13
2. Measuring Turnover With Exit Interviews, Reports and Forecasts35:07
3. Calculating Attrition Costs and Building a Retention Business Case37:49
4. Reducing Turnover Through EVP, Manager Training and Market Pay30:21
5. Implementing Retention Actions and Monitoring Program Results27:47
6. Reporting Retention Outcomes and Refining Total Rewards Priorities26:22

1. Connect Performance Management Strategy with Total Rewards33:18
2. Set OKRs, Role Expectations and Employee Development Goals38:05
3. Use Check-Ins, Feedback and Coaching to Improve Performance43:53
4. Automate Performance Reviews and Apply AI Review Tools27:28
5. Evaluate Results with MBO, KPIs, Standards and Critical Incidents29:51
6. Assess Competencies with 180, 360 and Assessment Centers24:03
7. Conduct Fair Performance Reviews before Reward Decisions21:34
8. Link Review Outcomes to Salary, Incentives, Promotion and Development22:39

Essence of Job Grading and Business Benefits for Compensation Design40:59
Salary and Compensation Basics for Job Evaluation and Pay Structures22:43
Explore the foundations of salaries and compensation, including fixed pay and salary ranges. Compare analytical and non-analytical job evaluation, market and job-based pay, pay equity, and variable pay.
Job Grading Options, Levels and Approaches for Fair Compensation25:57
Explore grading options for job evaluation, including pairwise comparison, factor analysis, direct ranking, and job matching with catalogs like Radford and Mercer; apply market pricing insights.
Step-by-Step Job Grading Process for Compensation Architecture23:50
Master a step-by-step job grading process to evaluate factors, set levels and weights, assign points, and convert them into grades and salary ranges.
Job Grading Process: Factors, Points and Role Evaluation Methods23:49
Implement a step-by-step job grading process connected to the market, using market data to set pay levels and total compensation. Benchmark against the median and quartiles to maintain competitiveness.
Implement Job Grading, Salary Bands and Career Levels in Company17:35
Build a grading-based pay system with salary ranges, target bonuses, and a progressive salary matrix, while budgeting for payroll and leveraging market data for total rewards.

What OKRs are and how Google works with them31:30
OKR Basics26:43
Launch OKRs in your company20:29
Launch OKRs in your company by training leaders and employees, running the first OKR meeting, and applying the three laws of effectiveness to change management.
Work with OKRs within a loop24:01
Completing the OKR cycle and planning for the next20:52
Cases of implementing OKRs in different companies25:51
OKR Automation tools19:26
Linking OKRs to other systems19:55

What constitutes employee experience. Audit of employee experience43:25
Employee experience during the company learning phase and job application37:19
Employee experience during hiring and adaptation35:05
Explore how onboarding and joining shape the employee experience from preboarding to first day and integration, with practical checklists and case studies from Preply, Buffer, and Mail.ru.
Employee experience during the lifecycle41:37
Explore how the employee experience unfolds across the lifecycle, emphasizing communication, leadership, collaboration, performance management, recognition, and total rewards.
Employee experience during the phase of ending relationships with the company34:50
Employee experience during out of company work and return back to the company34:27

HR Competency Model: What a Modern HR Professional Must Know38:09
How the Power HR block is built: strategy, recruiting, talent, motivation, troubleshooting
Modern HR competency models
What an HR professional needs to know
HR Audit for Total Rewards Teams: Audit Process, Checklist and Action Plan44:20
What an HR audit is and what it should achieve
Audit options: interviews, data analysis, HR documentation review, checklist
When to run an audit and who can run it
How to turn audit results into an action plan
HR Strategy for Total Rewards Teams: Frameworks and a Template to Build It35:09
What an HR strategy is and what it is for
Strategy options and when to draft one
What you cannot build an HR strategy without
A ready template to develop the strategy
HR Budgeting: Plan and Justify HR Costs with a Ready Template42:53
Template for HR cost budgeting
Full budgeting process: from last year's analysis to cost justification
Budgeting the salary review, vacancies and bonuses
HR Analytics for Total Rewards Teams: 50 HR Metrics and Data-Driven Decisions49:04
The difference between HR analytics and simple metrics
50 popular HR metrics: calculation and use
Correlation between data sets
Forecasting methods and data segmentation
Recruiting Analytics: Funnel Metrics, Hiring Cost and Recruiter Load41:03
Recruiting audit checklist
20+ common recruiting metrics and how to calculate them
Hiring funnel analysis tool
How many recruiters a hiring plan needs and what closing a vacancy costs
Employee Surveys for Total Rewards Teams: Design, Run and Analyze HR Surveys35:03
Setting goals for a survey
Google Forms and similar platforms
Exporting and analyzing results
Surveys of cross-department interaction and of executives, Google's example
HR Automation for Total Rewards Teams: Choose HRIS, ATS and Learning Systems28:49
Review of 10 HR automation systems, including PeopleForce
How to run a vendor demo
Recruiting and learning automation systems
A scorecard to compare and choose a system
Business Acumen: Business Model, Porter's Five Forces, BCG Matrix37:33
Company strategy and its elements
Describing the business model
Porter's five forces and the Boston matrix
The company's value chain
Corporate Culture: Describe Values and Embed Them in Daily Work39:13
Three main elements of corporate culture
How to describe culture and the tools to implement it
Ten ways to embed culture into daily operations
Acceptable and unacceptable behavior, employee handbook

Requirements

No prior experience is needed — this course is open to anyone eager to learn and apply advanced strategies in total compensation and reward systems to attract and retain talent.

Description

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

This updated online program is designed to equip HR professionals with advanced strategies to attract, engage, motivate, and retain employees through comprehensive reward systems. Led by industry expert Mike, this course offers 16 in-depth lessons, providing 50% more material than the previous version, including new elements of total compensation, innovative rewards, budgeting, and performance measurement.

What you’ll learn:

Comprehensive Rewards System: Understand all components — compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance management, and career development — in the context of total employee experience.
Strategic Alignment: Develop rewards strategies that align with business objectives and company culture.
Compensation Design: Learn job evaluation, salary market reviews, and pay structure development.
Benefits and Perks: Explore employee benefits, flexible plans, and work-life initiatives.
Performance-Based Rewards: Link remuneration to performance and organizational effectiveness.
Budgeting and Evaluation: Master budgeting for rewards and measuring their impact.

Course Program:

Introduction to Rewards: Overview of all components and the specialist’s role.
Building a Total Strategy: Linking rewards to business goals and culture.
Designing Reward Elements: From analysis to communication.
Compensation & Job Evaluation Basics.
Salary Market Reviews.
Job Grading & Pay Structures.
Sales Compensation Fundamentals.
Executive & Global Rewards.
Linking Pay to Performance (KPI, MBO, OKR).
Cash Incentives Programs.
Benefits & Work-Life Balance.
Rewards Budgeting.
Evaluating Rewards Effectiveness.
Recognition Programs.
Rewards & Employer Branding.
Career Management & Culture Integration.

Course Features:

Expert instruction from Mike, an HR leader with deep rewards strategy expertise.
14 recorded lessons for flexible learning.
Practical assignments with personalized feedback.
Interactive Q&A community.
Diploma upon completion.

Who should enroll:

HR professionals aiming to strengthen reward system expertise.
C&B specialists seeking broader strategic skills.
Managers and executives looking to boost performance through rewards.
HR consultants advising on employee motivation and retention.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. It ensures cutting-edge insights and the latest practices.

This course contains a promotion.

Enhance your ability to attract, motivate, and retain top talent by mastering advanced rewards strategies. Enroll now to elevate your HR expertise and drive organizational success.

This course is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WorldatWork. The term “Total Rewards” is used in its commonly accepted HR context to describe compensation, benefits, recognition, and career development practices.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for HR professionals, compensation and benefits specialists, business leaders, and consultants who want to strengthen their expertise in comprehensive reward systems to effectively attract, motivate, and retain top talent.

Total Rewards Course: Compensation, Benefits, EVP, Payroll

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Total Rewards Strategy: International Compensation, Pay and Rewards4 lectures • 1hr 48min

Compensation, Benefits and Total Pay as Core Total Rewards Elements8 lectures • 3hr 58min

Advanced Total Rewards and Total Compensation Components5 lectures • 2hr 4min

Extra: Total Rewards Communications and Employee Messaging Strategy6 lectures • 2hr 22min

Extra: Turnover Reduction and Total Rewards6 lectures • 3hr 13min

Extra: Performance Reviews, Pay Decisions and Total Rewards Alignment8 lectures • 4hr 1min

Extra: Job Grading Methods, Pay Structures and Step-by-Step Guide6 lectures • 2hr 35min

Extra: OKR Tools for Total Rewards Leaders8 lectures • 3hr 9min

Extra: Managing Employee Experience6 lectures • 3hr 47min

Extra: Total Rewards Strategy Basics: HR Audit, Budget, Analytics10 lectures • 6hr 31min

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