Applied HR Strategies, Inc. (AHRS) is a strategic compensation consultancy that specializes in the development of customized compensation related solutions. We believe consulting is a relationship business, and work hard to please our clients, most of whom we maintain an ongoing long-term relationship with.

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Training

Webinars

We have two upcoming 90-minute webinars covering key areas of compensation and rewards, with more to follow later this year.  These webinars are offered through the Train HR website.

  • June 13, 2012, 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern, How to Conduct a Competitive Market Pay Analysis
  • June 27, 2012, 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern, Long-Term Incentives – Using Stock/Equity Compensate and Motivate your Workforce

The times above are for the live webinars.  They will also be available via the recording after these dates.  Cost: $125.  Further topics and dates to follow.

StrategicPay® Series Intensive Workshops

Applied HR Strategies and the StrategicPay® Series are proud to bring to you several intensive half-day training workshops that focus on education and the practical application of HR & compensation-related topics.  Each session includes instruction from experts in their field, as well as presentation materials and other take-aways for program implementation back in your organization. 

These workshops can be brought directly to your workplace or available via periodic public offerings.  All public workshops have been held at the Harbor Club, either in Seattle or Bellevue Washington, and include a continental breakfast, as well as 20% discount on the purchase of the StrategicPay Series toolkits, if interested. 

All workshops to date have been approved for 3.5 HRCI re-certification credits and we expect that future ones will be as well.

We have not completed our 2012 calendar of events yet, but check back for announcements this spring. We will likely be doing one or two programs this fall.

If your organization would like customized training brought directly to your work site, please contact us for more information.  Here are some topics that can bring to your work site (for your HR and/or compensation teams, or for larger segments of your workforce, as your needs dictate):

  • Stock training (options, RSUs, etc.) for HR staff and/or your workforce
  • Customised total rewards training for HR and/or your management team
  • Developing (or re-developing) cash compensation and/or equity programs - technical training for your HR and/or rewards professionals
  • How to conduct a comprehensive market pricing/competitive pay analysis
  • Conducting a compensation audit for your organization
  • Designing and building your merit pay program
  • Designing variable pay/incentive programs
  • Any other reward-related custom program you may desire for your organization (please contact us to discuss)

Many of these programs include actual soft-copy tools and templates for your organization, that can save you dozens of hours of work, in addition to the learning that will result from attending our programs.

We welcome your suggestions and feedback!  If there is a subject you would like to see covered in a workshop, please let us know.

You can e-mail us directly at doug@appliedhrstrategies.com and  jill@appliedhrstrategies.com.

Upcoming Events:

Participants will receive a $50 discount off the price of each class by signing up for multiple events!

There are currently no events.

Workshop Speakers include:

Doug Sayed, SPHR, CCP, GRP; Applied HR Strategies founder, StrategicPay® Series developer, author, and overall series editor.

Doug Sayed is founder and principal of Applied HR Strategies, Inc. a Seattle-area compensation consulting firm and the developer of the StrategicPay® Series.  Doug is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Global Remuneration Profesional (GRP), and has also earned Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.  Early in his HR/compensation career, Doug earned a Master's Degree in Human Resource Management from the Ohio State University, and now has over 25 years of experience in the field.  He is also an instructor, publications reviewer and occasionally-published author with WorldatWork, the leading association for compensation professionals in North America.

Prior to the development of the StrategicPay® Series, he was the developer and publisher of the leading northwest regional salary surveys covering the technology and biotechnology sectors (now part of the Culpepper and Associates family of surveys).

Jill Odegard, PHR, CCP, Base Pay Toolkit co-author and  co-product manager
Jill is Vice President and Sr. Consultant with Applied HR Strategies, and co-product manager for the StrategicPay® Series.  She has worked in the Human Resources field for over 10 years in various HR management capacities, and specializes in compensation and benefits.  She earned her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) designation as well as the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification via WorldatWork.  Jill is a graduate of Central Washington University with a BS in Business and a minor in Human Resources. Jill is an expert in the development of base pay and cash compensation programs.