In a fiercely competitive market, companies that want to thrive must make sure their compensation strategy aligns business objectives, employee expectations and stakeholder value creation.
At Kavea, we believe the proper compensation program plays a vital role in recruiting, inspiring and retaining the best talent.
At Kavea we customize solutions based on your organization’s vision and values. With Kavea, you have a partner on your side who cares about making pay work for purpose — making every dollar of compensation achieve strategic results and support your company’s growth.
Why Choose Kavea?
Compensation consulting is rooted in 3 values:
- Relationships
- Independence
- Ethical Standards
These values guide our passion for excellence and dedication to providing our clients with trusted compensation advisors. Whether you have a startup, a large company, or a nonprofit, Kavea delivers personalized compensation solutions that address your unique business needs.
Relationships: For us, every client engagement is a way to create a long-term relationship. We believe that building relationships are crucial to the success of our clients by having candid conversations outside of the constriction of traditional business focused interactions. At Kavea, we’re driven by your needs and passionate about providing personalized, relationship-based service you can count on.
Freedom: We’re able to provide objective, statistically-based recommendations that are free of bias and truly unique to your unique business needs. We look out only for your organization’s best interests, and think with the end goal in mind while also ensuring that unintended consequences don’t occur.
Morals: Here at Kavea, we’re committed to putting executing the highest level of moral standards into practice. Our teams are open and transparent — our process, methods, and outcomes are not black-boxed or locked behind a proprietary solution, nor based on a subscription model aimed to guarantee future business expense.
Our Suite of Services
By connecting with Kavea, you’ll have a suite of services that can solve just about every problem you may face in your company’s compensation planning and strategy journey. From executive compensation to pay equity audits, our services enable you to achieve your objectives and cultivate a culture of equitable and defensible outcomes.
CEO & Executive Compensation Strategy: We design executive compensation packages to capture and retain the best executives in your organization with strategic relevance. We provide in-depth market research and benchmarking to deliver competitive packages that align with the current market. We review base salaries, annual bonuses, and long-term incentives to create attractive and sustainable compensation packages.
Compensation for Boards of Directors: To attract and retain directors of the board, you’ll need a compelling compensation package that reflects best practices and good governance. Our services offer a holistic view of board compensation with insights into the market and industry practices. We help advise board of director compensation plans to attract top quality directors and advance your company’s mission.
Incentive Design & Planning: An incentive plan can be a very effective way to maximize performance within an organization. Our team partners with senior management and the board of directors, generally the compensation committees to establish annual and long-term incentive plans aligned with the company’s operational and business objectives.
Our methodology and experience is to provide your company with equitable, motivating, and sustainable incentive programs to help make your organization a better magnet for talent acquisition and retention.
Compensation Tools for Nonprofits (and You)
Kavea knows that nonprofits can face a particular set of challenges when it comes to balancing recruitment and retention with regulatory requirements and IRS scrutiny. These are precisely the types of nonprofit compensation planning needs that we provide our clients the ability to attract, retain, and motivate. We collaborate with you to develop pay that’s competitive, compliant, and built to attract top talent without impacting your organization’s tax-exempt status.
Partner with Kavea
In an age of ever-contested compensation practices, a strategic partner like Kavea can go a long way. We bring decades of compensation experience and a relationship focus to offer you smart and efficient solutions. Reach out to us today and let’s discuss how we can help you bring purpose to pay, organize success, and create a compensation plan rooted in your values. Together we can develop a compensation system that will attract, keep and inspire the talent you want to grow.
