This situation makes it difficult for organizations to achieve their goals in managing
compensation. The top two capabilities participants told us they sought to have are
being able to assess progress toward performance goals and to develop more robust
pay-for-performance strategies. When we asked about planning, tracking and design
goals, designing incentives to reach goals (which 80% rated important or very
important), creating better compensation plan models (78%) and storing
compensation plans securely (75%) topped their lists.