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Your compensation program is being tested in ways it wasn’t built for.
Pay transparency is exposing decisions that used to stay behind closed doors. Employees are asking sharper questions. Managers are being asked to defend pay decisions they weren’t part of making. And leadership is starting to expect compensation to function as a strategic business lever — not an annual HR exercise.
Most programs weren’t designed for any of this. The weaknesses were always there. They’re just visible now.
Compensation Pressure Test is a focused two-hour seminar with Michael Maciekowich, National Director at Astron Solutions and AAIM’s longtime compensation advisor. Drawing directly on what he’s seeing across client engagements right now, Michael walks through the three pressure points causing the most damage to compensation programs this year — and what it takes to fix them.
Join us in person in St. Louis-MO or Lake Mary-FL for a live, interactive training session with Michael Maciekowich
AAIM Training Center, Lake Mary
Date: June 15, 2026
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM EST
AAIM Training Center, St. Louis
Date: June 25, 2026
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM CST
You’ll leave with a clearer view of:
✅ Where pay transparency is most likely to expose weaknesses in your program — and what it takes to close those gaps before they become retention problems
✅ How to reframe compensation as a strategic business lever your leadership team takes seriously — not just a process HR runs alone
✅ Why manager communication is the most common point of failure in compensation programs — and what to change so your managers can actually defend the decisions they deliver
This is a dense, high-signal session. Michael moves fast, the material is rich, and the examples come from the same kinds of organizations you lead. You’ll walk out with sharper diagnostic instincts, a clearer sense of where your own program is most exposed, and the strategic framing to bring that conversation back to your leadership team.
If you’ve attended sessions with Michael before, you know the standard. This one is built specifically for the pressures employers are facing right now.
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HRCI Accreditation:
Recertification Credit Hours: 2.0
Specified Credit Hours: HR
SHRM Accreditation:
Professional Development Credits Awarded: 2.0
CPE Accreditation:
Professional Development Credits Awarded: 2.0 Recommended
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