Strategically Aligning Compensation with Organizational Success
A well-designed compensation philosophy and strategy helps organizations connect employee pay with broader business goals, market conditions, and stakeholder expectations. By taking a deliberate, business-driven approach to compensation, organizations can strengthen internal equity, remain competitive in the external market, and ensure regulatory compliance—while also promoting accountability, retention, and performance.
Join Julia Culkin-Jacobia, Practice Leader of Compensation Consulting at Catapult, as she explores how an integrated compensation strategy can serve as a powerful tool to support organizational performance, culture, and long-term success.
This session will explore key elements of an effective compensation strategy, including:
- Compensation Philosophy
- Strategic Alignment
- Compensation Design
- Corporate Governance
- Affordability
- External Market Factors
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify the core elements of a strategically aligned compensation philosophy
- Analyze how compensation structures influence organizational performance, accountability, and employee retention
- Evaluate internal equity and external market competitiveness when designing compensation programs
- Apply best practices for aligning compensation with organizational culture and long-term strategic goals
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Understand key regulatory considerations impacting compensation programs
About our Speaker
Julia Culkin-Jacobia,
Practice Leader of Compensation Consulting at Catapult
Julia Culkin-Jacobia is a seasoned human resources and compensation leader with more than two decades of experience advising boards, CEOs, and executive teams on aligning pay with strategy, performance, and long-term value creation. She currently serves as Practice Leader, Compensation Consulting at Catapult Executive Consulting, where she partners with organizations across industries to design and implement compensation strategies that attract, retain, and motivate top talent. Julia advises boards, compensation committees, and senior leadership on executive and director pay, incentive plan design, pay governance, and regulatory compliance, bringing deep expertise in both strategy and execution.
Julia’s career includes senior HR and compensation leadership positions in both corporate and consulting environments. Her experience spans publicly traded companies, health care, technology, manufacturing, and nonprofit sectors, giving her a uniquely broad perspective on workforce and compensation challenges. She has led compensation committee advisory work, supported multiple mergers and acquisitions, and developed high-potential leadership programs that build sustainable talent pipelines. Julia has been recognized as a Women of Influence honoree and Human Resource Executive of the Year for Mid-Size Companies.
Today, as a Practice Leader of our Compensation line of business and Executive Coach, Julia combines her deep technical expertise in executive pay and incentive design with her broad leadership background to help organizations align compensation with culture, purpose, and performance.
Julia has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Buffalo and obtained her executive education certification from Harvard Business School.
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