What Are You Trying to Accomplish? -- Different Goals Need Different Plans -- Compensation and Benefits Evolve as the Business Grows -- "Be Careful What You Ask For" -- For a Current Tax Deduction, You Need a "Qualified Plan" -- To Limit Participitation in the Plan, You Need a "Nonqualified Plan" -- Look at the Big Picture before Diving into the Specifics -- The Bewildering Array of Alternatives -- Why Have a Compensation Plan? -- Compensation Reflects Your Company's Values -- Base Pay and Benefits -- What Do You Currently Offer? -- How Does Your Pay Compare? -- Use Compensation to Motivate Employees -- What Behaviors Do You Want to Encourage? Discourage? -- Writing Your Compensation Plan -- A Written Plan Will Help You Be Consistent -- Using a Calendar Time Line -- Next, Create a Visual Calendar Framework for Your Planning Process -- What Is Important to Employees? -- Planning Is an Ongoing Process -- What Is Important to Employees? -- Employee Input Is Critical -- Research Shows Some Reasons for Employee Dissatisfaction -- Research Shows What Employees Typically Want -- Improving Noncompensation Issues -- Improving Compensation Issues -- Has Your Company Done the Following? -- Improving Benefits -- How to Assess What Your Employees Really Want -- Benefit Survey Dos and Don'ts -- What Is the Current Employee Picture? -- Getting an Integrated Picture of the Workforce -- Informed Decision Making -- Family Business? -- Recurring Patterns of Family Dynamics -- Succession Planning 1-2-3.