Please join us on June 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Megan Nail with Total Rewards Practice, NFP, an Aon Company, 
will be presenting "Making Compensation Meaningful" 

From Paychecks to Purpose:  Making Compensation Meaningful

• In this immersive, story-driven session, you’ll step into the shoes of three employees—an individual contributor, a manager, and an executive leader—to experience how compensation decisions shape real lives and workplace culture. Through vivid narratives and interactive moments, you’ll see how market analysis, pay transparency, and empathetic communication transform technical policies into meaningful employee experiences.
• We’ll connect the “what” of compensation to the “why” that employees feel: fairness, recognition, security, and belonging. You’ll discover how small differences in pay impact daily realities, why transparency builds trust (or erodes it), and how manager conversations and clear rationale turn numbers into understanding. Leave with practical tools to translate data into dialogue, craft audience-specific messages, and design processes that are equitable, competitive, and deeply human.
  Learning Objectives
  • Experience the Human Impact of Market Analysis: Map survey data and pay ranges to tangible employee outcomes across frontline, manager, and executive roles. Understand how even small differences in pay can affect perceptions of fairness, engagement, and retention.
  • Operationalize Pay Transparency for Trust: Move from numbers to narrative with clear rationale, audience-specific messaging, and manager talking points. Learn how transparency supports engagement, reduces uncertainty, and guides career decisions.
  • Connect Policy to Conversation: Turn structures and guidelines into empathetic, consistent dialogue that reinforces culture and belonging. Gain strategies for managers to communicate compensation decisions with clarity and compassion.
  • Design Equitable and Competitive Processes: Apply practical tools to ensure your compensation programs are not just market-aligned, but also fair, motivating, and meaningful for every employee.

Megan Nail, CCP, SHRM-SCP, CEBS,
Senior Vice President with Total Rewards Practice at NFP, an Aon Company

 Megan Nail is Senior Vice President of the Total Rewards Practice at NFP, where she partners with organizations to design compensation and total rewards strategies that drive business success. A recognized expert in pay transparency, equity, and strategic compensation planning, Megan brings nearly 25 years of experience and a practitioner’s perspective to helping leaders make confident, defensible pay decisions.
She works closely with clients to address complex compensation challenges—balancing market competitiveness, pay equity, transparency, and budget realities—while developing clear, effective communication strategies that promote understanding and alignment.
An active thought leader, Megan speaks at national conferences and delivers training on job evaluation, market analysis, and modern pay practices. She has also served in senior volunteer leadership roles with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), reflecting her commitment to advancing the HR profession. Megan holds a Master of Science in Organizational Communication from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dayton, along with CCP, CEBS, and SHRM-SCP certifications Toteal

This meeting is pre-approved for 1.25 SHRM Certification Credits.

The SISHRM Chapter would like to thank our PLATINUM SPONSORS for their support in 2026!

The SISHRM Chapter would like to thank our June SPONSOR for their support!