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ICYMI – Executive Pay Updates Mid-2015
Jun 24,2015June 24, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags 409A, ASC 718, clawbacks, compensation plan design, compensation planning, Dodd Frank, equity compensation, executive compensation, regulations, say on pay, Section 954, Section 956, stock compensation
This post is a roundup of recent and impending activity in the world of executive compensation. Normally, this is the...
HR Can’t Afford to Ignore Compensation
Jun 18,2015June 18, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Sales CompensationTags compensation, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, compensation plan design, compensation planning, compensation strategy, culture
A generous person gave three business partners $1 million and said they could use it however they wanted. The only...
There are Only Two Pay Philosophies
Jun 12,2015June 12, 2015
We, the compensation professionals of planet earth, work hard to define the whys and hows of our pay programs. We...
Silence Isn’t Golden
Jun 03,2015June 3, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags base pay, base salary, Bonus, bonuses, communication, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, compensation planning, equity compensation, incentive compensation, incentive pay, incentives, long term incentives, recognition, sales compensation, Short-Term Incentives - STI, stock compensation, total rewards
I hope your employees aren’t complaining about your compensation programs. If they are complaining out loud, then the problem has...
8 Ways the Minneapolis Skyway is Like Incentive Compensation
May 22,2015May 22, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Sales Compensation, Short-Term Incentives - STITags Bonus, compensation, compensation philosophy, compensation planning, incentive compensation, incentives, long term incentives, P4P, pay for performance, Short-Term Incentives - STI, total rewards
Those of you who regularly read my articles know I often view the world from a different perspective. This is...
The Best Performance Goals Are D.U.M.B.
May 13,2015May 13, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Bonus, bonuses, compensation communication, equity compensation, executive compensation, incentives, long term incentives, metrics, P4P, performance, performance awards, performance equity units, performance units, sales compensation, Short-Term Incentives - STI, stock compensation, strategy
Anyone who has taken a class or performed a Google-search on performance goals has learned about the concept of “SMART”...
Develop Grow Achieve – 3 Tiers for P4P
Apr 23,2015April 23, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Planning, Culture, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Short-Term Incentives - STITags Bonus, communication, compensation, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, incentive compensation, incentive pay, metrics, P4P, performance, Short-Term Incentives - STI
Pay for performance continues to rise. However, the failure of pay for performance is rising almost as fast. As the...
From the SEC: Please Link Executive Pay to Performance
Apr 05,2015April 5, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Job Structures, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags compensation philosophy, Dodd Frank, equity compensation, executive compensation, P4P, proxy, Section 953(a)
Sleep well sweet Prince, or perhaps Emperor. We now send executive compensation to its inevitable peaceful and infinite slumber. Shown...
The Beowulf of Compensation
Dec 11,2014December 11, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Performance Units, Private Companies, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock Options
Most of you know of the poem Beowulf. Legend has it that it was passed down through oral performances for...