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Is Your Compensation Philosophy Active or Passive?
Philosophers probably have a difficult time with our definition of “philosophy.” Most resources will tell you that a compensation philosophy...
Stop Building Sinking Ships
Last week esteemed fellow Comp Café writer, Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D., wrote an article asking, “Should You Scrap Your Long-Term Incentive...
ESPP: The Ugly Duckling?
We’ve all heard some version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling“ at some point in our lives. For the...
Entertaining Ways to Apply Executive Pay Rules
Executive compensation is always in the spotlight. The pay levels for the highest paid executive can truly be astounding to...
Are You Paying for Peripheral Vision?
We seem to love to get granular with incentive plans. So many compensation professionals are tasked with not missing anything,...
Compounding Our Pay Problems
The pay ratios between CEOs and average employees are once again in the news. This is partly because proxy season...
Let’s All Do Nothing About Pay
Are we really doing anything? We create salary structures and write job descriptions. We organization our data and provide reports...
NostraDANus Predicts the Future of Pay (3 yr hindsight edition)
At the end of 2013, Dan Walter was asked to predict what compensation would look like over the next 10...
Startup Equity: In Conclusion (Part 14 of a 14 part series)
It feels odd to be wrapping up this series on Startup Equity. I started the series almost six-months ago, and...
Startup Equity: You’re Coming With Me, or maybe NOT (Part 13 in an n part series)
We’ve covered a lot of ground in this series, but there is always more when it comes to equity compensation....
Startup Equity: But Can’t I Pay Less Cash? (Part 12 in an n part series)
This series of articles has covered a lot of ground, but this particular article touches on a critical component that...