Executive Pay Has Been Fixed on Both Sides of the Pond!

In the past week there have been two major reports describing how to fix executive compensation. The first is from...

Navigating the Whitewater of LTI Design

Someone recently asked me to explain how I knew what direction to take plan design conversations. She had participated in...

Speed, Velocity and Acceleration in Pay

I was reading a Facebook message a parent posted about their kid’s physics homework and it resonated as a reminder...

What are the arguments for establishing long term incentive plan metrics that are different than those tied to the annual incentive plan?

Question: What are the arguments for establishing long term incentive plan metrics that are different than those tied to the...

Executive Pay Claw backs – Things Just (Almost) Got Real!

The date: July 1, 2015. The place: Washington D.C. The situation: The SEC proposes rules for executive compensation claw back...

Silence Isn’t Golden

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

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.

Anyone who has taken a class or performed a Google-search on performance goals has learned about the concept of “SMART”...