FABulous Pay Improves Talent Acquisition

How are great salespeople able to seamlessly turn every one of your concerns into a demonstration of the prowess of...

Evolving Equity Like It’s a Flying Machine

Other professionals in HR, compensation and investing frequently ask why I am so passionate about changing the way companies use...

A Small Problem for Compensation Professionals

This is not the article I intended to post today. I had something else ready to go, but realized this...

Why Equity and Not Just a Bigger Salary?

This February, the Harvard Business Review published Stop Paying Executives for Performance” by Dan Cable and Freek Vermeulen. The basis...

UPDATE ISS Equity Plan Scorecard EPSC 2.0

Have you ever played a card game with 5-year olds? Before you start, they explain the game in vague details...

What’s Equity Really Worth?

We all know that equity compensation is the driver behind the astronomic growth in executive compensation. We all know that...

The Lorax Explains Equity Compensation

At the narrow end of an IPO spike where the stock market slows and the stock options lose value and...

“Employee-Friendly” Equity Compensation

In this sixth installment of my “Stock Options on the Precipice” series (other articles: 1, 2,3, 4, 5), I will...