As someone who spends a lot of time designing and honing long-term incentive programs, I thought I’d skip 2014 and...
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In what ways have companies attempted to make compensation proportional to actual performance, and which methods have been most successful?
There are a wide array of methods that may link compensation to company performance. Some of these define “performance” broadly...
How important are stock options as part of a compensation package when recruiting for a startup?
The importance of stock options in start-up recruiting is largely dependent on your industry, location and the position for which...
What is a typical stock grant for a CFO of Series A venture backed company?
This is a very difficult question to answer with any accuracy. There are more variables than most people consider when...
Who Ate All of the Pie?
It’s the holiday season and that means pie. There is apple pie, pumpkin pie and even mincemeat pie. There are...
Everyone Does It – Hot Compensation Trends
Have you ever bought a cool new car only to spend the next few weeks noticing how many other people...
Defining Exemplary – Better than Great
Performance reviews and ratings are tough. When I work with companies that are new to the concept, I always start...
How can we give employees fully-vested options without having them incur a large tax bill?
This question was recently asked on Quora. We are giving some employees fully vested options in lieu of cash comp...
Exceeding Expectations is Like Having Super Powers
A while back I wrote a post titled “It’s the Little Things” where I discussed how seemingly minor details may...
Communicating Pay Increases
Once your company has decided on pay increases, the issue of communicating those raises to the employees becomes paramount. The...