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Is Your Compensation Philosophy Active or Passive?
Jun 06,2017June 6, 2017
Philosophers probably have a difficult time with our definition of “philosophy.” Most resources will tell you that a compensation philosophy...
Stop Building Sinking Ships
May 23,2017May 23, 2017
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?
May 11,2017May 11, 2017
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
May 03,2017May 3, 2017
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?
Apr 26,2017April 26, 2017
We seem to love to get granular with incentive plans. So many compensation professionals are tasked with not missing anything,...
Compounding Our Pay Problems
Apr 18,2017April 18, 2017
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
Apr 05,2017April 5, 2017
Are we really doing anything? We create salary structures and write job descriptions. We organization our data and provide reports...