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What’s the Right Size for Private Company Equity Compensation?
The most common question asked about equity compensation is only two words: “How much?” For private companies, it is frustratingly...
Paying Everyone Equally is a Terrible Idea
Many of you may have read about Gravity Payments, the company in Seattle, Washington with the magnanimous CEO who decided...
5 Predictions about CEO Pay Ratio
On August 5, 2015 the SEC voted to approve a new rule on the disclosure of the ratio of CEO...
5 Lessons for a Compensation Department of None
Over the last few years, we have seen a rise in attention to the all too common, “HR Department of...
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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...
Is Your Company Lying About Pay?
David Larcker and Anastasia Zakolyukina did some research in 2012 for the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University....
1.8 Million Reasons NOT to Become CEO
Being the CEO of a company is a great job, if you can get it. It’s an even better job...
ICYMI – Executive Pay Updates Mid-2015
This post is a roundup of recent and impending activity in the world of executive compensation. Normally, this is the...