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New Book on Communicating Compensation Plans!
Sep 12,2014September 12, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Books and Publications, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, International, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, Sales Compensation, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options
Everything You Do in Compensation is Communication: 3/8 of the Compensation Cafe Publishes a Book! …. $10 discount through September...
First Do No Harm
Sep 04,2014September 4, 2014
Primum non nocere. The Hippocratic Oath is one of the foundational elements of any doctor’s career. As it says on Wikipedia: “Another...
Do compensation consultants help price CEO compensation more accurately or worsen it?
Sep 01,2014September 1, 2014
This is a great question. The truth is the compensation consultants do some of both. The form of this question seems...
Executive Compensation: How do companies determine their upper-management pay structure?
Sep 01,2014September 1, 2014
Executive pay structure involves determine that compensation elements (tools) to be used and the levels or amounts for each. The...
Why are dual-class stocks so popular these days (GOOG, FB, etc.)? Is this part of a building trend to entrench management against public shareholders? Why do shareholders put up with this?
Sep 01,2014September 1, 2014
By adminIn Start-up Pay, We Have Answers
These structures are desired, but to say they are popular is an overstatement. The companies that have been able to...
Tipping Points – 5 for Pay Professionals
Aug 25,2014August 25, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Career Advancement, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock Options
“The moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.1” This is how Malcolm Gladwell describes the tipping point. It...
Does ISS Understand Your Equity Compensation?
Aug 14,2014August 14, 2014
A common complaint about ISS is that they often evaluate equity compensation programs without fully understanding them. Today ISS announced...
Beware of Statistic Laden Compensation News
Aug 14,2014August 14, 2014
We love data. In fact, compensation professionals seek out data like artists desire southern exposure in New York or kids...
Dueling Data – Stock Options or Performance Units?
Aug 12,2014August 12, 2014
My trusty Google Alerts continue to update me on what is happening in the world of Compensation. Because of this...