In the good old days, determining total compensation was fairly easy. Always wrong, but easy. For any given year you...
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What Do CEOs Really Want from Compensation Professionals?
Let’s get the obvious out of the way. Yes, CEOs want to make sure they are paid well. Paid well...
CFO Corner – Non-Qualified Stock Options Are Much Better Than They Sound
Dan Walter, Performensation Non-Qualified Stock Options (NQSOs, NQs, NSOs) should really be called Stock Options. Non-qualified (or non-statutory) makes them...
Give Up Your Employment Rights for Equity Compensation
The UK recently unveiled a controversial “share for rights” scheme (plan) that would allow employees to receive tax-exempt company shares...
CFO Corner: UK Shareholder Spring was Barely a Fling
Dan Walter, Performensation In recent presentations I have heard several compensation professionals from the UK refer to their “Shareholder Spring” of...
GEOnomics 2011 – a Journal of Global Equity Plan Leadership
By Carine Schneider et al. We are pleased to present our third edition of GEOnomics, our compilation of original essays...
If I’d Only Known That
by Achaessa James, Bruce Brumberg, Jon F. Doyle, Kate Forsyth, Jennifer George, Steve Kifer, Kim Kovacs, Paul Leisey, Takis Makridis,...
Equity Alternatives: Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Phantom Stock, SARs, and More
Tenth Edition by Joseph S. Adams, Barbara Baksa, Daniel D. Coleman, Daniel Janich, David R. Johanson, Blair Jones, Kay Kemp,...
The Decision-Maker’s Guide to Equity Compensation
Second Edition by Corey Rosen, Pam Chernoff, Elizabeth Dodge, Daniel Janich, Scott Rodrick, and Dan Walter This book describes the...
CFO Corner: Equity Compensation – The Ups and Downs of ISOs
Incentive Stock Options are a great place to start talking about equity compensation. ISOs are “appreciation-only” vehicles, meaning they have...