Our Nearsighted Friends and Us

I have a brother with 20:15 vision. For those of you normal humans, this means he can see things clearly...

Navigating the Whitewater of LTI Design

Someone recently asked me to explain how I knew what direction to take plan design conversations. She had participated in...

Big Bucks, Tiny Details and Multiple Personalities

When it comes to compensation, it’s easy to get caught up in strategy and communication. We know that missing a...

You are Not Lebron James (or Facebook, or Google)

Lebron James has just become the youngest person in NBA history to score 25,000 points in his career. He is...

Delicious Amber Transparency

We talk a lot about pay transparency. It seems like half the time half of compensation professionals argue for more...

IN MEMORIUM: FAREWELL ANNUAL RAISE

An article was published last week with data from Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson that showed the annual pay raise is...

Let’s Get Rid of ISOs, ESPPs and Voting for President

Incentive Stock Options, or ISOs, have been the foundation of tech company stock option programs for the past three decades....