The image below is from a recent post by famed author and Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely. Take a quick look...
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
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags dan walter, deferred comp, equity compensation, executive compensation, incentive, Incentives/Bonuses, long-term incentive, LTI, pay for performance, performensation, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation
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
By adminIn Articles, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags actors, compensation, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, executive compensation, executives, Jennifer Lawrence, pay, Regulations & Public Policy, stock/equity compensation
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
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Base Salaries, compensation, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, merit increase, pay, pay ratio, raises, stock/equity compensation, surveys, total rewards
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...
NostraDANus Predicts the Future of Pay (3 yr hindsight edition)
Mar 29,2017March 29, 2017
At the end of 2013, Dan Walter was asked to predict what compensation would look like over the next 10...
Startup Equity: In Conclusion (Part 14 of a 14 part series)
Mar 15,2017March 15, 2017
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Start-up Pay, Stock Options
It feels odd to be wrapping up this series on Startup Equity. I started the series almost six-months ago, and...