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P4P is Growing Up! NACD Provides New Guidance for Executive Compensation
Jan 15,2014January 15, 2014
Five years ago most executive compensation consultants were still discussing a more structured approach to pay for performance as if...
Putting Out the Equity Compensation Fire? Let’s Talk About Burn Rates
Jan 09,2014January 9, 2014
Once again proxy season is just about upon us. Over a few of my next posts, I am going to...
Predicting the Next 10 Years of Compensation
Dec 26,2013December 26, 2013
As someone who spends a lot of time designing and honing long-term incentive programs, I thought I’d skip 2014 and...
Who Ate All of the Pie?
Dec 11,2013December 11, 2013
It’s the holiday season and that means pie. There is apple pie, pumpkin pie and even mincemeat pie. There are...
Everyone Does It – Hot Compensation Trends
Dec 03,2013December 3, 2013
Have you ever bought a cool new car only to spend the next few weeks noticing how many other people...
Defining Exemplary – Better than Great
Nov 20,2013November 20, 2013
Performance reviews and ratings are tough. When I work with companies that are new to the concept, I always start...
Exceeding Expectations is Like Having Super Powers
Nov 07,2013November 7, 2013
A while back I wrote a post titled “It’s the Little Things” where I discussed how seemingly minor details may...
Communicating Pay Increases
Nov 05,2013November 5, 2013
Once your company has decided on pay increases, the issue of communicating those raises to the employees becomes paramount. The...
Enthusiasm Can Trump the Details
Oct 30,2013October 30, 2013
(Orig post at www.compensationcafe.com) We discuss communication a lot here at the Compensation Café. We know that if people do...