Companies are trudging their way through this slow and often painful economic recovery. Reorganization has become a mantra of survival,...
Equity Compensation: Gift, Reward or Lease?
Jul 06,2011July 6, 2011
Skype as been vilified for buying back shares from vested and exercised stock options (see details here and here). The ...
The P90X Workout and Effective Performance Compensation
Jun 22,2011June 22, 2011
I like finding unique training tools for compensation professionals. My newest addition is the P90X training system. For those of...
Compensation: A Foundation Like a Ship, Not a Building
Jun 14,2011June 14, 2011
This concept came to me at a recent compensation philosophy engagement. During an employee interview session I explained that the...
They Still Create New Music with the Old 12 Notes, You Can Do the Same with Compensation
Jun 01,2011June 1, 2011
The basic scale used in western music incorporates 12 notes. The scale has only five lives (staves). This combination of...
Total Rewards and a Farmers Market Strategy
May 19,2011May 19, 2011
It is fact that poor food choices lead to poor health. Of course, there are many other contributors, but when...
Are Your Compensation Goals Getting You to the Top of the Wrong Mountain?
May 09,2011May 9, 2011
So often we see companies whose executives are paid handsomely only to falter shortly after. How does this happen? Goals...
Companies Deserve Pay Transparency, Too
May 03,2011May 3, 2011
This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. “For today’s Executive Pay Watch blog,...
Icing is Nice, but Frosting is Essential (Compensation is like Cupcakes)
Apr 25,2011April 25, 2011
How is compensation like a cupcake? Is it just that people crave it, or is it something far more fundamental?...
Are You Pushing the Wrong Rock up the Hill?
Apr 19,2011April 19, 2011
We all know the story about Sisyphus, the man who was sentenced for eternity to roll a stone up a...