This February, the Harvard Business Review published Stop Paying Executives for Performance” by Dan Cable and Freek Vermeulen. The basis...
How Will The New Overtime Rules Affect You?
May 18,2016May 18, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Job Structures, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock OptionsTags Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, compensation plan design, compensation strategy, Department of Labor, DOL, FLSA, HCE, Highly Compensated Employees, Incentives/Bonuses, job structures, Overtime, Overtime Pay
Is your mind already racing about how the new overtime regulations will affect your company? The media is buzzing about...
A Chrome Panda Predicts Demise of Stock Options
May 11,2016May 11, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Benefits & Perquisites, compensation philosophy, dropbox, equity compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, ownership, panda, perks, recognition, RSUs, Social Media & Rewards, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
On May 7, 2016, it was reported that a giant chrome panda predicted the imminent crippling of stock options in...
Why is it SO DIFFICULT to Get Equity Amounts Right?
May 03,2016May 3, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock OptionsTags black scholes, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, equity, merton, perceived value, precipice, realizable pay, realized pay, rocket, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
Let me start this by saying that there is little new in this post. If you have been a senior...
UPDATE ISS Equity Plan Scorecard EPSC 2.0
Apr 25,2016April 25, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, compensation philosophy, EPSC, executive compensation, executive pay, Frank Glasser, Institutional Shareholders, ISS, pay for performance, Regulations & Public Policy, stock/equity compensation
Have you ever played a card game with 5-year olds? Before you start, they explain the game in vague details...
That List of the Highest Paying Companies is WRONG!
Apr 21,2016April 21, 2016
A report from 24/7 Wall St. touting the “25 highest paying companies in America” is being passed around the internet...
What’s Equity Really Worth?
Apr 13,2016April 13, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, compensation communication, dilution, equity compensation, executive compensation, pay, pay for performance, perception, restrictions, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation, taxation, total rewards, valuation
We all know that equity compensation is the driver behind the astronomic growth in executive compensation. We all know that...
Parental Leave in San Francisco: Another Pay-Related Reason to Hire Baby Boomers
Apr 07,2016April 7, 2016
San Francisco just became the first city in the US to ensure 100% paid leave for new parents. This covers...
The Lorax Explains Equity Compensation
Apr 05,2016April 5, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation philosophy, equity compensation, executive compensation, lorax, pay for performance, stock options, stock options on the precipice, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
At the narrow end of an IPO spike where the stock market slows and the stock options lose value and...
“Employee-Friendly” Equity Compensation
Mar 28,2016March 28, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation communication, compensation philosophy, employee friendly, equity compensation, P4P, pay for performance, pre-IPO, RSUs, start-up, stock options, stock/equity compensation, The Information, total rewards
In this sixth installment of my “Stock Options on the Precipice” series (other articles: 1, 2,3, 4, 5), I will...