Is your equity program on the fritz? Are your stock options in the dump? Could your RSUs use a bit...
How to Determine Equity Grant Sizes (it’s probably not what you think)
Mar 03,2016March 3, 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, compensation philosophy, equity compensation, executive compensation, pay, pay for performance, rsu, stock options on the precipice, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, values
Determining grant sizes or values is Part 4 and the next challenge in my ongoing series, “Stock Options on the...
11 Reasons Your Equity Compensation Survey Data is Wrong
Feb 24,2016July 24, 2018
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags compensation, equity compensation, ESPP, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, pay, pay for performance, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation, survey data, surveys, total rewards
Part 3 of my ongoing “Stock Options on the Precipice” series. How much equity should I give (or get)? It’s...
Equity Compensation Triage Assessment (Stock Options on Precipice Part 2)
Feb 11,2016February 11, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation communication, equity compensation, ESPP, executive compensation, option exchange, repricing, RSUs, start-up pay, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
The first article in this “Stock Options on the Precipice” series covered some of the main issues that are currently...
Employee Stock Options on the Precipice?
Feb 02,2016February 2, 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 409A, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, foursquare, ipo, option exchange, P4P, pay for performance, pre-IPO, repricing, rsu, starup, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, twitter, unicorn, yahoo
I am declaring February “Stock Option Month” at the Café (at least in relation to my posts). For more than...
Turtles Confirm that Incentive Pay Works!
Jan 25,2016January 25, 2016
The discussion regarding the efficacy of incentive compensation is ongoing. So many questions, seemingly so many answers! Does it focus...
HELP! Was I Just Arrested or Incentivized?
Jan 13,2016January 13, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags communication, compensation, compensation communication, exercise, gain, Incentives/Bonuses, International Compensation, options, plan, remuneration, rsu, scheme, spread, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
We all wish we were better at communicating. We create presentations (decks) and plan summaries (SPDs). We carefully choose our...
Incentives Without Teeth
Jan 05,2016January 5, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags compensation philosophy, incentives, Incentives/Bonuses, motivation, P4P, pay for performance, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, variable pay
Pay for performance continues to grow as a solution for motivating people in a world of flat compensation. The title...
5 Ways Sales Comp is Like Racing a 5 Year-Old
Dec 18,2015December 18, 2015
1. They always want to start running before the race has officially started Sales people are eager and enthusiastic to...
Time to Work Out Your Chicken Legs
Dec 09,2015December 9, 2015
We have all been to the gym or have seen this guy walking down the street (here’s an example). He’s...