Pay ratios are the most commonly used tool when discussing the unfairness between executive pay and that of the rank...
Archive for category: Compensation Philosophy
Executive Pay Can’t Be Fixed! But….here are 3 things to consider
Apr 11,2013April 11, 2013
Several times a year, I see articles and presentations discussing how to “fix executive compensation”. This presumes that executive compensation...
Equity Compensation – Performance Earned Units (PEUs), The First Ingredient in a P4P Stew
Apr 04,2013April 4, 2013
All too often the myriad types of truly performance-based equity get muddled together into a stew. Like other great equity...
CFO Corner: Say on Pay Campaigning and the 97% Rule
Mar 29,2013March 29, 2013
It’s proxy season and Say on Pay is once again on the minds of anyone involved in executive compensation. As...
A Lack of Company Enthusiasm Doesn’t Mean a Lack of Job Passion
Mar 19,2013March 19, 2013
I was at a sold-out sporting event recently. The sport, as it turns out, doesn’t matter. Neither does the team....
Is Disclosure Good or Bad for Executive Compensation?
Mar 06,2013March 6, 2013
Today’s Compensation Cafe post is a bit different. It is part blog post and part infographic. In the US, disclosure...
Compensation Peer Group Voir Dire
Feb 26,2013February 26, 2013
So, I was recently doing my civic responsibility by serving on jury duty. As it happens, when I am just...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Executive Compensation
Feb 22,2013February 22, 2013
Dan Walter, Performensation Most of the problems with executive compensation tend to originate within a few categories. I have attempted...
How Much More is Enough?
Feb 14,2013February 14, 2013
Many of us spent time during the last week watching the news about a man in Southern California who was...
Global Compensation Philosophy: One Brand, 31 Flavors
Feb 06,2013February 6, 2013
Multinational companies have enough complexities, why add to them? This is a refrain I hear from people who promote “global”...