Executive pay structure involves determine that compensation elements (tools) to be used and the levels or amounts for each. The...
Executive Compensation: How do companies determine their upper-management pay structure?
Sep 01,2014September 1, 2014
Archive for category: Compensation Philosophy
Tipping Points – 5 for Pay Professionals
Aug 25,2014August 25, 2014
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“The moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.1” This is how Malcolm Gladwell describes the tipping point. It...
Pay for Performance Lessons from the Tour de France
Jul 21,2014July 21, 2014
The 2014 Tour de France is 2276 miles (3664 K). It is a grueling race that covers 21 stages that...
How to reduce dysfunctional peer competition among managers
Jul 10,2014July 10, 2014
Question: I oversee the HR function in a large Process Consulting/ Outsourcing firm. We plan to grow aggressively in near...
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Compensation Professionals
Jul 10,2014July 10, 2014
It’s hard. Sometimes it’s very hard. You took the classes. You studied the facts. You brought in great outside experts....
You Get 2 Shares and You Get 4 Shares and So on and So on…
Jun 18,2014June 18, 2014
Geometric progression of pay from one pay grade or level to the next sounds pretty crazy. But, while doing research...
Compensation Satisfaction – We Did It!
Jun 16,2014June 16, 2014
Mashable.com posted a recent article titled “Top 10 U.S. Cities With the Most Satisfied Employees”. The data regarding compensation is...
If Shareholders and Executives Explained Executive Pay as a Meal
Jun 09,2014June 9, 2014
Recently a lawyer mentioned to me that he had decided to utilize more basic executive plan designs, even when they...
Correlation is not Causality
May 28,2014May 28, 2014
“My compensation program is working just fine.” said the HR professional who had low employee turnover. “My pay for performance...
Is Company Culture Killing Your Pay for Performance?
May 12,2014May 12, 2014
I just returned from a conference where “culture” was the buzzword. Over and over industry professionals stressed that your compensation...