Say on Pay is the new norm in the United States. Three years of work and we are starting to...
Archive for category: Compensation Philosophy
Small Companies Deserve Compensation Excellence
Apr 28,2014April 28, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Career Advancement, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Job Structures, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options, Titles and Descriptions
Often your HR person is also your benefits, recruitment, training, organizational development, problem resolution and party planning resource. Even though...
What Happens when You Unjustly Pay Two Monkeys?
Perfecting compensation is a difficult task. Fair pay is a term we have heard a lot lately. Fair pay can...
When Considering Pay: Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation
Apr 03,2014April 3, 2014
Compensation professionals do a lot of moderating. We work to moderate expectations. We work to moderate misunderstandings with incentive pay....
Hey Startups! Tomorrow IS too late!
Mar 27,2014March 27, 2014
We’ve all heard the phrase “It’s never too late.” I am sorry to tell you that everyone has been wrong....
Don’t be Your Employees’ Grandma
Mar 18,2014March 18, 2014
Grandmas are awesome. They are sweet, loving and great listeners with too many other good things to list. But, they...
Uncertainty Motivates No One
Mar 06,2014March 6, 2014
Have you ever been asked by an executive or compensation committee to create a compensation solution for a problem that...
Pay Can’t Fix Anything! Fix it then Pay, Not the Other Way
Feb 26,2014February 26, 2014
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Career Advancement, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Culture, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Private Companies, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options, Titles and Descriptions
Often companies come to me with a request to design a compensation program, philosophy or market analysis hoping it will...
Our Response to: The Warped Math of Executive Compensation
Feb 18,2014February 18, 2014
A February 3, 2014 article by Vince Molinaro discussed the pay package of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. In the...
Equity Compensation: Equity and Inequity
Feb 13,2014February 13, 2014
In the 1980’s, some tech execs in the Silicon Valley decided they could get more and give more through the...