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Archive for category: Compensation Plan Design
Welcome to the Team, We’re Thinking About Firing You
Dec 10,2011December 10, 2011
I was chatting with a colleague about a talented new hire he was hoping his company would be able to...
Goldilocks and the 3 Broad-based Stock Plans
Nov 10,2011November 10, 2011
There once was a dedicated professional who was tasked with creating a company-wide stock plan at her new company. Henrietta...
Equity Compensation Data for Start-ups and Other Private Companies-2011
Nov 02,2011November 2, 2011
During the month of November I’m going to focus on my equity compensation roots. With both the IPO and M&A...
Compensation: The Word May Not Mean What You Think it Means
Oct 04,2011October 4, 2011
What does “compensation” mean? Those of us who work as compensation professionals consider it a positive, professional word that speaks...
How Much to Keep Your Mouth Shut?
Sep 12,2011September 12, 2011
How does compensation interact with reputation? Let me count the millions of ways. The calculus of reputational damage can be...
Compensation Crack the Whip! Managing the Velocity of Change
Aug 31,2011August 31, 2011
I am sure that when some people saw this title, their first thought was of the mighty compensation professional standing ...
How is Pay for Performance like Driving a Fire Truck?
Aug 08,2011August 8, 2011
San Francisco has lots of tall buildings, so we need those cool ladder fire trucks that you see in the...
How Much Money to do a Job You Don’t Want?
Jul 19,2011July 19, 2011
Companies are trudging their way through this slow and often painful economic recovery. Reorganization has become a mantra of survival,...
Equity Compensation: Gift, Reward or Lease?
Jul 06,2011July 6, 2011
Skype as been vilified for buying back shares from vested and exercised stock options (see details here and here). The ...