Dan Walter’s Answer: I think I can provide some help. This is a bit of a specialty of mine. First...
Archive for category: Compensation Plan Design
How Relative TSR is a Bit Like Cough Medicine – a bedtime story for executive compensation professionals.
Once upon a time in a land pretty darned close to where you live… Little ExecComp wasn’t feeling well. Whatever...
You Get 2 Shares and You Get 4 Shares and So on and So on…
Geometric progression of pay from one pay grade or level to the next sounds pretty crazy. But, while doing research...
If Shareholders and Executives Explained Executive Pay as a Meal
Recently a lawyer mentioned to me that he had decided to utilize more basic executive plan designs, even when they...
Is Company Culture Killing Your Pay for Performance?
I just returned from a conference where “culture” was the buzzword. Over and over industry professionals stressed that your compensation...
Small Companies Deserve Compensation Excellence
Often your HR person is also your benefits, recruitment, training, organizational development, problem resolution and party planning resource. Even though...
3 Ways Pay for Performance is like a 50 Foot Putt…on Glass
I watched an amazing video the other day. Professional golfer, Rory McIlroy, was challenged to attempt a 50-foot putt on...
When Considering Pay: Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation
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!
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
Grandmas are awesome. They are sweet, loving and great listeners with too many other good things to list. But, they...