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Pay Can’t Fix Anything! Fix it then Pay, Not the Other Way
Feb 26,2014February 26, 2014
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Often companies come to me with a request to design a compensation program, philosophy or market analysis hoping it will...
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...
QuickScore 2.0 – Compensation and Governance for 2014
Feb 05,2014February 5, 2014
On January 27, 2014 ISS released their updated QuickScore document. QuickScore is intended to help shareholders identify governance risk in...
★ Do software engineering companies typically give you to stock packages to vest together over 4 years (you get x amount in 2013 you have been doing really well lately and get x amount in 2014?
Feb 03,2014February 3, 2014
Orig question and answers on Quora Dan Walter’s Response Performance-based equity compensation is becoming more common. Usually these awards are...
P4P is Growing Up! NACD Provides New Guidance for Executive Compensation
Jan 15,2014January 15, 2014
Five years ago most executive compensation consultants were still discussing a more structured approach to pay for performance as if...
If an RSU plan allows for deferral of receipt of shares at the option of the recipient, what are the frequent parameters, terms and restrictions of that deferral?
Jan 13,2014January 13, 2014
Dan’s Answer: Generally: Deferral must be at least 5 years from the date of the original vesting. Deferral must be...
★ What kind of Sale Events other than an IPO are available to ex-employees who have vested RSUs in a pre-IPO company?
Jan 13,2014January 13, 2014
RSUs usually have an early termination date if an Employee leaves. Assuming an employee wants to leave but is unsure...
Putting Out the Equity Compensation Fire? Let’s Talk About Burn Rates
Jan 09,2014January 9, 2014
Once again proxy season is just about upon us. Over a few of my next posts, I am going to...
Predicting the Next 10 Years of Compensation
Dec 26,2013December 26, 2013
As someone who spends a lot of time designing and honing long-term incentive programs, I thought I’d skip 2014 and...