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Archive for category: Compensation Planning
Is it Time to Change the Equity Compensation Paradigm?
Feb 13,2012February 13, 2012
Even with the explosion in performance-based equity, most equity compensation plans look very much like they did almost twenty years...
Executive Compensation and the Great Wizard of Oz
Jan 13,2012January 13, 2012
Executive compensation holds as much mystery and magic as the Great Wizard of the Emerald City. Of course, if the...
Sometimes the Road Less Traveled leads to a Band of Flying Monkeys
Dec 20,2011December 20, 2011
We all get bored. Most of us fill that boredom by exploring something new. Often this leads to an exciting...
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...
Compensation In the Eye of the Tornado
Oct 18,2011October 18, 2011
In a world of swirling regulations, opposing forces of needs versus budgets and increasingly pressing deadlines, it is far too...
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 ...
Defining Pay for a Compensation Unicorn
Jul 27,2011July 27, 2011
At a recent client engagement, the HR department described a specific position they were having a hard time trying to...
Compensation: A Foundation Like a Ship, Not a Building
Jun 14,2011June 14, 2011
This concept came to me at a recent compensation philosophy engagement. During an employee interview session I explained that the...
They Still Create New Music with the Old 12 Notes, You Can Do the Same with Compensation
Jun 01,2011June 1, 2011
The basic scale used in western music incorporates 12 notes. The scale has only five lives (staves). This combination of...