Executive pay structure involves determine that compensation elements (tools) to be used and the levels or amounts for each. The...
Archive for category: Equity Compensation
Tipping Points – 5 for Pay Professionals
“The moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.1” This is how Malcolm Gladwell describes the tipping point. It...
Does ISS Understand Your Equity Compensation?
A common complaint about ISS is that they often evaluate equity compensation programs without fully understanding them. Today ISS announced...
Dueling Data – Stock Options or Performance Units?
My trusty Google Alerts continue to update me on what is happening in the world of Compensation. Because of this...
The Phantom of the Compera
Phantom Stock is on the rise. Or, at least the interest in Phantom Stock is on the rise. Over the...
What’s an alternative to equity based compensation that recruits, motivates and retains employees?
Q: I plan to bootstrap and keep my company private with no plans on selling. What’s an alternative to equity...
Resources and thoughts on recurring stock option grants?
Question: I’m currently working on a project for a high-growth, 500 ee company in the tech sector, would like to...
I am looking for specific information on design considerations and options/practices in developing a long term incentive plan for a privately held company. Any anonymous examples would also be helpful. Your assistance is greatly appreciated!
Dan Walter’s Answer: I think I can provide some help. This is a bit of a specialty of mine. First...
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...