Similar to when we are driving, compensation professionals must be acutely aware of the conditions around us when we want...
Archive for category: Long Term Incentives
Executive Compensation: The Political-Taxation Conspiracy
Mar 12,2012March 12, 2012
We hear the cries every day. “Executives make too much money. Let’s raise their taxes!” “Executives are our job creators....
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...
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...
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...
Cheater Cheater Integrity Eater: Teachers and Pay for Performance
Aug 23,2011August 23, 2011
Some people say the recent cheating scandal in Atlanta area schools gives rise to the ugly side of performance-based pay....
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...
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 ...
The P90X Workout and Effective Performance Compensation
Jun 22,2011June 22, 2011
I like finding unique training tools for compensation professionals. My newest addition is the P90X training system. For those of...
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...