At the narrow end of an IPO spike where the stock market slows and the stock options lose value and...
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How to Determine Equity Grant Sizes (it’s probably not what you think)
Mar 03,2016March 3, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, compensation philosophy, equity compensation, executive compensation, pay, pay for performance, rsu, stock options on the precipice, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, values
Determining grant sizes or values is Part 4 and the next challenge in my ongoing series, “Stock Options on the...
11 Reasons Your Equity Compensation Survey Data is Wrong
Feb 24,2016July 24, 2018
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags compensation, equity compensation, ESPP, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, pay, pay for performance, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation, survey data, surveys, total rewards
Part 3 of my ongoing “Stock Options on the Precipice” series. How much equity should I give (or get)? It’s...
Equity Compensation Triage Assessment (Stock Options on Precipice Part 2)
Feb 11,2016February 11, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation communication, equity compensation, ESPP, executive compensation, option exchange, repricing, RSUs, start-up pay, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
The first article in this “Stock Options on the Precipice” series covered some of the main issues that are currently...
HELP! Was I Just Arrested or Incentivized?
Jan 13,2016January 13, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags communication, compensation, compensation communication, exercise, gain, Incentives/Bonuses, International Compensation, options, plan, remuneration, rsu, scheme, spread, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
We all wish we were better at communicating. We create presentations (decks) and plan summaries (SPDs). We carefully choose our...
Incentives Without Teeth
Jan 05,2016January 5, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags compensation philosophy, incentives, Incentives/Bonuses, motivation, P4P, pay for performance, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, variable pay
Pay for performance continues to grow as a solution for motivating people in a world of flat compensation. The title...
You are Not Lebron James (or Facebook, or Google)
Nov 04,2015November 4, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Planning, Culture, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Base Salaries, communication, compensation philosophy, compensation planning, culture, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, motivation, pay for performance, peer groups, Performance Management, recognition, stock/equity compensation, strategy, total rewards
Lebron James has just become the youngest person in NBA history to score 25,000 points in his career. He is...
Delicious Amber Transparency
Oct 26,2015October 26, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Recognition, Short-Term Incentives - STITags Base Salaries, Benefits & Perquisites, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, recognition, total rewards
We talk a lot about pay transparency. It seems like half the time half of compensation professionals argue for more...
IN MEMORIUM: FAREWELL ANNUAL RAISE
Oct 13,2015October 13, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Base Salaries, Bonus, compensation, compensation philosophy, incentive pay, Incentives/Bonuses, merit increase, P4P, pay, pay for performance, performance, raises
An article was published last week with data from Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson that showed the annual pay raise is...
Three Ways Average Companies Pay Their Employees
Aug 27,2015August 27, 2015
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Other RewardsTags average pay, base pay, Base Salaries, bonuses, compensation, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, pay, surveys, total rewards
I just watched a great TED talk from a few years ago. In it, Todd Rose discusses the “average” in...