ICYMI – Executive Pay Updates Mid-2015

This post is a roundup of recent and impending activity in the world of executive compensation. Normally, this is the...

Silence Isn’t Golden

I hope your employees aren’t complaining about your compensation programs. If they are complaining out loud, then the problem has...

The Best Performance Goals Are D.U.M.B.

Anyone who has taken a class or performed a Google-search on performance goals has learned about the concept of “SMART”...

8 Things You’ve Gotta Know about Equity Compensation

Equity compensation continues to be a confusing topic for compensation professionals and with good reason. Equity compensation is not just...

From the SEC: Please Link Executive Pay to Performance

Sleep well sweet Prince, or perhaps Emperor. We now send executive compensation to its inevitable peaceful and infinite slumber. Shown...

The Beowulf of Compensation

Most of you know of the poem Beowulf. Legend has it that it was passed down through oral performances for...