Question: (org. on Quora) When will the new 2016 GPS Stock Options become available to view? Answer (by Dan Walter) The...
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HELP! Was I Just Arrested or Incentivized?
We all wish we were better at communicating. We create presentations (decks) and plan summaries (SPDs). We carefully choose our...
Incentives Without Teeth
Pay for performance continues to grow as a solution for motivating people in a world of flat compensation. The title...
Our Nearsighted Friends and Us
I have a brother with 20:15 vision. For those of you normal humans, this means he can see things clearly...
Navigating the Whitewater of LTI Design
Someone recently asked me to explain how I knew what direction to take plan design conversations. She had participated in...
Big Bucks, Tiny Details and Multiple Personalities
When it comes to compensation, it’s easy to get caught up in strategy and communication. We know that missing a...
You are Not Lebron James (or Facebook, or Google)
Lebron James has just become the youngest person in NBA history to score 25,000 points in his career. He is...
Do Worker’s Want Shares or Cash? as quoted in the WSJ
Dan Walter, President and CEO of Performensation was quoted in this article on the topic of more broad-based use of...
IN MEMORIUM: FAREWELL ANNUAL RAISE
An article was published last week with data from Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson that showed the annual pay raise is...
Let’s Get Rid of ISOs, ESPPs and Voting for President
Incentive Stock Options, or ISOs, have been the foundation of tech company stock option programs for the past three decades....