The Lorax Explains Equity Compensation

Apr 05,2016April 5, 2016
By In 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 , , , , , , , ,

At the narrow end of an IPO spike where the stock market slows and the stock options lose value and...

“Employee-Friendly” Equity Compensation

Mar 28,2016March 28, 2016
By In Articles, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In this sixth installment of my “Stock Options on the Precipice” series (other articles: 1, 2,3, 4, 5), I will...

Equity Compensation: I Have the Cure You Seek!

Mar 15,2016March 15, 2016
By In Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Is your equity program on the fritz? Are your stock options in the dump? Could your RSUs use a bit...

How to Determine Equity Grant Sizes (it’s probably not what you think)

Mar 03,2016March 3, 2016
By In 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 , , , , , , , , , ,

Determining grant sizes or values is Part 4 and the next challenge in my ongoing series, “Stock Options on the...

Employee Stock Options on the Precipice?

Feb 02,2016February 2, 2016
By In Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I am declaring February “Stock Option Month” at the Café (at least in relation to my posts). For more than...

Incentives Without Teeth

Jan 05,2016January 5, 2016
By In 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 , , , , , , , ,

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 In 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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 In Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Recognition, Short-Term Incentives - STITags , , , , , , ,

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 In 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 , , , , , , , , , , ,

An article was published last week with data from Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson that showed the annual pay raise is...