Employee Stock Options on the Precipice?

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

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...

Delicious Amber Transparency

We talk a lot about pay transparency. It seems like half the time half of compensation professionals argue for more...

Speed, Velocity and Acceleration in Pay

I was reading a Facebook message a parent posted about their kid’s physics homework and it resonated as a reminder...

Equity Compensation is a Game of H.O.R.S.E.

As kids, many of us played H.O.R.S.E. Heck most adults who touch a basketball still play the game. For those...