The Real Cost of Mismanaged Incentives: Wells Fargo

Sep 29,2016September 29, 2016
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Well, so much for the warm-hearted caffeinated, pick-me-up from the Comp Café. Today is a steaming jolt of quadruple espresso...

Executive Pay Has Been Fixed on Both Sides of the Pond!

Jul 27,2016July 27, 2016
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In the past week there have been two major reports describing how to fix executive compensation. The first is from...

Why Equity and Not Just a Bigger Salary?

May 23,2016May 23, 2016
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This February, the Harvard Business Review published Stop Paying Executives for Performance” by Dan Cable and Freek Vermeulen. The basis...

UPDATE ISS Equity Plan Scorecard EPSC 2.0

Apr 25,2016April 25, 2016
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Have you ever played a card game with 5-year olds? Before you start, they explain the game in vague details...

Our Nearsighted Friends and Us

Dec 02,2015December 2, 2015
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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

Nov 25,2015November 25, 2015
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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

Nov 12,2015November 12, 2015
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When it comes to compensation, it’s easy to get caught up in strategy and communication. We know that missing a...

Speed, Velocity and Acceleration in Pay

Sep 28,2015September 28, 2015
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I was reading a Facebook message a parent posted about their kid’s physics homework and it resonated as a reminder...

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