Use the first three months to understand the program, challenge inherited assumptions, and establish an effective committee rhythm before pursuing change.
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Board Governance Is Evolving – Is Your Compensation Committee Keeping Pace?
S2 Ep1: The evolving purview of the compensation committee and the implications of expanding governance responsibilities.
From Innovation to Accounting and Back Again
S1 Ep6: Is it possible to identify and incorporate executive incentive plan metrics that spur innovation?
The Pay Crystal Ball: Predicting the Future with Pearl Meyer and Payscale
A forward-looking compensation strategy helps organizations stay competitive and ahead of the curve.
Creating Space for Non-Financial Metrics
S1 Ep5: When the goal is long-term value creation, does it ever make sense to introduce a non-financial metric?
Testing Assumptions: Do We Have the Right Metrics?
S1 Ep4: A conversation on relative metrics, and the merits of correlation analysis to understand if your pay program is aligned to long-term value creation.
The Near-Term Problem with Long-Term Forecasting
S1 Ep3: The pros and cons of several creative ideas that can take the sting out of current long-term incentive plan design challenges.
Management's Annual Incentive Plans: Stretch Goals or Layups
S1 Ep 2: How to smooth out potential tension between the board and management around rigor of the annual incentive plan targets.
Is it Feeling Like Spring 2020?
S1 Ep 1: Compensation committees and consultants are dealing with a wide variety of unknowns.
Texas HR: Resilient Leadership
In this episode Lisa Shall talks about CEO succession planning and the qualities that make a leader resilient.
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