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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Reevaluating Short- and Long-Term Incentive Plans During A Crisis
How to evaluate current executive incentive plans to understand if they align to our new reality.
Conducting Business Under Lockdown: Do Your Executive and Director Compensation Programs Need to Change?
A discussion of how to balance appropriate changes to pay programs with staying the course.
Has Director Pay Reached a Tipping Point?
A preview of the most recently available board pay data for more than 1400 public companies, based on our annual Director Compensation Report and proxy data from Main Data Group
ESG: Building Shareholder-Focused Incentive Plans for a New Generation of Investors
Investors and the public at large are increasingly pressuring organizations to expand performance criteria beyond traditional financial yardsticks.
Good, Bad, or Indifferent? An Objective Look at Proxy Advisors
An in-depth discussion on how proxy advisors have shaped the executive pay model, for better and for worse.
A New Lens on CEO Succession Planning
Identify a CEO successor. It sounds like one of the board’s more straightforward duties, yet in practice, it is complex and multifaceted. When you weigh the consequences of getting it wrong, combined with the fact that even the most carefully executed succession plan introduces uncertainty, it’s clear this is one of the most strategic board deliberations.
EVA: The Good, the Bad, and the Complex
This webcast provides a starting point for understanding EVA and how to evaluate its relevance to your industry, company, and incentive programs.
The Only Constant is Change: What New Compensation Issues Will Emerge in 2019?
We outline five key emerging topics for the compensation committee to add to its agenda for 2019.
#Youtoo: What Boards Need to Know and Do About Gender Pay Equity
There is renewed focus on gender-based pay issues. Learn how they are defined and legislated, and the next important steps to take.
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