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Insights and Research
Insights and Research
The Pearl Meyer team includes industry experts with deep knowledge and experience in all aspects of compensation and leadership. Here they provide valuable insight on emerging issues and developing trends. They offer compelling solutions for challenging situations and advice on maximizing opportunities. Read on and learn more about how Pearl Meyer’s team can help you connect pay, people, and performance.
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STI Plan Communication: Insights from the 2025 Pearl Meyer Survey for Oil & Gas Companies
Pearl Meyer surveyed 16 oil and gas companies to highlight communication challenges and opportunities particularly relevant to the sector.

Bank Board of Directors’ Pay, Policies, and Practices in 2025
Highlights and data from the bi-annual survey on bank directors’ compensation levels and practices.

A Decade of Compensation Trends in Cyber Security
Insights from Pearl Meyer’s Cyber Security, AI, Robotics and Data Science Salary Survey

Managing Through Today’s Chaos in the Life Sciences Sector – Look To Your Board
Engaging with the board of directors effectively is always a critical responsibility for CEOs, but in the life sciences sector it can be particularly challenging.

What to Do When Salary Compression Pinches the Life Sciences Industry
A strong labor market can create pay compression, underscoring the need for proactive pay-equity reviews and agile compensation strategies to keep organizations competitive.

Boards Championing Innovation: Shepherding Growth in an Uncertain World
When governed with the same rigor as financial oversight or risk management, innovation can be a core lever of long-term value creation.

Constructing a Compensation Peer Group
Before any market analysis takes place, the approach to developing a peer group should be rooted in a deliberate and philosophy-based manner.

Ensuring a Strategic Partnership with Your Advisor
It’s a good exercise for boards to periodically think about the core traits required for a strategic consulting partner.

Falling Oil Prices and Tariffs Are Undermining Short-Term Incentive Plans
How compensation committees are thinking about mitigating the STI impact of missed market estimates and global market disruption
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Our experts dive into the real-world challenges and conversations shaping executive compensation and leadership strategy. Forthright, insightful, and sometimes unexpected—this is where we connect the dots between people, purpose, and performance.

New Directions for Director Pay
Boards, primarily focused on their fiduciary responsibilities, often overlook their compensation. Yet, like executive pay, board compensation can drive value. Strategic pay structures are crucial for attracting and retaining directors who enhance a visionary board sensitive to risks and opportunities, thus boosting organization's success.

Private Companies
We offer experience and guidance that helps private organizations attract, motivate, and develop the talent that will move your strategy forward.
