S5 Ep1: How committees can align incentive designs with transformation priorities like AI, M&A, portfolio shifts, and new market growth while maintaining financial discipline and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
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When Strategy Changes, Should Incentives Change Too?
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Are Incentive Stock Options Worth the Trouble?
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Tax reform has renewed interest in incentive stock option grants. There are some positive benefits, but the details are complicated.
Closing the Gender Pay Gap: The Long and Winding Road
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Recent data show companies believe this is an important priority, but few have specific policies and procedures in place.
Updating the Compensation Conversation: Time to Reboot Manager Effectiveness
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Money is a tough, complicated, and personal subject. Here are four steps to help managers refine their message and delivery.
The Compensation Committee’s Role in Strategic Succession Planning
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Effective succession planning is more than just naming a new CEO; here’s how boards can help foster long-term leadership development.
Ten Years of Say-on-Pay Data Show Your “Against” Vote is Coming
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Data highlights the potential exposure companies have to negative votes from proxy advisors. Strategic shareholder outreach can be the antidote.
The Compensation Committee Agenda for 2019: Top Five Concerns
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How can boards get ahead of emerging issues? We outline five key trends that are now taking center stage and offer our recommendations for each.
Four Operating Principles for Developing Resilient Executive Compensation Programs
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How boards can accommodate the potential for unforeseen risk in their executive pay programs.
Hook, Line, and Clincher: How Better Salary Survey Data Can Lure the Best Talent
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In-depth salary survey data can greatly remedy your bench-strength woes and help your company attract and retain the best talent.
Compensation Committee Outlook: Staying Nimble in 2018
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Compensation committees must be alert to change and its potential risks. See our annual list of top five issues to address and recommendations to consider.
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