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Executive Succession and CEO Turnover
S2 Ep3: Succession planning and CEO turnover are increasingly common agenda items for the Comp Committee this fall.
Performance-Based Equity Awards and Other LTI Trends
S2 Ep2: Compensation committees must evaluate performance-based equity awards and other long-term incentive plan design trends to fit with the current macro-economic environment.
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.
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