As oil and gas peer groups continue to shrink, relative performance frameworks require a more thoughtful design process.
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Rethinking Effective Performance Peer Groups in Today’s Oil & Gas Sector
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Quick Poll: How Coronavirus is Affecting Broad-Based Pay and Benefits
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How more than 360 companies are managing the impact of the current pandemic to their broad workforce’s pay and benefits.
Will Coronavirus Affect Executive Base Salary Planning?
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Data from the week of 3/23/2020 on how companies are approaching executive base salary adjustments in light of the pandemic.
Quick Poll: Coronavirus Impact
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Survey results from 233 director and management respondents detail the current impact of the coronavirus on executive compensation plans.
Overlap of Executive Incentive Plan Performance Measures: Is the Concern Warranted?
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Our statistical analyses of the data uncovers whether or not the increase in proxy advisor scrutiny on “redundant” incentive plan measures is justified.
Quick Poll: CEO Succession Planning
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With increasingly complex skills requirements and an upturn in surprise exits, are companies changing their approach to CEO succession planning?
Diversity and Inclusion Survey
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Get the latest up-to-date data on gender pay practices and diversity in the workplace, including a special executive summary for financial institutions.
The CEO Pay Ratio: Data and Perspectives from the 2018 Proxy Season
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Pearl Meyer’s complete analysis of the initial year for CEO Pay Ratio disclosures, based on information collected by Main Data Group on more than 2000 public proxies
Developing a Culture of Leadership
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The 2017 WCD Thought Leadership Commission report examines what a visionary board does differently to develop a culture of leadership.
The Myth and Reality of TSR as an Incentive Metric
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Research from Pearl Meyer and Cornell on the links between use of total shareholder return (TSR) as an incentive and subsequent company performance.
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