As the executive protection landscape evolves, boards should take a proactive, measured, and transparent approach to CEO security.
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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The Key to Executive Retention
Effective, long-term retention of your hard-won top talent requires a multitude of intertwined actions that ideally begin at the hiring stage.

Pay Versus Performance is Here: What Compensation Committees Must Do Now
How companies can take immediate action to collect the information and create the narratives around this data-heavy requirement.

Creating Clarity in Incentive Strategy in an Uncertain Business Environment
A preview of the trends beginning to emerge ahead of the 2023 pay cycle to help compensation committee members prepare for the next round of pay-setting discussions.

How Talent Concerns Are Changing the Use of Equity
How to balance the need for talent attraction and retention with the long-range consequences of expanded equity use.

Are Your Board Compensation Practices Keeping Pace?
Director responsibilities continue to evolve and expand, requiring boards to examine board structure, committee responsibilities, and competitive director pay.

Organizational Health: The Common Thread in the 2022 Compensation Committee Agenda
A preview of Pearl Meyer’s annual Top Five topics for the compensation committee in the coming year.

Goal-Setting: The Fundamentals Haven’t Changed, But Judgment Matters
How to balance an ever-evolving goal-setting and performance assessment landscape and do so while remaining firmly rooted in the fundamentals of good business management.

How Do We Have a More Productive Compensation Committee Conversation about ESG?
Directors need a framework in order to think through their company’s unique position relative to ESG factors.

Human Capital Management Disclosure: Lessons Learned and Future Approaches
What are companies saying about their plans for future disclosure and the level of transparency they plan to provide on matters related to their workforce?
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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.

Evergreen Content
This library brings together foundational thinking on topics—from cultural transformation and pay equity to incentive innovation and succession planning. These are timeless resources built to inform, guide, and future‑proof decision‑making.

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.
