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2026 Compensation Planning: Data and Insights to Inform Your Salary Budget Decisions
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Has Director Pay Reached a Tipping Point?
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A preview of the most recently available board pay data for more than 1400 public companies, based on our annual Director Compensation Report and proxy data from Main Data Group
Structuring Change-in-Control and Transaction Bonuses for Maximum Effectiveness
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Compensation actions that a company can undertake at each point during an M&A in order to retain and motivate the executive team
Understanding Executive Pay Practices at Private Companies
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The differences in executive compensation philosophies and design decisions at private companies versus those that are publicly owned.
The Fight to Retain Talent in Real Estate: A Different Bidding War
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An innovative compensation plan can aid those real estate organizations that can’t afford to lose talent at this point in the industry’s growth cycle.
Director Compensation: Communicating A Board’s Worth
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The increased responsibility and visibility of the board means an increased need for dialogue and disclosure about director pay.
Balancing Credit Union Executive Incentives When There is No Stock to Share
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Credit unions often rely on SERPs as executive retention tools; here’s why and how to implement more performance-oriented long-term incentives.
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.
ISS Releases 2020 Policy Updates—Details on Incorporation of EVA Forthcoming
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The anticipated incorporation of EVA into ISS’ pay-for-performance test will be a significant change for 2020.
The Case of New and Conflicting Executive Compensation “Best Practice” Guidelines
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In an era of increasing viewpoints on the purpose of a company, not all influencers agree that performance-based executive pay is a “best practice.”
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