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
Article | Mar 2026 | Malcolm Adkins
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Management's Annual Incentive Plans: Stretch Goals or Layups
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S1 Ep 2: How to smooth out potential tension between the board and management around rigor of the annual incentive plan targets.
Constructing a Compensation Peer Group
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Before any market analysis takes place, the approach to developing a peer group should be rooted in a deliberate and philosophy-based manner.
Is it Feeling Like Spring 2020?
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S1 Ep 1: Compensation committees and consultants are dealing with a wide variety of unknowns.
Ensuring a Strategic Partnership with Your Advisor
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It’s a good exercise for boards to periodically think about the core traits required for a strategic consulting partner.
Falling Oil Prices and Tariffs Are Undermining Short-Term Incentive Plans
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How compensation committees are thinking about mitigating the STI impact of missed market estimates and global market disruption
Executive Development in the Oil and Gas Industry
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How a growth-focused O&G company future-proofed its leadership by aligning executive development with strategic M&A goals, and paved the way for internal CEO succession and long-term talent sustainability.
Beyond the Proxy: Why Compensation Peer Group “Disclosure” Matters Internally
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While executive compensation peer groups tend to get the spotlight, market comparisons play an important role in shaping pay at all levels.
SEC to Revisit Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules at June 26, 2025 Roundtable
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Public companies, investors, and subject-matter experts are invited to weigh in on the complexity and usefulness of current disclosure requirements.
Ways to Counterbalance the Effects of Market Instability on Long-Term Incentives
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Many compensation committees have concerns about the impact of dramatic market swings on recently approved incentive plans.
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