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Agenda
CEOs Have “Acute” Anxiety These Days
“Succession planning is no longer just an annual discussion,” said Peter Thies, managing director. “Directors are more and more attuned to the need for active, ongoing succession planning—not just to address an immediate situation, but also the medium and longer-term transition scenarios.”
Agenda
ISS Issues Comp Policy Updates for This Proxy Season
“Companies already should have been disclosing any changes made to compensation plans in response to proxy advisors’ concerns in public filings, but the new ISS policy about disclosure in a public filing before ISS will issue a proxy alert to update its analysis is a new specificity,” said Deb Lifshey, managing director.
HR Dive
Salary Increases May Slow This Year, but They’re Still Expected to Remain Historically High, Survey Says
“While data provides an important context for any company’s compensation programs, it should not be the driver,” said Bill Reilly, managing director. “Compensation decisions should be based on your talent management strategy and business goals.”
Agenda
Board Members See Weaknesses Among First-Time Directors
“No matter how much executive experience someone has, the thing they don’t have is the knowledge of the culture and the cadence of a particular board. You need a mentor or a buddy to pick that up,” said Jan Koors, senior managing director, Pearl Meyer.
Independent Banker
Compelling Compensation and Benefits for the C-Suite
"Community banks need to consider the age and demographics of future leaders they are trying to attract and retain and design compensation based on those needs," says Karen Butcher, managing director, Pearl Meyer.
Modern Healthcare
Which Top Jobs at Health Systems Saw the Biggest Salary Increases?
“We saw inflation go through the roof, and that put pressure on executive compensation because as prices were going up, it was natural for boards to say, ‘How is this affecting the market, and what do we need to do so that we are remaining relevant?’” said Alexander Yaffe, managing director, Pearl Meyer.
Marketplace
Unpaid Promotions: Big Titles Without the Big Bucks
"To recognize and/or reward employees when funds are limited, companies may assign higher-ranking titles or designations that are more 'creative' and 'flashier,'" said Rebecca Toman, vice president of the survey business unit at Pearl Meyer.
Essence
With Higher Salaries No Longer an Option, Companies Are Relying on Flashy Job Titles to Placate Talent
“Our data indicate that companies are increasingly reliant on job titles as an important component of their [talent] strategy,” said Rebecca Toman, vice president of the survey business unit at Pearl Meyer.
Financial Planning
Five of the 10 Largest Publicly Traded Wealth Management Firms Gave Their CEOs Double-Digit Raises Last Year
“If the CEO adds a lot of shareholder value through decisions that he or she is making resulting in a high return to shareholders, then boards are going to want to make sure that they are rewarding that individual appropriately to ensure that there's alignment,” said Ed Steinhoff, managing director, Pearl Meyer.
The Information
Pay Falls for Many Tech Workers as the Downturn Hits Home
“In 2020 and 2021, [tech] employees were capturing that moment to win large pay increases, but now into ’23, we see the pendulum swinging in significant force back the other way,” said Aalap Shah, managing director, Pearl Meyer.”
Human Resources Director
Employers Using Job Titles to Recruit, Retain, Reward Staff
"We see the most eye-popping numbers in the significant effort to reward and retain employees through the use of titles where 37% of our respondents are ‘actively applying’ titles to retain key employees, up from 27% in 2018," said Rebecca Toman, vice president of the survey business unit at Pearl Meyer.
Fortune
Over Half of US States Will Raise Minimum Wages in 2023
“Frontline managers are going to have to become much more facile with their ability to explain why the compensation programs work the way they do,” said Jan Koors, senior managing director.