Shifting expectations around compensation, leadership, governance, and business strategy are challenging established practices and giving compensation committees reason to reassess their approach for the year ahead.

S5 Ep1: How committees can align incentive designs with transformation priorities like AI, M&A, portfolio shifts, and new market growth while maintaining financial discipline and avoiding unnecessary complexity.

Use the first three months to understand the program, challenge inherited assumptions, and establish an effective committee rhythm before pursuing change.

Long-term AI investments can complicate incentive plan outcomes, but management should generally remain accountable for the costs unless they materially distort the assessment of management performance.

S4 Ep10: How tech companies can take a more strategic approach to equity, balancing cost, talent needs, and long-term value.

S4 Ep9: Rising valuations are prompting companies to rethink executive pay, incentives, and retention strategies.

Just 2.6% of companies tie AI to executive pay—and most get it wrong.

S4 Ep8: Shifting talent markets, valuations, and IPO timelines are pushing technology companies to rethink how they approach pay, equity, and performance.

Timely data from 116 companies on how AI is amplifying leadership and execution challenges rather than resolving them.

S4 Ep7: A closer look at how the AI buildout is influencing technology compensation strategies, from attracting and retaining talent to evolving approaches to equity and performance.

New survey data show banks and credit unions are consolidating leave into PTO programs, determining employee eligibility, and managing unused time.

Organizations are rapidly expanding intern programs, while modestly increasing college graduate hiring and largely holding pay steady.