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Goal-Setting Strategies During High Volatility

In uncertain times, compensation committees must root their decisions in the broader growth strategy and create room for flexibility.

November 5, 2025 Directors & Boards
Emerging IssuesExecutive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Shaping Productive Compensation Committee-Management Relationships

Good relationships between committee members and the executive team matter, and they take work to maintain. When their connection is strong, it is easier to align the board and management on long-term talent strategies, pay philosophies, and solutions to difficult decisions.

September 25, 2025 NACD Online
Human Capital Management
Articles

How the Best Compensation Committees Evolve

Helpful tips for the board’s compensation experts include adapting compensation practices to support strategic priorities and staying ahead of the latest trends. 

August 27, 2025 Directors & Boards
Human Capital Management
Articles

Maintaining Motivation in 2025 Short-Term Incentive Programs

In certain cases, we’ve found that a well-designed discretionary scorecard may be a useful tool in the board’s arsenal. 

June 24, 2025
Emerging IssuesExecutive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Incentives and Expectations: Balancing Performance and Guidance

Compensation committees can benefit from understanding the target-setting practices of S&P 500 companies.

February 13, 2025 Directors & Boards
Executive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Pivoting with Purpose

Whether sparked by technological innovations, geopolitical events or leadership transitions, most companies will undergo a major transformation at some point. During such transformational periods, incentive programs are a powerful tool that can help organizations align toward new goals, motivate employees, and drive performance.

November 13, 2024 Directors & Boards
Executive & Director Pay Design
Articles

CEO Succession Practices: 2024 Edition

in the Russell 3000 and S&P 500

This report offers comprehensive data on current trends in CEO succession among US public companies, along with best practices for leadership transitions.

November 4, 2024
Human Capital Management
Reports

Human Capital and Compensation Committees Need More from their Advisors

The best advisors find solutions that lead to stronger business outcomes, superior leadership, and smarter governance.

September 16, 2024 NACD Directorship Magazine
Human Capital Management
Articles

The Modern Risk Review

Executive compensation can be a sensitive issue at the best of times, but particularly when governance failures allow executives to realize substantial rewards in cases of gross misconduct or shortsighted decision-making.

September 11, 2024 Directors & Boards
Emerging Issues
Articles

Resilient Rewards

Pay for performance is a core principle governing compensation program design. However, excessive market volatility and unfavorable macroeconomic or business-specific conditions can result in investment constraints, lower revenue or profitability, and a depressed equity valuation.

March 19, 2024 NACD Directorship Magazine
Emerging Issues
Articles

When Should Companies Consider an Adjustment to Executive Incentive Payouts?

Compensation committees must balance wanting to reward executives for adding value to ongoing operations despite external setbacks, with maintaining alignment to the shareholder experience and the integrity of the incentive program.

November 29, 2023 NACD Directorship Magazine
Executive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Navigating Cybersecurity and Compensation

While cybersecurity is an untraditional risk, there are learnings and principles from the financial crisis that boards would be wise to reflect on and incorporate into a more robust and systematic approach to cybersecurity risk.

October 27, 2023 Directors & Boards
Emerging Issues
Articles

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