Compensation Philosophy & Programs

In setting or adjusting executive compensation for 2020, boards employed a variety of reactions and solutions. All of these were well intended, and some look to hold up well over time. Other compensation arrangements, by contrast, will look incongruous given what we know now. Read more

Semler Brossy's Blair Jones and Pay Governance’s Mike Kesner explain the latest developments for ESG metrics for incentive pay. Read more

New technologies have been disrupting business for decades, especially since the internet became widespread in the late 1990s. But a new wave of innovation, centered on artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and the internet of things, is now intensifying the pace and magnitude of disruption. Read more

Responsible Reward is not tomorrow’s problem, it is today’s. So now is really the time to act. If you don't focus on it, you're just going to be left behind. Read more

One would be hard-pressed not to be slack-jawed over the revelation of fraud at Volkswagen in late 2015. The audacious scale of the perpetration—11 million cars, over 8 years, in 36 countries—was hard to fathom. Bad acting on both this and a lesser scale drives observers of corporate governance to reflexively ask, “What’s going on at the top?” Read more

With rising calls for social reform in 2020, investors and the media are focusing attention on companies’ efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). They’re calling on companies to “do better” with new and expanded DEI initiatives. To boost these… Read more

By promoting diversity and inclusion, directors spur behavioral modification, not just D&I scorekeeping. They thereby lay the foundation for accelerated and permanent change. Coveted promotions and pay raises go to leaders who best exemplify a culture of inclusive leadership. Read more

Boards are use to working with uncertainty in setting incentive goals, but 2021 is forcing them to raise their game. Read more