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Should Increasing CPI Result in Higher Compensation?

A big issue facing businesses is whether inflation should lead to higher levels of compensation. The answer is: “it depends.”  

January 21, 2022 QuickTakes
Executive & Director Pay Design

Five Questions Compensation Committees Should Ask

As Committees set compensation amounts and structure, five key questions can inform their decisions.

January 20, 2022
Executive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Merit Budget & Employee Retention Survey

FY22 merit budgets

We conducted a pulse survey covering planned FY22 merit budgets and ongoing employee retention challenges and actions.

January 19, 2022
Human Capital Management
Reports

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Metrics in Incentives

Across the S&P 500

Our research in 2021 indicates that 28% of companies included DE&I as a metric in executive incentive design. This report evaluates the level of specificity disclosed around DE&I metrics for a representative sample of those companies.

January 6, 2022
Human Capital Management
Reports

Make Your Compensation Program Resilient

By minimizing discretion, directors give consistent direction to management. They avoid what might be perceived as forgiving poor results and forestall potential criticism from proxy advisory firms. 

December 21, 2021
Emerging Issues
Articles

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Executive Pay

One visible way some companies are showing their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is by linking DEI progress to executive pay. 

December 16, 2021 Directors & Boards
Human Capital Management
Articles

The Expanding Board Mandate for Human Capital Management Issues

Blair Jones and Vanguard's former Chairman and CEO F. William McNabb III, and Directors & Boards Publishing Director, David Shaw as they focus on best practices for human capital management.

December 11, 2021 Directors & Boards
Human Capital Management
Articles

Three Questions Compensation Committees Should Ask About ESG

What (if any) role should ESG play in their companies’ compensation plans, and if used, how should ESG-related incentives be structured?

December 7, 2021 NACD Directorship Magazine
Human Capital Management
Articles

Before You Look to Add DEI to Incentives…

How can a board member evaluate if DEI incentive metrics would be meaningful? As with any key initiative, the dialogue surrounding performance management can give clues as to what does or doesn’t make

December 1, 2021 Directors & Boards
Human Capital Management
Articles

The CHRO’s Critical Role in Times of Crisis

As a Senior Advisor on strategic issues related to executive talent, succession, and diversity and inclusion, in addition to leading the company’s COVID-19 response, Brodsky spoke with Blair Jones about a variety of themes critical to today’s corporate leadership.

November 24, 2021 Equilar C-Suite
Human Capital Management
Articles

What’s Ahead for 2021 Executive Pay Levels?

In 2020, amid the vast economic uncertainty from Covid-19, CEO total pay levels were mostly unchanged year-over-year, with lower cash compensation partially offset by equity grants. As we look ahead and consider how the pandemic will affect pay levels for 2021, we anticipate three trends.

October 13, 2021 Agenda
Executive & Director Pay Design
Articles

Simple Rules for Including ESG In Incentives

Beyond Materiality

There is general agreement that this means that the company should have the competencies and resources to make a material, positive impact on the ESG issue of concern.

October 7, 2021 QuickTakes
Human Capital Management

Take ESG Compensation Metrics to the Next Level

Spurred in part by the pandemic and the social protests of the past year, shareholders are calling for greater disclosure and commitment to ESG matters, and some are explicitly asking companies to include at least one material, measurable ESG metric in their executive pay plans.

October 4, 2021 NACD Directorship Magazine
Human Capital Management
Articles

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