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Articles
ESG & Incentive Plans
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Erin Bass-Goldberg, Tom Kohn
What to think about when weighing incorporation of ESG metrics as a component of incentive pay.
Prepping for a Post-Pandemic Proxy Season
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by G. Steven Harris, Eric Henken
Covid-19’s impact on businesses varies by industry – and so should efforts to adjust compensation programs.
Compensation and the COVID-19 Crisis
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Daniel Ryterband, Ted Simmons
Revisiting pay practices to adjust to a new, post-pandemic reality.
The Rise of Shareholder Outreach
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Matt Lum, George Paulin
Assessing the need for shareholder engagement – and how to get it right.
To Incent or Not to Incent
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Alexa Kierzkowski, Daniel Ryterband
What the rising emphasis on ESG means for compensation planning.
Picking Peers
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Matt Lum, David Yang
Peer group benchmarking is more complicated than it sounds. Here’s how to get it right.
The Direction of Director Pay
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Steven Knotz, Todd Krauser
Director compensation has largely flown under the radar during the last decade, generally escaping the sort of scrutiny and criticism that seems to continually plague executive pay. With ISS beginning to focus on board member compensation, it’s a good time to re-examine pay practices.
Compensation Reality Check
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Eric Winikoff, Lanaye Dworak
Despite Say on Pay, very few companies suffer compensation plan comeuppances from their shareholders. Yet, pay plans continue to evolve. Here’s why.
Plays for Pay
Article | Corporate Board Member with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Erin Bass-Goldberg, Charley King
In the era of Say on Pay, a company’s long-term incentive alternatives might seem limited, but there is room for tailoring plans – and even bringing options back into the mix.
Incentive Compensation Adjustments for Special Items
Article | By Thomas Haines
Perhaps one of the most important and difficult duties delegated to compensation committees is the annual discretionary evaluation of whether adjustments should be made to the calculation of incentive plan performance or the performance goals themselves to account for non-operational, unbudgeted, unusual and/or infrequent special items in financial results prepared under GAAP.
Handbook for Reading & Preparing Proxy Statements
Article | By Thomas Haines
The WorldatWork® organization has released the latest edition of their publication authored by Thomas Haines on reading and preparing executive and director compensation disclosure in proxy statements.
Scrutiny and Standardization of Director Pay
Article | The Corporate Board with FW Cook Thought Leadership by Alec Lentz, Kenneth Sparling
With more attention on board pay, programs are becoming more standardized and equity pay is usually in stock awards targeted at specific dollar values. Lawsuits are causing director-specific pay limits to become an emerging best practice.
