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Linking Executive Pay to Sustainability Goals
Business and society Digital ArticleFive questions to help companies align ESG priorities with executive compensation. -
Reevaluating Executive Compensation to Meet Stakeholder Needs
Executive compensation Digital ArticleHow boards can align executives’ incentives with the priorities of their employees, customers, and communities. -
The “Wages Are Skyrocketing” Narrative Is False
Labor Digital ArticleAnecdotal evidence is at odds with the data. -
Why Executive Compensation Clawbacks Don’t Work
Executive compensation Digital ArticleAnd how to fix them. -
Should You Reward Your CEO with Stock Options?
Executive compensation Digital ArticleThe record is spottier than you might think. -
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
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Don’t Let the Short-Termism Bogeyman Scare You
Business models SpotlightActive investor oversight is a plus, not a minus. -
Does Business Need a New Model?
Organizational Development SpotlightCritics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an... -
A New Framework for Executive Compensation
Executive compensation Digital ArticleLeaders’ pay should be tied to corporate mission, not strategy. -
Is Technology Subsuming Marketing?
Marketing Digital ArticleAn analysis finds CMO pay declining while CTO pay skyrockets. -
5 Steps for Tying Executive Compensation to Sustainability
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleDesign incentives for both financial and nonfinancial goals. -
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan
Boards Digital ArticleThe country’s recent reforms don’t go nearly far enough. -
How to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleMost leaders won’t prioritize it on their own. -
Your Corporate Purpose Will Ring Hollow If the Company’s Actions Don’t Back It Up
Public relations Digital ArticleEmployees notice hypocrisy. -
Survey: Female Founders Are (Finally) Paying Themselves More
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleTheir salaries are typically lower than male founders’. -
Elon Musk’s Unusual Compensation Plan Isn’t Really About Compensation at All
Executive compensation Digital ArticleIt’s about communicating a long-term, ambitious vision to shareholders. -
Study: When CEOs’ Equity Is About to Vest, They Cut Investment to Boost the Stock Price
Economics ResearchIt’s more (and more-rigorous) evidence of short-termism. -
CEO Pay Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
Here's a better way to measure it. -
Why Elon Musk’s Compensation Plan Wouldn’t Work for Most Executives
Executive compensation Digital ArticleIn most cases, there’s a simpler, more effective alternative. -
Why Is CEO Pay Rising? Maybe There Aren’t Enough Good CEOs
Executive compensation Digital ArticleAccording to a survey of Fortune 250 directors.
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Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
CEO Incentives—It’s Not How Much You Pay, But How
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleThe arrival of spring means yet another round in the national debate over executive compensation. Soon the business press will trumpet answers to the questions it asks every year: Who were the highest paid CEOs? How many executives made more than a million dollars? Who received the biggest raises? Political figures, union leaders, and consumer […] -
How Obama Can Really Change Executive Compensation
Executive compensation Digital ArticlePresident Obama’s order limiting executive compensation at bailed-out firms is getting a lot of attention, but as others have pointed out, the order will have little direct effect. More interesting is the President’s larger goal, to change the culture of compensation so that executives are no longer showered with riches even as their companies falter. […] -
Performance-Based Pay for Executives Still Works
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe case for bonuses and stock options. -
The Whys and Wherefores of Executive Pay
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA look at the components of executive compensation--salary, bonuses, stock options, restricted stock, and others--and the forces that have caused some... -
CEOs Earn Less at More-Prestigious Firms
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How Boards Can Rein in CEO Pay
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's a little wonky - but it's really not that hard. -
Linking Executive Pay to Sustainability Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleFive questions to help companies align ESG priorities with executive compensation. -
Technology, Tradition, and the Mouse
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBob Iger became Disney's CEO in 2005, following a rough five years for the company that included a hostile takeover attempt, a shareholder revolt, and... -
Firms Still Willing to Pay Dearly for Talent
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAssuming that you’re able to keep your executive job in this downturn, what will become of your compensation? Despite the heightened rhetoric since the onset of the financial crisis, Americans have shown a remarkable tolerance for big C-level paychecks. Past crises have curbed pay only temporarily. During the Great Depression, an alarmed Congress forced large […] -
Survey: Female Founders Are (Finally) Paying Themselves More
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTheir salaries are typically lower than male founders'. -
The Compensation Silly Season
Executive compensation Digital ArticleTis the season when public companies publish their 10Ks, complete with the Compensation Disclosure and Analysis section revealing the pay of their five most highly paid officers, including the highest paid of all, the CEO. When these figures are made public, the business media have a field day. From Bloomberg to The New York Times, […] -
Why Executive Pay Is Failing
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Rethinking the Assumptions Behind Executive Pay
Leadership Digital ArticleThe gap between CEO compensation and that of the average worker continues to grow at an astounding rate. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, CEO compensation in the United States was approximately 40 times greater than that of the average worker in 1960 and is now over 400 times greater (a much larger gap […] -
Chief Executive Pay Needs to Get Real
Executive compensation Digital ArticleThis post is in three parts. Parts I and II were originally posted on May 5, and they are titled, respectively, The Ideal and The Deal. Part III, which appears here for the first time, is titled The Real. The extreme income gap between chief executive officers and nearly everyone else has a corrosive effect. […] -
The Coming Battle over Executive Pay
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWall Street may have ignited the outrage over executive compensation, but it's now affecting all public companies. Believing that corporate pay practices... -
Stop Paying Executives for Performance
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe case against bonuses and stock options. -
CEOs with Lots of Stock Options Are More Likely to Break Laws
Executive compensation Digital ArticleBut CEOs with actual stock are better behaved. -
Ending the Wage Gap
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTop female executives usually start out with pay comparable to their male counterparts', but a gap emerges and increases over the course of their tenure.... -
Luxury Branding Below the Radar
Sales & Marketing Magazine Article"Inconspicuous consumption"--elite consumers' affinity for discreet rather than traditionally branded luxuries--has become a global phenomenon. Work by...
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Recruiting Andrew Yard (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes... -
Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Tesla's board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company's CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving... -
Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Within 3 minutes of releasing its Q4 and year-end earnings, Regina Broadband's stock was down by over 25%. The company's CEO and CFO realized they needed... -
Tale of the Lynx (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Continuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series. -
The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide... -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new... -
Henkel: Building a Winning Culture
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted... -
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII's future... -
Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts... -
Carlos Ghosn: The Rise and Fall of an Automobile Legend (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-Lebanese-French, is by many counts, one of the - if not the - most celebrated automotive executives of the late 20th and early... -
Promoting a Culture of Equity in the #MeToo Era: Moving Beyond Responding to Gender-Related Workplace Issues to Tackling Root Causes
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The #MeToo movement brought global awareness to the magnitude of gender-related inequalities in the workplace, including unequal pay and the lack of women... -
AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest public sector workers union in the U.S., was responsible for protecting... -
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In the spring of 2021, the board of directors of Kimball International, Inc. (KII) was considering changes to the company's executive compensation plan.... -
Attention Shoppers: Executive Compensation at Kroger, Safeway, Costco, and Whole Foods
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Retail grocery sales represent a significant portion of the U.S. economy. The industry was highly competitive, with companies operating on low gross and... -
The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work, Chinese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling... -
Schneider Electric: Linking Pay to ESG
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details March 20, 2020 was a day of great concern for the board members of Schneider Electric (Schneider). The rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic around the world... -
AFL-CIO: Office of Investment and Home Depot
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes the AFL-CIO: Office of Investments activities in their campaign to improve governance at Home Depot by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert... -
Stock Options and Compensation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note is a brief introduction to the logic and practice of using stock options to compensate executives. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model is... -
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air...
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Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
CEO Incentives—It’s Not How Much You Pay, But How
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleThe arrival of spring means yet another round in the national debate over executive compensation. Soon the business press will trumpet answers to the questions it asks every year: Who were the highest paid CEOs? How many executives made more than a million dollars? Who received the biggest raises? Political figures, union leaders, and consumer […] -
How Obama Can Really Change Executive Compensation
Executive compensation Digital ArticlePresident Obama’s order limiting executive compensation at bailed-out firms is getting a lot of attention, but as others have pointed out, the order will have little direct effect. More interesting is the President’s larger goal, to change the culture of compensation so that executives are no longer showered with riches even as their companies falter. […] -
Recruiting Andrew Yard (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes... -
Performance-Based Pay for Executives Still Works
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe case for bonuses and stock options. -
Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Tesla's board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company's CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving... -
The Whys and Wherefores of Executive Pay
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA look at the components of executive compensation--salary, bonuses, stock options, restricted stock, and others--and the forces that have caused some... -
CEOs Earn Less at More-Prestigious Firms
Executive compensation ResearchBy an average of 8%. -
How Boards Can Rein in CEO Pay
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's a little wonky - but it's really not that hard. -
Regina Broadband's Earnings Conference Call (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Within 3 minutes of releasing its Q4 and year-end earnings, Regina Broadband's stock was down by over 25%. The company's CEO and CFO realized they needed...