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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 […] -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
Davos Diary: The Third Rail of Executive Compensation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe question over how best to link CEO compensation to company performance defies an easy answer. But in the current financial crisis, the atmospherics... -
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe knock on most CEOs is that their focus is too myopic--that they're fixated on achieving short-term goals to increase their pay. If you studied results... -
Your Corporate Purpose Will Ring Hollow If the Company's Actions Don't Back It Up
Communication Digital ArticleEmployees notice hypocrisy. -
Decoding CEO Pay*
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEach year most public companies issue reports describing the pay packages of their CEOs. In them compensation committees attempt to explain the rationale... -
Profits Without Prosperity
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThough corporate profits are high, and the stock market is booming, most Americans are not sharing in the economic recovery. While the top 0.1% of income... -
A Short History of Golden Parachutes
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe have '80s corporate raiders to thank. -
Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look at what the research says. -
Executive Compensation: Let's Look at Fund Managers' Pay, Too
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe white hot debate about executive compensation has focused almost exclusively on the "short-termism" of CEOs, other business leaders, and boards at... -
Female CEOs Find Stock-Based Pay Harder to Get, Easier to Lose
Organizational Development Digital ArticleNew research suggests male CEOs are better at earning more - and hiding it. -
The HBR Interview: Technology, Tradition, and the Mouse
Brand management Magazine ArticleListen to the interview this piece is based on.Download this podcast He wasn’t the odds-on favorite to succeed Michael Eisner. But when Bob Iger became CEO of Disney, in 2005, he confounded the skeptics. He quickly moved to calm the infighting that had roiled Disney, and then he launched the media giant into profitable new […] -
Survey: Female Founders Are (Finally) Paying Themselves More
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTheir salaries are typically lower than male founders'. -
Why We Need to Stop Obsessing Over CEO Pay Ratios
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOther metrics matter more. -
Four Ways to Fix Banks
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBig banks have become too complex for boards to govern them effectively, writes a former top executive at Bank of America and Citigroup. Directors need... -
Executive Pay: It’s About “How,” Not “How Much”
Executive compensation Digital ArticleIt seems we are moving from an era when “greed was good” to one in which “jealousy is justified”–the executive-compensation regulations being considered now by the government and advocated by shareholder activists aren’t very thoughtful, and I believe they’re born out of jealousy and misinformation. But “How much should CEOs be paid?” is the wrong […] -
CEOs with Lots of Stock Options Are More Likely to Break Laws
Executive compensation Digital ArticleBut CEOs with actual stock are better behaved. -
Research: Can a More Detailed LinkedIn Profile Boost Your Salary?
Organizational Development ResearchAccording to a study of 1,741 executives, showcasing merit can move the needle when it comes to compensation. -
A Blockbuster Move on Executive Pay
Executive compensation Digital ArticleStephen Davis is the coauthor of The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda. There is a cutting edge to corporate leadership, but you won’t find it at Blockbuster. Here is a board of directors that knew going into its 2007 annual meeting that share-owners were at a boiling point — over […]
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Research: Can a More Detailed LinkedIn Profile Boost Your Salary?
Executive compensation ResearchAccording to a study of 1,741 executives, showcasing merit can move the needle when it comes to compensation. -
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
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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.
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Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC Group, China's largest state-owned investment company, stunned the stock... -
Charter Communications: Ensuring the Right Path Forward
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the considerations of an executive compensation analyst as he finalizes a report to the compensation and benefits committee of Charter... -
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... -
The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc., completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884... -
Recruiting Andrew Yard (C)
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... -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
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... -
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive... -
Recruiting Andrew Yard (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Boards (with bonus article "What Makes Great Boards Great" by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld)
Keep shareholders happy and manage for the long term. Earning a board seat is a rite of passage. But directors must juggle many responsibilities, from... -
Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Faced with falling share prices and the critical eye of the media focused on Jack Welch's retirement plan, newly appointed CEO Jeff Immelt had the challenge... -
Controversy over Executive Remuneration at BP
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In March 2016, BP disclosed that its Chief Executive Officer, Bob Dudley, would receive a $19.6 million compensation package, a 20% increase in total... -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design and roll-out of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration necessary for supporting her firm's new... -
Tale of the Lynx (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Continuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series. -
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... -
Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details TJX Companies reported a CEO pay ratio of 1,596-to-1 in 2019, leaving board chair Carol Meyrowitz with a host of questions about whether, and how, she... -
People Management (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details "Highlights critical gaps between research and practice in the field of strategic human resources management. Also, aims to debunk some myths and preconceptions... -
Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Provides a glossary of executive compensation terms. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner. -
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... -
Tale of the Lynx (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Continuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series.
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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 […] -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC Group, China's largest state-owned investment company, stunned the stock... -
Charter Communications: Ensuring the Right Path Forward
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the considerations of an executive compensation analyst as he finalizes a report to the compensation and benefits committee of Charter... -
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... -
Davos Diary: The Third Rail of Executive Compensation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe question over how best to link CEO compensation to company performance defies an easy answer. But in the current financial crisis, the atmospherics... -
Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap: Gap Inc. Leads the Way, Teaching Note
Communication Digital ArticleTeaching note for case B5892. -
The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc., completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884... -
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe knock on most CEOs is that their focus is too myopic--that they're fixated on achieving short-term goals to increase their pay. If you studied results...