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The “Wages Are Skyrocketing” Narrative Is False
Labor Digital ArticleAnecdotal evidence is at odds with the data. -
Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?
Leadership Digital ArticleA look at what the research says. -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
If You Pay Executives Less, Will Your Company Perform Better?
Executive compensation Digital ArticleExecutive pay is making people’s blood boil. No one is neutral about it. When President Obama last night said, “I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive,” I could almost hear millions cheering across the country, but also thousands of executives–and aspiring executives–snorting in exasperation at what could be seen as a backlash against […] -
Four Ways to Fix Banks
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Column: You Are What You Measure
Performance indicators Magazine ArticleA loose consensus has formed around the idea that basing CEO pay on, say, five years of stock returns would eliminate some of the reckless decision making that led to the Great Recession. But I suspect that even if you could build a compensation plan that focuses on long-term shareholder value, you’d solve only part […] -
How Boards Can Rein in CEO Pay
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Why Executive Pay Is Failing
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleMost compensation packages do a poor job of linking pay to performance. Our research of pay packages at 702 publicly traded U.S. companies between 1995 and 2004 reveals that on average a 1% increase in company value generated a 0.43% increase in the estimated wealth of senior executives. That might not seem unreasonable, but there […] -
A Short History of Golden Parachutes
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe have '80s corporate raiders to thank. -
It's Time to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt worked for quality control in the 1980s. -
Ending the Wage Gap
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleIf you’re a female executive who has just been recruited for a high-powered job, you may be asking yourself, “What gender gap?” And with good reason: Despite studies showing a discrepancy between men’s and women’s wages even in the C-suite, chances are that your starting compensation compares well with what the company would offer a […] -
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. -
Is Technology Subsuming Marketing?
Marketing Digital ArticleAn analysis finds CMO pay declining while CTO pay skyrockets. -
CEOs Earn Less at More-Prestigious Firms
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Should You Reward Your CEO with Stock Options?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe record is spottier than you might think. -
Does Business Need a New Model?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCritics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an... -
Is Your CEO’s High Salary Scaring Away Customers?
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleExcessive compensation puts people off. -
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... -
Why Executive Compensation Clawbacks Don’t Work
Executive compensation Digital ArticleAnd how to fix them. -
CEOs Get Paid Too Much
A survey showed that CEOs worldwide are making exponentially more money than people think they should.
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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 Digital ArticleCritics 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.
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Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new... -
PrimeStone Capital and dormakaba
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details London-based activist hedge fund PrimeStone Capital identifies a potential investment in Swiss security company Kaba. PrimeStone believes that the company... -
"Golden Leash" Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management.... -
Insider Trading Without Cooling Off
Management Case Study11.95View Details In May 2021, the majority shareholder and chief executive officer of Ontrak Inc., a US health care services company, established two 10b5-1 trading plans... -
Carlos Ghosn: Hero or Villain?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, the acknowledged saviour of Nissan and the creator of the 19-year-old cross-shareholding Renault-Nissan alliance was accused by the Tokyo Prosecutors... -
ARISE: A Destination-for-a-Day Spa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A new Dallas-based health and beauty spa aims to use a highly distinctive human resource system as the foundation of its competitive strategy. By encouraging... -
Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View 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... -
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. -
The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide... -
AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View 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... -
The BP-Amoco Merger: Executive Compensation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case is designed for an MBA course in management planning and control systems, an MBA course on mergers and acquisitions, an MBA course on strategy... -
Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Ball used Economic Value Added analysis to determine if it should open a new metal can manufacturing facility, which mandated closing two recently acquired... -
Tale of the Lynx (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The founders of Lynx Solutions have survived tensions within the founding team, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations... -
Say on Pay at The Walt Disney Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting, where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger.... -
Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Set in early-2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in... -
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details As the recession lingered on into 2009, the U.S. government sought to limit executive pay and excessive risk. The debate raged over what constituted excessive... -
Timing of Option Grants in UnitedHealth Group (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Faced with press allegations that executives' stock options might have been backdated, the Board of UnitedHealth Group needs to determine whether its... -
RetailSoft: Role for Sydney Masser
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Presents a three-way version of the RetailMax simulation requiring students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer,... -
A Note on Compensation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This note describes the major considerations and frameworks of compensation. Its audience is general managers interested in learning about their own or... -
Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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...
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The "Wages Are Skyrocketing" Narrative Is False
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnecdotal evidence is at odds with the data. -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new... -
360 Feedback
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In most organizations, the employee appraisal process causes more tension than any other aspect of personnel management. Despite the good intentions behind... -
CEOs with Headsets
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEconomist Andrew Zimbalist explores the disconnect between colleges in fiscal crisis and the ballooning salaries of those college's football coaches.... -
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... -
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. -
Decoding CEO Pay*
Executive compensation Magazine Article*The truth is buried in the fine print—and that’s a problem. -
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... -
Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?
Leadership Digital ArticleA look at what the research says. -
Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap: Gap Inc. Leads the Way
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Gap Inc. as a trailblazer in gender pay equality with a focus on investing in gender equity in leadership. Since Gap Inc. made history...