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Introduction: Paying for Performance--Best Practices in a Changing Environment | |
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Looking at Rewards Holistically | |
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Why Is Reward Strategy Important? | |
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What Constitutes a Reward Strategy? | |
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How Corporate America Currently Looks at Rewards | |
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The Hospitality Company Finds Its Answers | |
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How Corporate America Might Look at Rewards | |
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How to Develop an Effective Program | |
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Case A: Implementing Reward Strategy to Stay Ahead in the Fast-Changing Technology Industry | |
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Case B: Utilizing Reward Strategy to Integrate -- M&A Opportunities | |
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Case C: Creating an Effective Global Reward Strategy | |
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Variable Pay Programs: Pay for Results | |
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A Process for Implementing Variable Pay | |
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Case Study: Gainsharing Plan | |
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Team Incentives | |
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Conclusion | |
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Performance Management: Mapping Out the Process | |
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Framework for Defining Key Elements of Performance Success | |
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Performance Management as an Ongoing Process | |
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Mechanics of a Business-Driven Objective Setting Process | |
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Multisource Performance Feedback as an Assessment Tool | |
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Maximizing Performance Through Feedback and Coaching | |
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Performance Evaluation and Development | |
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The Appraisal Interview | |
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Development Planning | |
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The Performance Management Framework in Action | |
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Lessons Learned for Effective Performance Management Program Design | |
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Competency-Based Reward Design Approaches | |
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Design Purpose for Competency-Based Rewards | |
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Current Practices in Competency Linkages | |
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Base Pay Applications of Competency Linkage | |
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Variable Pay/Incentive Applications | |
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Recognition Award Applications | |
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Conclusions on Competency-Reward Linkages | |
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Managing Talent to Maximize Performance | |
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The Business Opportunity for Talent Management | |
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Aligning Talent Management and Business Strategy | |
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Key Factors in Successful Talent Planning and Development | |
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Conclusion | |
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Getting the Most from Your Sales Compensation Plan | |
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Why Change a Sales Compensation Plan? Is It Worth the Risks? | |
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What Tells You the Sales Compensation Plan Really Is Broken? | |
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How Do You Know When Your Sales Compensation Plan Is Really Broken? | |
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Design and Implementation | |
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Administration | |
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Auditing and Modifying | |
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Some Final Thoughts on Designing a Sales Compensation Plan | |
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Pay for Performance in Not-for-Profit Organizations | |
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Introduction to Tax-Exempt Organizations | |
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Federal Tax Rules | |
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Intermediate Sanctions | |
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Determining Reasonableness | |
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Private Foundations | |
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Deferred Compensation in Tax Exempts | |
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Typical Executive Compensation Programs | |
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Designing Effective Incentives | |
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Long-Term Incentive Plans | |
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Developing a Pay-for-Performance Culture | |
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Special Compensation Arrangements | |
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Conclusion | |
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Designing the Annual Management Incentive Plan | |
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Role of Annual Incentives in Compensation Strategy | |
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Influencing Management Behavior: Building a Line-of-Sight Relationship | |
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Corporate and Business Unit Performance Measurement | |
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Determining Participation and Size of Award Opportunities | |
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Building Performance Scales | |
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Assessing Individual Performance | |
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Assessing Cost-Benefits of New Plans and Plan Modifications | |
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Other Considerations | |
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Final Checklist | |
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Designing Incentive Compensation Programs to Support Value-Based Management | |
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What Is Value-Based Management? | |
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VBM Performance Metrics Differ from Other Financial Measures | |
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VBM Implementation | |
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Designing VBM-Based Compensation Plans | |
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Establishing Performance Targets | |
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Conclusion | |
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Long-Term Incentives | |
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Long-Term Incentives Defined | |
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The Most Common Approaches | |
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Objectives of Long-Term Incentive Plans | |
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Long-Term Plans and Compensation Strategy | |
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Stock Options | |
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Stock Appreciation Rights | |
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Restricted Stock | |
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Performance Plans | |
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Private Company Long-Term Incentives | |
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Increased Participation | |
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Larger Awards | |
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Investor Concerns | |
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Responses to Market Volatility | |
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Successful Long-Term Incentive Plans | |
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Broad-Based and Global Equity Plans | |
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Prevalence | |
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Tax, Accounting, Regulatory, and Legal Issues for Broad-Based Plans | |
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Mechanics of Making Grants | |
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Calibration of Individual Awards | |
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Pros and Cons of Broad-Based Stock Compensation--Its Place within a Total Rewards Strategy | |
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Global Stock Plans: U.S. Companies | |
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Effects in High- and Low-Paying Countries | |
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Executive Benefits | |
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Core Benefits and Perquisites | |
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation | |
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Executive Life Insurance | |
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Executive Disability Benefits | |
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Medical Benefits | |
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Perquisites | |
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Conclusion | |
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A Pay-for-Performance Model | |
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Guiding Principles | |
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A Compensation Model | |
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Base Salary Element | |
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Annual Incentive Elements | |
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Long-Term Incentive Elements | |
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Other Compensation Design Considerations | |
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Communications | |
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Conclusion | |
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Driving Organizational Change with Executive Compensation and Communication | |
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Types of Organizational Change | |
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The Relationship Between Compensation Strategy and Organizational Change | |
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Developing a Communication Strategy to Support and Drive Behavior | |
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Communicating and Implementing an Executive Compensation Strategy | |
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Linkage of Compensation to the Organization's Culture | |
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The Message or Purpose of Compensation Elements | |
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Linking Compensation Programs to Characteristics of Organization Change--A Readiness Assessment | |
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Conclusion | |
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Transaction-Related Compensation Arrangements | |
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Overview of Transaction-Related Compensation Arrangements | |
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Change-in-Control and Severance Programs | |
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Retention and Transaction Bonuses | |
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Treatment of Cash and Equity Incentives | |
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Corporate Governance Issues | |
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Conclusion | |
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Director Compensation | |
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Trends in Director Compensation | |
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NACD Guidelines and Changes in Section 16(b) | |
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Elements of Director Compensation | |
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Developing a Director Compensation Program | |
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Summary | |
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The Role of the Compensation Committee | |
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Business/Competitive Environment | |
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Shareholder and Regulatory Backdrop | |
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Performance Benchmarking | |
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Use of Third-Party Resources | |
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Questions and Issues for the Compensation Committee | |
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Summary | |
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Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation | |
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Background | |
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Understanding the Basics of APB 25 | |
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Understanding the Basics of FAS 123 | |
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Impact of Stock-Based Awards on Earnings Per Share | |
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Selected Tax Aspects of Executive Compensation Plans | |
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Taxation of Equity Devices | |
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Golden Parachutes | |
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Section 162(m) Compliance | |
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Index | |