Compensation
Why Your Compensation Strategy Is Likely Backfiring
Wide pay gaps, pay-for-performance and pay secrecy all get in the way of thriving organizations
Where ESG Doesn’t Pay Off
Tying executive pay to environmental or social outcomes sounds like a good idea. In practice, it’s throwing good money after bad
Should You Know What Your Co-workers Earn?
We ask an expert to weigh the evidence for and against pay transparency. The verdict: it’s a tool best used selectively
The Gender Gap in Severance Deals. And What it Reveals
Women CEOs negotiate better severance deals than men—for good reason, unfortunately
The Transparency Traps You Need to Avoid
Firms that make transparency a cornerstone of their culture should plan for unintended consequences
Executive Pay: What Does Luck Have to Do With It?
Fail to see the logic of CEO compensation? You’re probably overlooking the economic effects of recruitment, retention, and corporate governance
On Pay Gaps, Biases, and Zero-Sum Thinking
Making good public policy is hard enough without having to deal with peoples’ behavioural tics
Two Minds on CEO Pay
Smaller and independent boards are more likely to get executive compensation right
Building Green Enterprises Through HRM
If sustainable low-carbon behaviours are to be embedded in the workplace, organizational culture has to change. Here’s how HR processes can make that happen
Research Brief: For CEOs, Chapter 11 is Rarely a Horror Story
After leading their firms to bankruptcy, one-third of CEOs remain as corporate captains with their compensation intact
Bankruptcy Bonuses: What’s There Not to Like?
It may be bad optics, but the likelihood of a firm's emergence from bankruptcy is greater when key employees are paid incentive bonuses
Enough About Leadership!
What are the benefits of followership, and how can it make for better leaders?