Threading The Needle: A CARES Act Executive Pay Framework
Companies that are participating in the CARES Act are still facing a hot market for their top talent, particularly those recipients in distressed circumstances. Associated compensation restrictions...
View ArticlePutting People First—Really
The idea that people are important to a company’s success is well understood in the business community. A cursory search through Fortune, Forbes or Harvard Business Review turns up thousands of...
View ArticleExecutive Compensation in 2021: The Most Important Thing Private Companies...
If the Covid-19 pandemic has caused unemployment to rise sharply, it has also created unique opportunities for companies to attract top talent that may have not been available before the crisis....
View Article2020 Talent Summit: Leading Teams In Trying Times
A global pandemic, economic uncertainty, social unrest, political uncertainty—with so many issues clamoring for attention right now, it would be easy to let people processes slip to the side—and a big...
View ArticleTalent 2021 Special Report: People Hacks
While Covid-19 left CEOs unsure about many things, the pandemic’s verdict is already in regarding one crucial area: the demand for talent. The shutdown of much of the U.S. economy crimped and even...
View ArticleTop Talent Still Scarce, CEOs Report
Talent was a top concern for CEOs long before Covid-19, and the pandemic only exacerbated the myriad workforce challenges that companies face. Operating under heightened restrictions and safety...
View ArticleHow Serial Acquirers Retain Talent
Drawing on over 800 deals and a global pool of serial acquirers, we studied the actual experience of designing and implementing talent retention programs within deals. Our 2020 M&A Retention Survey...
View ArticleEnriching The Leadership Pipeline
Tomorrow’s leaders are in our classrooms today. The students and recent alumni of today’s business schools and other academic programs often have different world views than older generations. And yet...
View ArticleThe Pool And The Pipeline
One of America’s great economic strengths historically has been the relative ease with which workers have switched jobs and climbed the ladder of opportunity. In more recent years, though, labor...
View ArticleThe Power Of Ten: Three Conversations To Improve Communication And Engagement
Years ago, one of my clients, a VP at GM, was at lunch with his team when he joked, “I wonder what a pink Reatta would look like.” They all had a good laugh, then went about their day. Months later,...
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