Sure, Pay-for-Performance…But What Performance? Addressing the Top Concern of Compensation Committees By: Ronald Bottano and Russell Miller Executive pay plans are keeping corporate directors awake at night. The top concern of compensation committees is “aligning pay more closely with performance,” according to Korn/Ferry International’s 33rd Annual Board of Directors Study. Yet the ease with which […]

A Closer Look At Today’s Executive Pay Issues By Scott A. Coleman, Korn/Ferry International Contentious debates and numerous regulatory changes have sought to address the perception that some shareholders remain in the dark about executive compensation packages. Yet, these discussions often obscure an equally important executive pay issue: the emergence of new performance-based long-term incentives […]

    Trends in Corporate Governance Highlights of Korn/Ferry’s 30 th Annual Board of Directors Study By Alan Neely, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry International When Korn/Ferry International launched our annual Board of Directors Study in 1973, no one could have predicted that corporate governance would be the critical issue that it is today. A […]