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Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cartDirector Compensation  How to Strengthen Director Incentives -- Want a board to make decisions that increase shareholder wealth? Then let's increase the directors' wealth leverage. By Stephen F. O?Byrne of Shareholder Value Advisors Inc.
Fourth Quarter 2007 [2 page(s)] Director Pay: What Makes Sense Today -- Compensation received should reflect the work done. Here is a model for the new governance era. How directors feel: ‘I want to be paid fairly.’ By Claudia Zeitz Poster and Marc R. Ullman of Towers Perrin.
Third Quarter 2006 [6 page(s)] Not the ‘Real Thing’ -- What’s flawed about Coca-Cola’s board compensation plan. By Directors & Boards columnist Hoffer Kaback.
Third Quarter 2006 [1 page(s)] Director Compensation: The 'Why' Behind the 'How Much' -- Establishing a set of principles to rationally ground your board pay decisions. By Blair Jones and Jesse Purewal of Sibson & Co.
First Quarter 2005 [4 page(s)] Crafting the Pay of a Non-CEO Chairman -- With the number of non-CEO chairmen expected to increase, here is some guidance on how individuals in this role are compensated. By Pat Haggerty and Jane Romwebber of Hewitt Associates.
Fall 2004 [5 page(s)] The Numbers Are In ... and Soundly Rising -- Companies are responding to directors? expanded responsibilities and workload with increased compensation. "We expect to see compensation rise as much as 50% above present levels within the next two to three years." By Julie H. Daum and Thomas J. Neff of Spencer Stuart.
Fall 2003 [2 page(s)] A Portrait of Boards on the Cusp of Historic Change -- A more targeted approach to selecting directors ... Increased pay for audit committee service ... A wave of director retirements ... These are just some of the brewing board composition and compensation trends documented in the latest Spencer Stuart Board Index. By Julie Daum of Spencer Stuart.
Winter 2003 [4 page(s)] A Roadmap for Directors' Pay -- GE leads again, and points companies in the right direction for a better balance in board compensation. By Dennis Carey of Spencer Stuart and Michael Useem of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Winter 2003 [1 page(s)] Director Pay: Overhaul in Progress -- Changes in board governance -- in terms of time, effort, roles, and responsibility -- are beginning to be matched by changes in board compensation. By Judy Canavan and Donald Gallo of Sibson Consulting.
Summer 2003 [5 page(s)] Special Report: Should Directors Ever Sell? -- What if directors were required to hold for the duration ... to not sell their shares during their board term? Would that be a progressive post-Enron reform to enhance board oversight of management and strengthen the sense of shareholder representation? Nine experts in granting, receiving, and consulting on director stock awards author pro and con essays. Plus, seven tables of current data and practices in director compensation.
Summer 2002 [10 page(s)] Director Pay at Internet Companies -- Since cash compensation is typically not provided, directors' pay packages are being oriented to highly leveraged equity opportunities. Results of a study by William M. Mercer of the arrangements at 32 Internet boards and comparisons with director pay practices in general industry. By David Chase and Michael Reznick of William M. Mercer Inc.
Winter 2000 [4 page(s)] A Delicious Irony in Governance Ideology -- Why does stock ownership by directors enhance their independence, but stock ownership by auditors makes them less independent? What is the board but an "auditor" of management? By James Kristie, editor of Directors & Boards. Summer 1999
[1 page(s)] Board Stock Ownership: More, and More Again -- The tremendous growth in the use of equity is changing the landscape of total pay for directors. A report on the data and the trends. By Pearl Meyer of Pearl Meyer & Partners.
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