by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Industry News
The Big Number: $227K That was the median pay for outside directors at large companies last year. Corporate directors are literally getting more cash. The 500 largest U.S. companies paid their outside directors a median $227,000 for their board service last year, up...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Industry News
Big Blue’s Health-Exchange Move Ends Once-Common Benefit International Business Machines Corp. IBM +1.02% plans to move about 110,000 retirees off its company-sponsored health plan and instead give them a payment to buy coverage on a health-insurance exchange,...
by admin | Sep 7, 2013 | Industry News
Nonqualified deferred-compensation plans are growing again in response to last year’s expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, which effectively increased income taxes on high-wage earners. The plans, often called “top hat” or “excess” plans, are offered to company...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Industry News
Stock options are on the verge of extinction. The once-popular form of pay, which for decades enriched senior executives and sometimes turned secretaries into millionaires, is almost disappearing as companies gravitate toward restricted stock awards. The trend has...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Publications
In professional football, the term franchise player is used to describe the key leaders on a team. Names like Roger Staubach, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees come to mind. The same is true of your institution. Running an organization is a team effort, and everyone on the...