

Getting Executive Compensation
Carl Sjostrom, Viti Solutions
Carl Sjostrom from Viti Solutions provides high-level explanations of what goes into an executive compensation package together with some food for thought for those who design or evaluate how executives are paid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 8, 2024 • 25min
Family business, exec comp and LTIPs with John Butters - part 4 of 4
John Butters, an expert in family business, executive compensation, and long-term incentive plans, discusses creating long-term incentive plans, club memberships for company alignment, optimal scheme lengths, navigating metric complexities in performance evaluation, and challenges with executive compensation in family businesses.

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Jan 8, 2024 • 17min
Family business, exec comp and LTIPs with John Butters - part 3 of 4
John Butters, an expert in family business, executive compensation, and LTIPs, discusses the complexities of LTIPs, aligning management incentives with value creation, implementing LTIPs in family businesses, and tax implications for long-term wealth in family businesses.

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Jan 8, 2024 • 11min
Family business, exec comp and LTIPs with John Butters - part 2 of 4
John Butters discusses the importance of bonus schemes and incentives in motivating individuals. He explores how executive compensation influences behavior and company success. The podcast also delves into communication in Long-Term Incentive Plans within family businesses and the challenges they face competing with private equity firms.

Jan 8, 2024 • 10min
Family business, exec comp and LTIPs with John Butters - part 1 of 4
John Butters, an expert in family business and executive compensation, discusses base salary structures, annual bonuses, and long-term incentive plans. They explore benchmarking in executive pay, total compensation, market competitiveness, and employer brand impact.

Oct 21, 2021 • 19min
Getting some more: Statistics
Carl Sjostrom, an expert in executive compensation statistics, discusses the importance of using statistics to find benchmarks for salaries. He explains the concepts of average salaries, percentiles, and skewness, as well as the influence of extreme data points. Additionally, he explores the concept of median compensation and the impact of sample composition on compensation levels. He also discusses the choice of representative individuals in data analysis and the use of plots to visualize data distribution. Lastly, he emphasizes the importance of considering market dynamics and individual performers in pay policies.

Jul 3, 2021 • 12min
Cash Long-Term Incentives
Carl Sjostrom, expert in cash-based long-term incentive designs, discusses different types of long-term cash plans, the importance of formula design, valuation alignment with owners, and capping cash plan exposure.

Jun 26, 2021 • 16min
Stock Options
Carl Sjostrom, an expert in executive stock option plans, discusses the basics of stock options and their valuation. The episode explores exercise price structures, tax opportunities, and the dynamics and risks associated with stock options, including potential issues with incentives.

Jun 20, 2021 • 48min
Getting some more: Levels of pay
This podcast explores levels of pay for executive compensation, including aligning pay with market and organizational goals, the impact of franchise positions on negotiations and market competition, incorporating external market data in executive compensation, job matching and compensation analysis, and concerns surrounding data manipulation in executive compensation.

Jun 20, 2021 • 12min
Performance Share Plans - the LTIP LTIP
Introduction to performance share plans and designing evaluation, complexity and challenges of performance targets, details of thresholds, retention periods, and ownership requirements, considerations for evaluating total shareholder return growth and aligning performance tests with company vision

Jun 13, 2021 • 13min
Restricted Stock and Deferred Annual Bonuses
Learn about share-based long-term incentive plans such as restricted stock and deferred annual bonus plans. Explore the debate on performance share plans and the use of restricted stock. Discover the increase in deferral amount with bonus size and different versions of deferred annual bonuses. Evaluate the benefits and perceived value of restricted stock and deferred annual bonus plans.


