Are your compensation plans positioned to compete for and retain top-tier executive and board talent?
You may be facing challenges in defining and aligning an executive compensation philosophy with your talent market and determining the optimal mix between salary, bonuses, and equity awards. Furthermore, achieving board alignment and staying current on trends, regulatory requirements, and innovative practices can be complex and time-consuming. We partner with clients to strategically determine both how much and how executives are paid, strengthening alignment, and attracting key leaders.
Solution Details
The Wilson Group has worked with boards and executives from many leading companies to address their unique issues.
We can help your organization:
Executive compensation programs should answer the following questions:
What is the right market to benchmark our company’s executive compensation programs?
What is the right mix between salary, bonuses, value of equity awards, and special executive benefits and perquisites?
What measures should we use and how should they best be linked to each element of executive compensation?
How should the Board of Directors be compensated so they are aligned with both executive plans and shareholder interests?
What are the trends, regulatory and innovative practices we should be aware and address?
We guide for-profit private and public companies, as well as nonprofit organizations, in determining how much and how to effectively pay executives to strengthen organizational alignment and drive desired performance.
Market Assessment: We assess all elements of total direct compensation, including base salary, total cash compensation, and total direct compensation, consistent with your talent market and organizational scope. This is achieved by benchmarking your jobs to public peer data, published surveys, and specialized databases to understand your competitive position.
Board of Director Total Remuneration: We analyze the market competitiveness of total remuneration for board members and leadership roles, including Board Chairs, Lead Directors, and Committee Chairs, based on participation and responsibilities.
Short-Term Incentive and Bonus Plan Design: We design impactful short-term incentives linked to value creation and financial objectives. These programs are designed to attract and retain executives while driving specific company performance goals.
Long-Term Incentive Design: We develop long-term incentive, equity, and/or equity simulator compensation programs tied to the organization’s long-term strategy. These plans are designed to reward sustained company growth, key employee/executive retention, and shareholder value creation.
Ongoing Advisory Services: We serve as an independent partner to the Board and Compensation Committee, providing guidance on emerging market trends, leadership succession, stakeholder communication and executive compensation strategy to meet evolving business situations. We provide insights and advice to protect your executive attraction and retention.
We execute assignments in collaboration with the Board’s Compensation Committee and senior executives, retaining our objectivity and integrity to address key questions. We base our insights on factual analysis, discussing implications so you can make informed decisions. Our structured process ensures all recommendations support the organization’s core requirements, building consensus on changes and strengthening the commitments of the leadership team responsible for the organization’s success.
Understanding what other companies are doing in your industry is important, but it is only a first step. It is perhaps more important that your programs become an integral part of your business’s strategy, reinforce your desired values and attract unique executives. Plus, they need to reassure key stakeholders that executives are linked to their long-term interests as well. We can help you understand executive compensation through a new unbiased and clear lens, so that how and how much you compensate executives makes a real difference in your business.