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Reviving Bank Equity Compensation Programs: Drowning in Underwater Stock Options
By Donald P. Delves, President & Vladan Jovanovic
The Delves Group, December 2008
The collapse of the stock market and bank stock prices has affected more than the market capitalization of financial institutions and the portfolio values of shareholders. Falling prices have also made bank equity compensation programs ineffective at best.
Taking a Holistic Approach to Executive Compensation
By Donald P. Delves, President
Human Resource Executive, 2008
In the coming months and years, HR executives will need to take the lead in compensation and benefits design to help their companies and boards embrace a bigger vision of executive rewards and pay-for-performance.
The Evolution of the Compensation Committee
By Donald P. Delves, President
Director & Boards, 2008
Corporate America is entering a new era of higher-quality corporate governance, bringing boards of directors to a new level of responsibility and accountability to shareholders and other key stakeholders. The catalyst for this change has not been just Sarbanes-Oxley, the Enron debacle, or new accounting rules for stock options, although each has had some influence. Rather, boards of directors of publicly traded companies, in general, are just plain doing a better job.