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Especially outside the named executive officer ranks, you’ll often see little more than plain-vanilla restricted stock units being used — maybe a small mix of performance stock units to create esprit de corps with the senior executive plan.

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When managing incentive compensation, it can be challenging to use data that resides in numerous systems and is owned by multiple parties.

As we plan out our editorial calendar for Workspan each year, we try to keep our focus on the compensation-related challenges that are consistently front and center for compensation professionals — pay compression, pay equity, geographic pay strategies, sales compensation and much more.

Workspan Daily (WD) recently connected with Coen de Waal, the chief executive officer of CareerToolbelt, a job-search solutions platform, to discuss how the total rewards (TR) community can consider and make best use of compensation benchmarking.

By understanding and managing the complexities of equity awards, organizations can help ensure that their executive compensation structures support both executive alignment and long-term success of the company.

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She advises clients on all aspects of executive, broad-based employee and sales force compensation including: Advising organizations on the development of their total compensation philosophy or reward strategy to support the achievement of stated organization objectives;Designing and implementing reward programs, policies and processes that align with the total compensation philosophy or reward strategy;Assessing market compensation levels versus target competitive position for all components of pay, including the design and management of customized compensation surveys and studies;Evaluating, designing, implementing, and administering annual and long-term incentive programs, including various types of equity-based compensation for private and public companies;Assisting organizations with audits of current compensation programs, policies and practices to ensure compliance with applicable labor laws and regulations, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Sheila has authored several

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The executive pay packages of the UK’s biggest businesses offer a useful insight in this respect.