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		<title>Dim the Spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common knowledge that people are not driven solely by the prospect of financial rewards. Yet, in business, motivational tools for top executives—particularly the CEO—almost singularly comprise financial incentives. In 1980, only 10 percent of the UK’s largest FTSE100 companies utilized incentive arrangements (in the form of cash and stock-based variable pay). Today, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO Compensation in India:  Growing as India Becomes a Springboard to Other Markets</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/03/09/ceo-compensation-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/03/09/ceo-compensation-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On April 18 &#8211; 20, The Conference Board Governance Center is co-sponsoring the University of Michigan Law School Directors&#8217; College for Global Business &#38; Law. As  the event approaches, we will be re-posting blogs from the Directors&#8217; College&#8217;s blog. So, with all of the talk about Executive Compensation here in the US, we wanted to share a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boards Beware of Growing Executive Compensation Packages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Galban</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anthony Galban Some 25 years ago I attended a crowded and agitated shareholders meeting for a Fortune 500 company. During the meeting, a shareholder held up a large and colorful chart for the meeting attendees to see. The chart showed the change in the CEO’s compensation compared to shareholder return over the past several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance Challenges and Priorities for 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/18/governance-challenges-and-priorities-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the biggest corporate governance challenges and issues for 2012?  I spoke with a number of investors and other governance experts, and here’s what they said: Executive compensation will continue in the spotlight.  Jonathan Feigelson, general counsel and head of corporate governance, TIAA-CREF predicts that executive compensation will continue to be a lightning rod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Compensation&#8211;Tips for Preparing Your Company&#8217;s 2012 Proxy Statement</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/13/executive-compensation-tips-for-preparing-your-companys-2012-proxy-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Proxy Season]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Governance Center held a webcast on Executive Compensation and the 2012 Proxy Season.  Our panelists had a number of tips for companies as they approach the second year of say on pay and prepare their proxy statements:  &#160; Don’t be overconfident.  Even if your company received significant majority support for its say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Top Read Blog Posts</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/01/2011-top-read-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/01/2011-top-read-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Elson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 comes to a close, we wanted to share with you the five most read blogs from The Governance Center Blog in 2011.  Executive compensation was the big topic of 2011 and we think it will continue to be in 2012 as the focus stays on pay practices in the 2012 proxy. (Don&#8217;t miss our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISS Publishes White Paper on Pay for Performance Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/12/21/iss-publishes-white-paper-on-pay-for-performance-evaluation/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/12/21/iss-publishes-white-paper-on-pay-for-performance-evaluation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday ISS published a white paper detailing its new methodology for the pay-for-performance test described in ISS’ 2012 proxy voting policies. ISS’ new approach to evaluating pay for performance alignment consists of two steps: &#160; 1. Quantitative Review: Intended to identify outlier companies that have demonstrated significant misalignment between CEO pay and company performance over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Companies in the Gray Zone, Preparing for the Next Say-on-Pay Vote is Black and White</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/12/15/for-companies-in-the-gray-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I noted in my post about the 2012 ISS Policy Updates, in the lead up to the 2012 voting season, there has been a great deal of discussion about what happens with companies that garnered a of majority shareholder support for the company’s say-on-pay proposal, but not overwhelming majority support.  With ISS effectively drawing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Compensation Director&#8217;s Forum</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/12/02/executive-compensation-directors-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/12/02/executive-compensation-directors-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, The Conference Board Governance Center co-hosted a director&#8217;s forum on executive compensation with the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at The University of Delaware in New York City. Key topics covered include: Engaging Shareholders on Say-on-Pay and Other Issues Structuring the Right Performance-Based Compensation Plan for Your Organization Advice and Counsel from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Say on Pay Votes Bridging Shareholder-Director Communication Gap</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/10/18/reports-say-on-pay-votes-bridging-shareholder-director-communication-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/10/18/reports-say-on-pay-votes-bridging-shareholder-director-communication-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though shareholders approved most of the executive compensation plans put up for vote in the 2011 proxy season, the tiny minority of failed say on pay votes are getting an inordinate amount of attention for a myriad of reasons. Those reasons, which reflect an overarching problem between shareholders and companies, range from a pay-for-performance [...]]]></description>
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