Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson, born 25 April 1982 in Epsom, Surrey is an English former rugby union player and coach...
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It is early days yet, but it may be possible to find some small encouragement in the fact that, at least for a group of companies, compensation increases for CEOs, while farÊexceeding those for other employees, have dropped from the heady levels found in last year's survey.
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Compensation increases for CEOs, while far exceeding those for other employees, have dropped from the heady levels found in last year's survey.
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Given that they waited until the market closed on that day, and on the day of their annual meeting, it's obvious that they didn't want to tell anybody about it until that point. And if they didn't put him up for re-election, that would have announced to the world that there would be a parting of the ways.
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In the past four years, there's been a definite increase in shareholder activism.
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If you're a lawyer and you're not motivated by money, that would probably seem like the most important job there is.
In this way, all the 'apples' will be in one table, and all the 'oranges' will be in another.
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In the vast majority of cases, personal use of corporate aircraft is an invalid use of shareholders' money. If we're going to pay them more, I'd rather see it related to performance.
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The focus of the report is not the CEOs themselves but the bad decisions of the compensation committees that are not paying CEOs for performance.
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This is a classic example of pay for failure.
Ultimately, it will make it a better decision.
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The perception has been growing that it is better that there be a clear line of distinction between the people the board hires and the people hired by the corporation.
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I think some of the companies are trying to improve the situation. To be honest, if I can figure it out, I don't see why people who are leading some of the largest companies in the country shouldn't be able to figure it out as well.
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I think some of the companies are trying to improve the situation.
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Over the past few years, we're talking about a few out of the hundreds and hundreds of CEOs who have been terminated, so it is pretty unusual.