articleBlog Post Posted on: 4/21/2015

The Thinking Trap That Could Snare Your Relative TSR Awards

Takis Makridis

Businesses take great care to sort through award design alternatives, model different scenarios, align with shareholder expectations, and bring the cost of their TSR awards to an affordable level. But too often education is an afterthought.

It shouldn’t be. In the April issue of Compensation Focus, I discuss the reason why awards with market conditions can leave a bad taste in executives’ mouths and what compensation professionals can do about it. You can read the article here.

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