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Focus or Diversify - Which Path Should YOU Take? ctives, despite the costs involved in recruiting them. Similarly, a recent example where a Compensation Committee probably did not fulfill its duties to the shareholders, Board or itself, was one in which the Committee provided a severance payment in excess of $5 million to an executive who was forced out for poor performance. Not only did the Committee fail in its duty as the arbitrator of fair and justifiable compensation, but it also set a precedent for others. The mixed message is that the executives will be rewarded, regardless of whether or not they achieve the company’s business objectives.This week I have attended three seminars and listened to several other speakers on the subject of focus and diversify. There is a large amount of information about focusing on one thing to make your business grow. I fully agree with what they have to say, however, I also fully agree with those that say diversify to grow. The real challenge is "how do you do both" so your business stays on track. It may not be as difficult as you think. In my business, I consult with organizations in a couple of ways, first as an outsourced training department, and second as a professional that helps them see where the gaps in their achievements lie. This may seem like two widel How, then, can the Board and Compensation Committee ensure that their “resolutions” res Receivables Factoring Companies Are Your Tool to Improve Cash Flow Management and Grow Today We all succumb to the annual ritual of making a bunch of resolutions about how we will change our lives with the start of the New Year: eat better and healthier foods, exercise more, reorganize our rather hectic and stressful lives in order to live longer, and learn to enjoy what we have. 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Boards and their Compensation Committees set forth their resolutions on how they will tighten up the criteria for governing and determining executive compensation going forward. Some of this idealism is internally generated based on reasonableness and a strong sense of responsibility on the Board’s part. Unfortunately, this desire to tighten up the decision-making process emanates from external pressures, namely the shareholders, investors and their “watchdog groups”, and various governmental agencies and their “knee jerk” regulations, including recent changes in accounting and tax rules. After all, the basic premises behind executive compensation has always been to maximize the value to the individual while minimizing the taxes to the executive and company, along with minimizing any negative accounting issues for the corporation. These are over and above the basic objectives of any compensation program, which are four-fold: 1. To provide the competitive package necessary to attract qualified talent; 2. To assist in retention of that talent, the proverbial “golden handcuff”; 3. To provide the motivation needed to achieve desired results, in effect, the “golden ring”; and lastly, 4. To focus the employee’s attention on specific business objectives, so that what is achieved is consistent with the business strategy. Just as New Year’s resolutions are all too often sidestepped when realities of every day pressures are confronted, the Board’s resolve to “do the right thing” is sometimes forgotten when undue pressures, whether competitive or self-induced, are encountered. For example, in the case of long-term incentives, we have seen the Compensation Committee give in and provide an award, such as stock options, even though the performance goals were not met and no incentive award was warranted. The explanation often given is that “it was out of the hands of the executives, and we can’t afford to lose our top people”. In reality, the Board’s actions have weakened their own policies, and ignored the reality that there may be more capable individuals available in the marketplace that could achieve the stated business objectives, despite the costs involved in recruiting them. Similarly, a recent example where a Compensation Committee probably did not fulfill its duties to the shareholders, Board or itself, was one in which the Committee provided a severance payment in excess of $5 million to an executive who was forced out for poor performance. Not only did the Committee fail in its duty as the arbitrator of fair and justifiable compensation, but it also set a precedent for others. The mixed message is that the executives will be rewarded, regardless of whether or not they achieve the company’s business objectives. 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To provide the motivation needed to achieve desired results, in effect, the “golden ring”; and lastly, 4. To focus the employee’s attention on specific business objectives, so that what is achieved is consistent with the business strategy. Just as New Year’s resolutions are all too often sidestepped when realities of every day pressures are confronted, the Board’s resolve to “do the right thing” is sometimes forgotten when undue pressures, whether competitive or self-induced, are encountered. For example, in the case of long-term incentives, we have seen the Compensation Committee give in and provide an award, such as stock options, even though the performance goals were not met and no incentive award was warranted. The explanation often given is that “it was out of the hands of the executives, and we can’t afford to lose our top people”. In reality, the Board’s actions have weakened their own policies, and ignored the reality that there may be more capable individuals available in the marketplace that could achieve the stated business objectives, despite the costs involved in recruiting them. Similarly, a recent example where a Compensation Committee probably did not fulfill its duties to the shareholders, Board or itself, was one in which the Committee provided a severance payment in excess of $5 million to an executive who was forced out for poor performance. Not only did the Committee fail in its duty as the arbitrator of fair and justifiable compensation, but it also set a precedent for others. The mixed message is that the executives will be rewarded, regardless of whether or not they achieve the company’s business objectives. How, then, can the Board and Compensation Committee ensure that their “resolutions” res Logistics Services imizing any negative accounting issues for the corporation. 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In reality, the Board’s actions have weakened their own policies, and ignored the reality that there may be more capable individuals available in the marketplace that could achieve the stated business objectives, despite the costs involved in recruiting them. Similarly, a recent example where a Compensation Committee probably did not fulfill its duties to the shareholders, Board or itself, was one in which the Committee provided a severance payment in excess of $5 million to an executive who was forced out for poor performance. Not only did the Committee fail in its duty as the arbitrator of fair and justifiable compensation, but it also set a precedent for others. The mixed message is that the executives will be rewarded, regardless of whether or not they achieve the company’s business objectives. How, then, can the Board and Compensation Committee ensure that their “resolutions” res Why Are Turnkey Business Opportunities So Lucrative? 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Similarly, a recent example where a Compensation Committee probably did not fulfill its duties to the shareholders, Board or itself, was one in which the Committee provided a severance payment in excess of $5 million to an executive who was forced out for poor performance. Not only did the Committee fail in its duty as the arbitrator of fair and justifiable compensation, but it also set a precedent for others. The mixed message is that the executives will be rewarded, regardless of whether or not they achieve the company’s business objectives.Amidst everyone's busy life, one may, in one time or the other, stop and think-one person has a steady nine to five job, generating a steady income, may want, or wishes that she can stay at home and be with the kids... but has no choice, one must earn, to make a living. Others, may not want to stay at home, but wishes still, could make a larger income and be their own boss. 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