Human Capital Solutions

We have extensive experience and expertise in the design of employee base compensation structures, short- and long-term incentive plans, sales compensation programs, and programs to ensure internal pay equity and external competitiveness. Specific services include:

• Competitive Benchmarking:Establishing competitive peer groups, researching comparable market data, and interpreting study results to determine market pay levels.
• Short-term Incentive Plan Design: Defining key performance metrics, recommending funding alternatives, facilitating plan design teams, and modeling financial scenarios to create plans aligned with companies’ business strategies.
• Equity Plan Design: Determining overhang and run rate levels, equity vehicle use (e.g. stock, restricted stock, performance shares), and allocation methodology to maximize value to participants and minimize cost impact to shareholders.
• Long-term Incentive Plan Design: Creating phantom equity and cash-based plans for use in private companies and as a supplement to equity-based incentives in publicly traded organizations.
• Communications and Disclosure: Assisting with employee and shareholder communications through written plan documentation, compensation disclosures, and employee training.
• Retention & Severance Strategies: Designing special programs to retain and motivate key employees through a financial restructuring, turnaround or capital event.