How Does Your Compensation—and Your Staff's—Measure Up?

Financial executives are applying more rigorous methodologies for incentive goal-setting and increasing focus on obtaining and retaining top-level talent, according to a new survey from Grant Thornton. The survey also indicated that the design of executive compensation programs is changing because:

• Companies expect 2012 results to be better than those in 2011.
• Heightened compliance and transparency pressures are continuing to affect compensation programs.
• Companies are assessing compensation program risk and mitigation.