An Executive Severance Agreement Protects Your Employment, Career and Reputation
A new job, like a new marriage, brims with excitement. Often the job does result in success and brings even...
Structuring Bonuses in Your CEO Compensation for Maximum Benefit
When CEOs and senior executives consider new job offers, executive compensation negotiations often focus on the base salary. Yet an...
Becoming CEO of a Startup – Key Employment Contract and Equity Terms and Other Considerations
You are a seasoned executive with a proven track record at several established companies in your industry. One day, you...
Consulting Between CEO Positions
CEOs and senior executives often find themselves in between jobs for various reasons. If this describes you, then you may...
How to Renegotiate Your CEO Employment Contract When You Have Achieved Success
You're a successful CEO. You've proven yourself to be much more than a good hire. You have shown yourself to...
Interim CEO and Turnaround CEO Employment Agreements: Terms and Compensation
Poet Robert Burns wrote "The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry." Examples of this occur in...
Getting the Benefits of Equity Compensation from Family Businesses through Phantom Stock
Equity compensation, whether stock, options or RSUs, is a critical means for companies to lure executives like you to join...
Pitfalls of and Techniques to Surmount Non-Compete Agreements for Executives
Chances are that as a CEO or other senior executive you are currently subject to a non-compete agreement, one that includes restrictions...
Restricted Stock And Other Equity Options For Your Executive Compensation Package
As an executive, you know that compensation negotiations are serious business. Failure to exercise due care when establishing your executive...
Getting Executive Severance Compensation When You Choose to Quit
There are many circumstances under which your position as a CEO or senior executive can come to an end. These...