Leadership Matters: Semler Brossy on People, Pay, and Performance

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Executive pay decisions shape company performance — and company performance shapes executive pay. Semler Brossy brings boardroom-level insight to both sides of that equation. Each episode unpacks the real issues facing comp committees and management teams today: pay-for-performance design, CEO succession, incentive structures, and the governance pressures reshaping how companies pay their people. Straight talk from the advisors who sit in the room where these decisions get made.

Episodes

  1. Aug 27

    Board Oversight of Human Capital Management

    Human capital used to be a once-a-year discussion for boards, if they formally covered the topic at all. Now HCM issues are standing items on the board agenda — and AI is accelerating the need for these discussions even more. Semler Brossy's Blair Jones and Bertha Masuda join us to unpack how the comp committee's mandate has expanded to cover talent, culture, and workforce strategy, what the strongest boards do differently, why engagement surveys alone won't tell you where your culture needs to go, and how HCM oversight can be a key facet of emerging AI talent strategies.

  2. Aug 12

    Designing Creative Incentives

    Austin Vanbastelaer, Managing Partner at Semler Brossy, joins the show to unpack how to design executive incentives when there's no template to follow — mid-transformation, pre-revenue, or in the middle of a high-stakes transaction. He shares real examples of creative award design, explains where proxy advisor frameworks fall short of good pay design in practice, and offers guidance for building incentive programs that stakeholders can comprehend, drive long-term value creation, and motivate the Board's desired behavior.

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Executive pay decisions shape company performance — and company performance shapes executive pay. Semler Brossy brings boardroom-level insight to both sides of that equation. Each episode unpacks the real issues facing comp committees and management teams today: pay-for-performance design, CEO succession, incentive structures, and the governance pressures reshaping how companies pay their people. Straight talk from the advisors who sit in the room where these decisions get made.

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