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SEC Panel Foreshadows Major Changes for Compensation Disclosures

Track what updates may be in store for executive pay disclosures.

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2025-2026 Director Compensation Report

Review the trends in boardroom pay across different company types.
Webinar Archive

Planning for a Transaction: Compensation and Leadership Considerations

Gain a clear road map for effective, future-focused compensation governance.
Director Essentials

Board Oversight of Human Capital

Learn about the board’s evolving role in overseeing human capital to assess and enhance processes of this vital—and, often, the most complex—form of capital.
Director Essentials

Board Oversight of Executive Pay

Gain essential knowledge in the oversight of executive pay.
FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN BOARD

Compensation Committee Blueprint

Prepare for the committee's expanding scope with this Blueprint, produced in partnership with Pearl Meyer.
Director FAQ

The Role of Proxy Advisory Firms

How, when, and why directors and companies should engage.

Practical tools, templates, and more to put into action at your next meeting.

Boardroom Tool

CEO’s Role in Executive Compensation Design

Align the role of the CEO and board on executive compensation approach.
Boardroom Tool

Aligning the CEO and Board Through Compensation

Create clear executive compensation expectations for strategic alignment.
Boardroom Tool

Technology Oversight and the Role of the Compensation Committee

Find out how the compensation committee can integrate technology governance into its core functions.
Boardroom Tool

Incorporating the Commission’s 10 Recommendations into Your Compensation Committee Agenda

Learn about the opportunities opportunities for compensation and human capital committees to implement measurable changes in response to 10 recommendations for the board.
Boardroom Tool

Compensation Committee Charter Sample

Specify the compensation committee's duties.
Boardroom Tool

Compensation Committee Performance Evaluation Sample

Conduct an evaluation of the compensation committee.

A selection of editorial content from Directorship^® magazine, including online exclusives.

Directorship Magazine

What Future Leaders Want from Executive Pay

Explore what boards should know about how executive compensation practices may need to evolve to meet the preferences of millennial and Gen Z leaders.
Online Exclusive

Navigating Talent Retention and Executive Compensation in Bankruptcy

Learn the tools to use when designing pay programs during a restructuring.
Online Exclusive

Why Now May Be the Time to Revisit Executive Severance

Discover why now may be a time to revisit executive severance and tips for the compensation committee when reassessing serverance packages
Boardroom Guide

Shaping Productive Compensation Committee-Management Relationships

Review the factors that influence the compensation committee-management relationship and learn the steps to bolster positive collaboration.
Online Exclusive

Why Compensation Committees Should Care About Holding Power

Learn how using holding power as a strategic indicator of the compensation program’s health can ensure it supports retention and long-term shareholder value creation.
Online Article

Anticipating the Effects of Tariffs on Executive Compensation

Understand the challenges tariffs present to incentive plan goal setting and performance assessment and navigate resulting compensation complexities following this guidance.