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Core Oversight Topics

SEC Panel Foreshadows Major Changes for Compensation Disclosures

Gain cutting-edge strategies and high-level insights on 2025 compensation trends. Part of the Compensation Committee Series.

Our staffʼs selection of the best resources to read now.

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2024-2025 Director Compensation Report

Review the trends in boardroom pay across company types and committees.
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

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

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

How Longer Vesting Periods Could Reshape Equity Pay

Evaluate whether longer-vesting restricted stock is right for your executive compensation plan by following these considerations.
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.
Directorship Magazine

2025 Compensation Committee Planning Guide