Tag Archives: executive compensation

What to do when your successful business unit is sold

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Joe Ahmad

Success is sometimes rewarded in strange ways, such as when a company sells off a highly profitable business unit in order to raise cash (as Nestle did when it bought Cadbury and as Barnes & Noble is considering doing with … Continue reading →

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Negotiating a severance package

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Joe Ahmad

Litigation avoidance is very high on most companies’ priority lists, and when a company is considering letting an executive go, one of their biggest concerns is how to keep their soon-to-be-former executive from hiring someone like me to file a … Continue reading →

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Options Backdating Still a Problem

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Joe Ahmad

Executives looking to maximize their compensation have many ways to do so besides a bump in salary, including bonuses, stock, stock options, retirement plans, retirement insurance, golden parachutes, and other perks of the company-jet and season-ticket variety. There is great … Continue reading →

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Executive disputes may head to arbitration, not to court

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Joe Ahmad

You don’t take an executive position expecting it will end in a legal fight, but if it does, you need to know where you’ve agreed the fight will take place. Many executive contracts contain arbitration agreements, and others have clauses that determine … Continue reading →

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Work Stoppages and Executive Compensation

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Joe Ahmad

The situation now facing executives of the NFL – where negotiations between players and team owners appear to be stuck in a quagmire – mirrors in some ways what many executives across the United States confront on a daily basis. … Continue reading →

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