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Insights and Research
The Pearl Meyer team includes industry experts with deep knowledge and experience in all aspects of compensation and leadership. Here they provide valuable insight on emerging issues and developing trends. They offer compelling solutions for challenging situations and advice on maximizing opportunities. Read on and learn more about how Pearl Meyer’s team can help you connect pay, people, and performance.
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Constructing a Compensation Peer Group
Before any market analysis takes place, the approach to developing a peer group should be rooted in a deliberate and philosophy-based manner.

Is it Feeling Like Spring 2020?
S1 Ep 1: Compensation committees and consultants are dealing with a wide variety of unknowns.

Ensuring a Strategic Partnership with Your Advisor
It’s a good exercise for boards to periodically think about the core traits required for a strategic consulting partner.

Falling Oil Prices and Tariffs Are Undermining Short-Term Incentive Plans
How compensation committees are thinking about mitigating the STI impact of missed market estimates and global market disruption

Executive Development in the Oil and Gas Industry
How a growth-focused O&G company future-proofed its leadership by aligning executive development with strategic M&A goals, and paved the way for internal CEO succession and long-term talent sustainability.

Beyond the Proxy: Why Compensation Peer Group “Disclosure” Matters Internally
While executive compensation peer groups tend to get the spotlight, market comparisons play an important role in shaping pay at all levels.

SEC to Revisit Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules at June 26, 2025 Roundtable
Public companies, investors, and subject-matter experts are invited to weigh in on the complexity and usefulness of current disclosure requirements.

Ways to Counterbalance the Effects of Market Instability on Long-Term Incentives
Many compensation committees have concerns about the impact of dramatic market swings on recently approved incentive plans.

Quick Poll: The Anticipated Impact of Tariffs on Incentive Plans
Timely data on how boards and management teams are thinking about tariffs, the impact on business performance, and short- and long-term incentive plans.
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Our experts dive into the real-world challenges and conversations shaping executive compensation and leadership strategy. Forthright, insightful, and sometimes unexpected—this is where we connect the dots between people, purpose, and performance.

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This library brings together foundational thinking on topics—from cultural transformation and pay equity to incentive innovation and succession planning. These are timeless resources built to inform, guide, and future‑proof decision‑making.

New Directions for Director Pay
Boards, primarily focused on their fiduciary responsibilities, often overlook their compensation. Yet, like executive pay, board compensation can drive value. Strategic pay structures are crucial for attracting and retaining directors who enhance a visionary board sensitive to risks and opportunities, thus boosting organization's success.

Private Companies
We offer experience and guidance that helps private organizations attract, motivate, and develop the talent that will move your strategy forward.
