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Forms of Executive Compensation - and their attributes

• Cash Bonuses- Annual and Long Term
• Compensatory Loans
• Director Compensation
  
• Employment and Severance Agreements
  
• Non-qualified Deferred Compensation, e.g. SERPS and NQDC
• Profits Interests - aka Carried Interests
• Rabbi Trusts
  
• Societal Good - as a goal for executive compensation
  
• Stock Plans and Awards -- such as Restricted Stock and Options
• Security and Travel(Company-provided)
• ​Severance
  

See: Governance for information about decision-making by boards of directors and their compensation committees.

See also:

• Sample Documents
  
• 2017.12.30  "Hitting Workplace Harassers Where It Hurts"  The National Law Journal just published this article of mine (reachable here).  It discusses often under-utilized executive compensation strategies by which employers can hit sexual harassers hard—in the pocketbook—by using a variety of channels to claw back compensation and benefits from bad-acting employees.  Just send me an email if you have questions or want a PDF of the article.