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Explore comprehensive Compensation Committee insights with curated resources. Best practices & expert guidance to enhance your corporate governance strategy.

Compensation Committee Charter Tool

Compensation committee charters are required for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. This toolkit lists the minimum compensation committee charter requirements of each exchange and describes a process for updating compensation committee charters.

Sample Compensation Committee Charters

These sample compensation committee charters originally appeared in the Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Compensation Committee. The charters are geared toward compensation and management development committees, and include the committee purpose, organization, and authority and responsibilities.

2019-2020 Director Compensation Report

NACD and Pearl Meyer are pleased to present the 2019–2020 Director Compensation Report, our 21st annual report on nonemployee director compensation.

2023-2024 Director Compensation Report

Discover which practices are gaining momentum in director compensation, and what are the latest director compensation trends.

Pandemic Response: Considerations From Fortune 500 Compensation Committee Chairs

Though COVID-19 has affected companies in an uneven fashion, compensation committee chairs must remain steadfast in their focus on ensuring long-term viability.

Is Your Compensation Committee Ready to Expand Its Scope?

As compensation committees explore expanding their scope of responsibilities beyond traditional executive compensation parameters, they have realized it requires more than changing the committee’s name and updating the charter.

Overseeing Executive Compensation and Leadership Development Should Be the Role of the Compensation Committee

The market has seen a powerful trend developing over the past few years, which many welcome: Company boards spending more time and resources aligning executive pay with business strategies and leadership development.

2021–2022 Director Compensation Report

The National Association of Corporate Directors is proud to present its 23rd annual Director Compensation Report in partnership with leading compensation consultancy, Pearl Meyer.

Technology Oversight and the Role of the Compensation Committee

A 2024 Blue Ribbon Commission tool for integrating technology governance into the compensation committee’s work.

2024-2025 Director Compensation Report

Discover which practices are gaining momentum in director compensation, and what are the latest director compensation trends.

Compensation Committee Performance Evaluation Sample

Compensation Committee Charter Sample

The Compensation Committee’s Role in Human Capital and DE&I, According to Fortune 500 Committee Chairs

A spring meeting of Fortune 500 compensation committee chairs focused on how 2020 fundamentally reshaped the role and function of the committee. Here's what they discussed.

Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Compensation Committee

The Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Compensation Committee revisits NACD’s 2003 Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Executive Compensation to highlight the new environment in which compensation committees—and, more broadly, boards—are now operating. It recommends that the compensation committee and board work together to establish an executive compensation philosophy that supports the company in creating long-term, sustainable value.

Compensation Committee Calendar Sample

Compensation Committee Blueprint

Explore how compensation committees are evolving beyond traditional roles to drive strategic talent management and long-term value creation in today’s governance landscape.

2025 Compensation Committee Planning Guide

Streamline your compensation committee’s first quarter meeting cycle and create an effective oversight process by discussing these topics before the new year.

NACD Compensation Chair and Risk Oversight Advisory Council

NACD recently convened Fortune 500 committee chairs in a joint meeting of the Compensation Committee Chair Advisory Council and the Advisory Council on Risk Oversight. Meeting participants discussed leading practices related to incentives and risk-taking.

Despite Growing Responsibilities, Director Compensation Inches Forward

Uncover recent director and committee compensation trends, changes in board composition, and more in the NACD 2023-2024 Director Compensation Report.

Director Compensation Report

The report provides a comprehensive perspective on director pay practices across a wide range of industries and company sizes.

2022–2023 Director Compensation Report

The National Association of Corporate Directors is proud to present its 24th annual Director Compensation Report in partnership with leading compensation consultancy, Pearl Meyer.

NACD Compensation Committee Chair Advisory Council Brief

What should be the compensation committee’s responsibilities in the oversight of human capital management and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives at the board, management, and workforce levels? How should the scope of that responsibility be reflected in the committee’s charter and reporting? And how do boards compensate executives effectively and fairly in an environment that has challenged each of them like never before? These questions were on the minds of compensation committee chairs when NACD, Farient Advisors, and Weil, Gotshal, and Manges convened some 45 Fortune 500 compensation committee chairs in the spring of 2021.

How Inflation Complicates the Compensation Committee’s Job

Authors Mark Rosen and David Swinford explore two variables regarding inflation that compensation committees will have to grapple with in 2022.

Beyond the Numbers: The Role of Compensation Committees in the Era of Human Capital Management

Explore the considerations, benefits, and trade-offs associated with expanding the compensation committee's role in human capital management.