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Executive Compensation Certification

John A. Rubino John A. Rubino

Navigate Executive Pay Decisions with Confidence, Compliance, and Accountability

Executive compensation is one of the most complex and closely reviewed areas of total rewards. Organizations must balance executive pay expectations with cost control, regulatory compliance, public disclosure requirements, and stakeholder accountability, while using compensation as a tool to drive performance and alignment.

This five-session certification program provides a structured examination of executive compensation principles and practices. Participants explore how executive compensation fits within a total rewards strategy, how taxation and regulatory requirements influence pay decisions, and how short-term and long-term incentive programs are developed, evaluated, and governed.

Human Resources expert John A. Rubino will discuss the most critical executive compensation principles and detailed design elements. You will learn how to create an executive compensation plan that motivates organizational leaders, avoids criticism from other stakeholders, and adheres to current regulations.

 

  • Executive Compensation Certification
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Training Overview

Executive Compensation Certification

Session 1 - Executive Compensation in a Total Rewards Strategy

Who is an executive?
Elements of executive rewards
Developing an executive rewards strategy
Base salary considerations
Market survey benchmarking
Performance measures, goals, metrics, and assessments

Session 2 - Taxation/Regulations, and Executive Benefits and Perquisites

Forms of taxation
Section 162(m) million dollar cap
SEC rules and regulations
Proxy disclosures
Primary regulatory influences
Introduction to short-term incentives
Strategic definitions of executive benefit programs
Examples of perquisites offered to executives
Golden parachutes for executives
Introduction to long-term incentives

Session 3 - Executive Short-Term Incentives

Short-term incentive approaches
Basis for setting goals and performance measures
Short-term incentive design framework for executives for all employees
Pragmatic applications
Step-by-step methodologies
Specific design examples and case studies

Session 4 - Executive Long-Term Incentives (Part One)

Long-term incentive programs, cash- and equity-based
Stock Options
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
Restricted Stock
Performance Shares

Session 5 - Executive Long-Term Incentives (Part Two)

Performance Unit Plans
Equity valuation methodologies
Pragmatic applications of long-term incentive programs
Specific design examples and case studies

Recommended Audience

Who Should Attend?

  • Executive compensation directors, managers, analysts
  • Human resources professionals
  • Compensation design professionals
  • Total rewards professionals
  • Chief executives
  • Executive directors
  • Board members
  • Senior managers
  • Compensation analysts and consultants
  • Development staff
  • Business owners
  • Finance professionals
  • In-house counsel
APPROVAL AND VALIDITY

Credits

  • This program has been approved for 5.0 general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
  • This program is valid for 5.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
What's included

Training includes

  • 5.0 HRCI, 5.0 SHRM
  • Executive Compensation Certification
  • All resources and training materials
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John A. Rubino
About

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John A. Rubino
  • President and founder of Rubino Consulting Services (RCS), a global human resources consulting company based in New York
  • Focuses on the design and implementation of corporate values/objectives and their linkage to human resources strategies, compensation analysis and program development, performance-driven incentive plans, sales compensation programs, performance management systems, management training programs, team dynamics, leadership skills, motivational training, and human resources communication programs
  • Previously senior manager of human resources consulting services for Ernst & Young LLP and director of executive compensation for The Equitable Life Insurance Company
  • Internationally acclaimed speaker, course developer, and seminar leader for WorldatWork and the American Management Association
  • Author of Developing Compensation Programs: Job Analysis, Evaluation and Classification and Communicating Compensation Programs: An Approach to Providing Information to Employees
  • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Certified Benefits Professional (CBP), and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP), Senior Practitioner in Human Resources (SPHR), and a Master Reward Specialist (South Africa)
  • BA from Wagner College
  • MBA from the Lubin Graduate School of Business, Pace University
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