Category: Tips & tools
3 quick tips for streamlining your stock-based pay plans
Keep your employees motivated with stock-based compensation, the thinking goes, and you will be rewarded with high productivity and gains in your company’s growth track. What managers often fail to consider is that if th…
See MoreEarly workouts and muscle tone keep companies in shape
I have always been active in sports, but as I grow older, I’m starting to experience a few aches and pains. It has made me reflect on the need for an often-ignored element of exercise—muscle development. Without a stro…
See MoreYear-end heads-up: don’t let equity issues take you by surprise at audit time
December 31 is fast approaching. Can audits be far behind? Every year as we help our clients maneuver through the audit process, it seems that one of the areas that can cause significant difficulties is equity. It’s not …
See MoreWill your equity compensation strategy take you from start-up to exit?
RoseRyan, along with the Melita Group, is presenting a free breakfast seminar, “Equity compensation: end-to-end strategies for private companies,” on October 30 in Palo Alto. Your equity compensation plan’s design an…
See MoreCredit risk: a few easy steps can prevent major headaches, even extinction
Entrepreneurs are constantly setting up companies as new business opportunities arise. It’s called innovation, and that’s what Silicon Valley is all about. VCs put their money into these companies to help them grow wit…
See MoreDo you know where your passwords are?
Keeping track of a zillion passwords and user IDs is a fact of working life, made even more complicated by all the devices we use. Because I work with different clients it’s even harder, because that almost always requir…
See MoreNeed some sanity? Try managing your monkeys
How do you manage your monkeys? I ask that question often—of myself, my peers, my clients, my volunteer colleagues and even my 23-year-old niece. “Manage your monkeys” is my most frequently offered piece of advice, a…
See MoreTips for talent management that drives performance, reduces risks
With unemployment figures hovering in the 8 percent range and headline news of a slow economic recovery, it is hard to imagine there is a shortage of qualified accounting talent. And yet, in a recent survey by Robert Half …
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