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Rich and poor: the CEO pay disconnect

Soaring CEO pay is now a political issue

Victorias Secret Very Sexy Bra Ad Campaign Too Racy? CEO Thinks So (Photos)

Word on the street is that Victoria s Secret is ready to dial down their super sexy image and migrate back to a more feminine look in lingerie. The brand has been shouting SEX for the past few years, even enlisting the help of the Spice Girls during their last sizzling ad campaign for their Very Sexy Bra and Fantasy Bra lines.

Pay packages rewarding failure

The big bonuses and payouts for executive might well have contributed to the subprime meltdown. All of the CEOs who failed got paid very well. Therefore, the pay plans had very perverse incentives.

Overpaid, over here

Here's a note to CEOs: do you think you're paid too much? Some of the people on your board do. That seems to be the suggestion in a Heidrick & Struggles survey which showed that one in three directors think CEO pay is "too high in most cases".

Headlines and CEO pay

The more a CEO gets mentioned in Business Week, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other major national business publications, the bigger their pay, according to a new study.

CEO revolving door continues

Good news and bad news for CEOs. The level of CEO turnover has eased back slightly but it's still insecure times for the top brass, according to a new study.

Golf clubs, country clubs and CEO pay

How much the CEO gets paid depends very much on his social circles. CEOs attend various social functions, they meet up at exclusive golf clubs and country clubs and that inevitably creates some social ranking. Put simply, a study shows the higher up and better connected you are, the more you get.

The politics of pay

Soaring CEO pay is now a political issue and politicians all over the world, including Hillary Clinton, are attacking it to drum up votes.

CEO guillotine

CEO turnover seems to have peaked but boards are becoming increasingly ruthless and are more prepared to give bosses the chop. And the latest figures show that the private equity boom is taking its toll on CEOs.

Fraud and delinquent communities

A new report shows that most fraudsters are not acting on their own. Usually it involves the CEO and CFO working together to cheat shareholders. The report also reveals that external auditors and directors might be in on it too.

CEO invincibility - why they turn bad

With the jury selected in the Conrad Black trial, it's worth looking at why some corporate leaders go off the rails? Is it greed? Arrogance? Studies show that it s because they believe the rules don t apply to them. They re invincible, y see.

Is 2007 the year to prick the CEO pay balloon?

It's a sign of the times. Whole Foods Markets CEO John Mackey in a letter to his employees, republished in Fast Company, has announced that he is taking a massive pay cut - to just $1 a year. And there are signs that 2007 will be the year they prick the CEO pay balloon.

Soaring CEO pay shows "market failure"

The generous rewards for chief executive officers reflects "market failure" and can't be justified by arguing that the top job gets highly paid because it has more risks, according to a new report.

Short-term CEOs

Beware of surveys suggesting CEOs are holding on to their jobs for longer. A record number of US CEOs vacated their jobs in September.

The knock-on effects of CEO pay

Excessive pay packets for bosses could be having an enormous impact on organisations. A study has found that impact of the CEO's pay cascades right through the organisation. If a CEO was overpaid by 64 per cent, people like the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, are overpaid too. The study also found that the others just leave.