Consulting Partners

Grahall Consulting Partners

Total Rewards Strategy, Design, Implementation

Grahall Consulting Partners is a trusted provider of advice to Boards of Directors, Board Compensation Committees, Senior Management, Investors, associations, the public, and government. Our consultants are known for their market-leading knowledge in areas of compensation program design and strategy, use of advanced analytical tools, and for being at the vanguard of research and empirical analysis in our field.

The key to our client service is our ability to integrate our team’s industry experience with significant strategic and analytical skills. We create value by providing executive, board of director, and employee total rewards strategy solutions tailored to our client’s specific situation, issues, needs, and objectives. Our consultants develop progressive analyses, research, business knowledge and insights that create a critical mass of expertise to provide superior client service.

Our Total Rewards Strategy Services Include

• Board of Directors Total Rewards Strategy
• Executive Total Rewards Strategy
• Executive Employment Agreements and Change in Employment Status Negotiations
• Employee Total Rewards Strategy

Board of Directors Total Rewards Strategy

Our proprietary approach to evaluating and designing Board Compensation focuses on pay for role and contribution, rather than a strictly market-based approach. Our consultants understand the challenges posed by today’s corporate governance environment and provide effective solutions to reward the increased accountability and responsibility that Board members now have.

Board of Directors Total Rewards Strategy Services Include

• Compliance and Disclosure
• Committee Charters
• Committee policies and procedures
• Compliance assistance
• Board and committee Chair compensation
• Lead Director compensation
• Board Member compensation
• Committee Member compensation
• Competitive assessment analysis of rewards

Executive Total Rewards Strategy

Grahall Partners, LLC are longtime pioneers in transforming executive compensation into performance-driven tools for increasing shareholder and organizational value. For over 20 years our partners have served clients as independent, outside counsel to Compensation Committees and senior management.

Executive Total Rewards Strategy Services include:

• Total Rewards Strategy, architecture, and program design
• Design of short, mid-term, long-term, and career incentive plans including the selection and calibration of Performance measures
• Market competitive analysis and labor market compensation maps
• Design and negotiation of employment contracts, severance agreements and change-in-control arrangements
• Planning for the development and implementation of the Total Rewards Strategy
• Legal compliance and plan documentation and disclosure requirements

Executive Employment Agreements and Change in Employment Status Negotiations

Successful hiring, retention and termination of key executives in an organization are essential to ensure future organizational success. Employment contracts, including non-compete, change-in-control, and severance agreements are areas that need careful attention as they have the potential of being highly impactful (great help to your organization, but they can also become a problem if not drafted properly).

Executive Employment Agreements and Change in Employment Status Negotiations Services Include

• Determining the appropriate level and mix of rewards (salary, incentives, benefits, perquisites, etc) corresponding with an executive’s responsibilities and experience.
• Establishing special rewards programs for executives in transition during mergers, acquisitions, takeovers and other change-of-control activities.
• Clearly stating the specifics of the employee’s responsibilities, performance expectations and grounds for termination
• Defining the limitations on the executive’s ability to compete with your business once the employee leaves as well as protection your trade secrets and client lists
• Defining the most effective method for resolving any disputes

Employee Total Rewards Strategy

Today’s workforce has dramatically changed and will continue to evolve as a big portion of it moves into retirement and new generations with different needs and desires takes over. The success of your organization depends on staffing and retaining an effective and motivated workforce to achieve the desired business goals and objectives.

Our approach to Employee Total rewards strategy helps your organization ensure maximum return on rewards investments by focusing on design of rewards components that motivate the appropriate behaviors and attitudes and by taking a surgical approach to allocating rewards resource to areas that add the most value to the organization.

Grahall Partners consults with senior executives and human resources management professionals to design and implement fully integrated rewards programs that are strategically linked to their people and business strategies.

Employee Total Rewards Strategy Services Include

• Rewards strategy philosophy linked to other people strategic initiatives
• Planning for the development and implementation of the Total Rewards Strategy
• Design of effective cash and equity compensation programs
• Individual team and organizational performance incentive design
• Competitive assessment of rewards
• Salary management programs
• Compliance assistance

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