This course contains the use of artificial intelligence

213 practical tools connect executive pay decisions from the first package proposal to the committee report.

One pay decision can look reasonable in isolation and become difficult to explain when bonus cost, equity, dilution and authority meet.

A negotiated package often arrives before its policy. A peer median may use a different period or pay basis. A grant budget can be mistaken for future proceeds, while a retention promise gets added to recurring pay. The result is another meeting spent reconstructing assumptions instead of considering the decision.

The alternative is a reviewable record: a named decision owner, dated evidence, a clear calculation basis, separate cash and equity events, and an explicit list of unresolved questions. The documents in this course connect those records across a single executive compensation process.

A professional toolkit, counted by what is inside

• 8 standalone HTML working files: Executive Peer Benchmark, Executive Annual Bonus Designer, Executive LTI Model, Committee Governance Pack.
• 81 working sections inside those files, including forms, checklists, calculations and response practice: peer criteria, payout curves, reserve reconciliation, six-case question rehearsal.
• 124 ready-to-adapt slide toolkits across all eight presentations, counted once per set: authority map, quartile worksheet, retention service charter, pay-ratio population worksheet.

The total is 213 counted units, presented as 210+ Tools. These are files and working components, not 213 separate downloads. Models explained within the calculations, such as an option-pricing method, are not added again. Repeated demos, buttons, definitions and source references do not increase the count.

Where the tools sit in the process

• Policy and benchmarking — 56 tools: Executive Pay Policy and Package, Executive Peer Benchmark, philosophy canvas, authority map.
• Annual bonus and Long-Term Incentive — 54 tools: Executive Annual Bonus Designer, Executive LTI Model, payout curves, vesting schedule.
• Startup Equity Compensation and retention — 52 tools: Startup Equity Pool and Offer Planner, Executive Hiring and Retention Planner, acceleration questions, cash return schedule.
• Governance and reporting — 51 tools: Committee Governance Pack, Executive Pay Committee Report, board-pay schedule, disclosure evidence request.

This is a practical professional course in Executive Compensation, covering executive and board pay from startup equity planning to public-company governance. First comes the pay policy and peer evidence. Annual bonus design then connects company outcomes to a payout, while the equity model separates grant conversion, vesting and scenario value. Startup pool planning and executive hiring introduce reserve demand, buyouts and retention conditions. The final stage brings Executive Pay, director remuneration, clawback evidence, disclosure questions and say on pay into a committee discussion.

Practice with clear boundaries

Tervalyntix is one fictional company carried through all eight lessons. All scenario amounts are example numbers, not market salary recommendations; people and pay packages are fictional. Rules are explained from primary sources, with country, date and applicability questions kept visible. The focus is executive and board compensation, rather than employee grading, benefits administration, sales quotas, corporate finance, business valuation, certification preparation or AI practice.

System demonstrations are mockups rebuilt from public documentation; real interface and workflow may differ. The named OnBoard example covers an unpublished committee pack. Other interface illustrations are generic mockups. The course is independent of regulators including the SEC and FRC, the European Commission, exchanges, proxy advisers including ISS and Glass Lewis, and software vendors.

not legal, tax or investment advice; rules differ by country

Check with your legal, tax and accounting advisers. Illustrative calculations and drafts do not constitute an approved award, accounting valuation or completed statutory filing.

Who is teaching

Mike is an HR director and founder with 20 years in HR and compensation and benefits. His practice includes executive package benchmarking, retention arrangements, executive hiring and work with boards. His HR experience includes Preply, Wargaming and iDeals. That practical perspective shapes the evidence, decision records and questions in these working files.

What is included

• 8 lessons, each with one practical assignment and an executive compensation artifact.
• 16 downloadable resources: 8 lecture presentation PDFs and 8 interactive HTML working files.
• Offline HTML files with a populated fictional example, local saving, copyable text and Print / Save as PDF.
• Lifetime access to the course materials.
• Active instructor support in Q&A.
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion.

The next package proposal will need a clear basis whether the policy is ready or not. Start by writing down its decision owner, period and pay components. Enroll now and start your first lesson today.