Markus had been recruited out of business school by the Pharma giant and has thrived in every way. Now the Vice President of Global Strategy, he has been rewarded for his...
How Women Executive Catch Up With LTI
If women executives are not getting their fair share of stock-based comp, why not? Stock-based compensation can help an executive...
Michael has come up through the ranks to become the next CEO of the medical device company where he has spent most of his career. He works hard and plays hard, as a single...
When you are presented with several forms of stock-based compensation, how do you assess what they are and how they work? What are some of the key features of stock options,...
Julia’s first thought when the company announced changes to its pension plan was, oh boy, I’d better pay attention to this. Everyone at work is talking about how it was...
Terrance is apprehensive about stepping out and is seeking a methodical way to move forward. When he joined the company in 2007, he was long on talent and short on experience....
Angelo, the Senior Communications Executive of a technology company, lost his best friend when his wife Mary succumbed to cancer. Angelo recalled how time stood still when...
Work-life balance was essential when Leah was hospitalized for heart surgery – her fourth. Now Emma was able to work 20 hours a week from the hospital during Leah’s recovery....
Living his best life in New York City, Paolo, 52, is a personable, fit and single statistician with a life sciences company. He loves living in Manhattan and when the weekend...
When they met in Toronto, Kiku and Scott were an average pair of 16-year old friends with part-time jobs. Love and marriage followed their college graduation, and eventually...
With a PhD in Engineering, the seasoned systems engineer brought his wife, Deena, her father and his mother from India on an H1B visa ten years ago with his employer in...
SFG clients Jill and Arshad never thought the term, “sandwich generation” would fit their situation. For years, they had lived off Jill’s corporate salary as an HR benefits...
Victor* was ever the smartest kid in his class, even after his family immigrated to the US for his sophomore year. Bilingual, a whiz in math and keen to invest in the stock...
Francisco, 52, vice president of operations for a biotech company, is starting over. He never sought the divorce and didn’t see it coming. He’s been working...
William* never set out to make $1 million, but the value of his Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) reached that threshold last Thursday, shortly after the technology firm he...
Valeria “Val”, 43, a rising sales leader for a large pharmaceutical company, was named vice president last year. She’s been a high company performer for years and is no...
When company ownership is in play, all assumptions are on the table as to the company’s future and the executive’s own employment. Marcus wondered if his...
The medical director for a fast-growing private medical device company, Josh, 45*, has been handling his own investments for years. His $400,000 in investments...
Allison is a young dynamo who has been putting her computer-science degree to work as a programmer. At age 27, she has the opportunity to join a newly public technology...
Peter and Jodi, a two-career couple, adopted a girl from Guatemala nine years ago. Anna has embraced school work and is an outstanding student. Her college counselor...