Overarching and operating principles of executive compensation

As the leading global HR consulting firm, Willis Towers Watson has taken a lead role in establishing guiding principles for executive compensation. The contents of this book are the result of an almost decade-long effort to research, create, validate, and apply a robust, meaningful, and effective set of compensation principles in corporate settings. This paper presents and explains the principles in detail.

In this excerpt, we focus on the rationale for using principles in the first place. To learn more, download the PDF below.