re: How not to motivate your employees - CEO of Herman Miller/Knoll

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But for some reason you gloss over that she (and presumably the rest of the executive team) received their bonuses.

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I didn’t gloss over it, I just don’t know it to be true, and apparently you don’t either, hence “presumably”

But let’s assume that’s true: Are you of the opinion that if executives, say a CEO, qualify for a bonus or stock options, they should forgo those bonuses if other employees don’t qualify for their bonuses - even if the criteria and triggers may be completely unconnected?

Managers and sales personnel are often bonused on meeting sales goals, profit levels or budgetary plans.

A CEO could be rewarded based on stock price targets, acquisitions or completely non-monetary thresholds like meeting diversity goals or even just hitting an anniversary date.

So it’s not out of the ordinary for executive bonuses and management/sales bonuses to not always be aligned.