About

Compensation & Leadership Solutions (CLS) is an independent professional services firm specializing in executive compensation, employee pay, short- and long-term incentives, board of directors compensation and associated leadership support services. Our consultants average over 25 years’ relevant experience.  

We work in a wide variety of industries including engineering/technical/professional services, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, healthcare and general industry. In addition to serving publicly-held corporations, we also serve privately owned firms (including ESOPs and pre-IPO companies) and have an extensive practice with not-for-profit organizations.

Prior to highly successful consulting careers, our Senior Partners served as “internal” experts in top compensation/human resources positions with major corporations including Rockwell International, Martin Marietta, FINRA, T. Rowe Price, and the NASDAQ Stock Market. We believe the diversity of our experience, perspectives, and in-depth knowledge in our focus areas serve as a strong foundation for our advice.

Following stringent best practice and regulatory guidelines, we work directly with boards, compensation committees and, as appropriate, senior management to achieve optimal, customized solutions consistent with the business strategy, goals and specific needs of each client.

We are independently owned and operated, and have no entangling relationships that may create potential conflict of interest scenarios; or attract the unwanted scrutiny of regulators, shareholders, or the media; or create public scrutiny.  We promise no compromises in presenting customized innovative solutions for our clients strictly adhering to our Code of Conduct and Value Proposition.

Code of Conduct

Compensation & Leadership Solutions, LLC maintains formal procedures to ensure the objectivity and independence of our advice to clients. All of our consultants are required to follow these policies so that the advice and counsel we provide are not compromised in any way, irrespective of the number of client relationships we might have or services we might provide to the general marketplace:

Our consultants are required to think and act independently. We are committed to providing unbiased analysis, advice and counsel.
We will notify our clients immediately of any potential conflicts of interest discovered during the course of our work.
To avoid the appearance or reality of conflicts, where we provide executive compensation services to a company’s compensation committee or board, we will not be involved in selling or providing potentially conflicting compensation services to company management.
Our peer review and other quality assurance processes are designed to ensure that our advice is appropriate and impartial. All significant pay recommendations are subject to independent peer review by a qualified senior compensation consultant.
We strive to be transparent regarding all of our business relationships with each client and allow for reasonable procedures to manage these relationships.
It is our policy that we work for the enterprise, not individuals. Our recommendations are shaped by what is appropriate for the organization as a whole.
Finally, we avoid accepting engagements where we do not believe our objective professional advice is being sought.

Our Value Proposition

We provide top quality services in our areas of expertise at a fair price.

KNOWLEDGE

We have extensive experience and expert knowledge in our practice areas. We will not accept assignments outside of these professional areas.

RESOURCES

We maintain robust libraries in our areas of expertise and are intimately familiar with reputable and customizable market resources for each.

TRACK RECORD

Our consultants have a strong track record in working with clients to assess needs, establish methodologies and protocols, and develop collaborative solutions. More than 85% of our consultants’ clients have returned for subsequent assignments.

PERSPECTIVES

We conduct and review each assignment from the shared perspectives of the proven external consultant and former prominent internal corporation industry expert.

PRICING

Our process efficiencies allow us to set a competitive rate structure. We are highly experienced and successful working within our competitive markets and areas of expertise.