You have been asked to provide recommendations to a compensation committee in their attempts to shift the CEO's compensation into a mix of rewards that facilitates and encourages a long-term view of business performance.What foci should your recommendations take?

Responses to this question will vary greatly.That said,elements of rewards associated with the proposed package should include variables such as: moving to a restricted stock option plan versus stock options; profitability and market growth targets (three to five years); employee and customer engagement scores (value of service provided to customers,and growth and development opportunities within the company); product development (particularly in industries with fast product cycles); efficiency metrics (productivity)and effectiveness (product penetration per customer); meeting corporate three- and five-year business targets (which may include many of the aforementioned variables).