Certent Inc. - Learn from the Leaders, is joined by Emily Cervino, CEP, Head of Industry Relationships and thought leadership, Fidelity Stock Plan Services. Emily is a frequent speaker at Equity Compensation Events and the past president of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the NASPP.

In this podcast, Emily shares her knowledge on the ABC's of Equity Award Choice Plans. Emily breaks down into three steps how to give employees choice in the composition of their equity or long-term incentives.

A- Awareness

B- Benefit

C- Communication

Certent Inc. - Learn from the Leaders, is joined by Emily Cervino, CEP, Head of Industry Relationships and thought leadership, Fidelity Stock Plan Services. Emily is a frequent speaker at Equity Compensation Events and the past president of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the NASPP.

In this podcast, Emily talks about the research Fidelity has been compiling about how gender and generation impact equity compensation. Emily explains how in many companies there is a major distribution problem with respect to gender and generation. With the research Fidelity focused more on women and millennials within the company to learn what these participants think about equity compensation.

Certent Inc. interviews Barbara Baksa who serves as Executive Director for the National Association for Stock Plan Professionals. 

Barbara shares her advice on accounting for equity compensation. Accounting for equity compensation is a way of quantifying the cost of your equity compensation program to the company. It is how you figure out what that cost is for your stock compensation so you can figure out whether you are a profitable company.

Certent Inc. interviews Barbara Baksa, who serves as Executive Director for the National Association for Stock Plan Professionals.

 In this podcast, Barbara speaks about employee communications; the biggest mistakes companies make with their stock plan education programs, what to add into an education program, how companies can address these challenges, and how attorneys can get involved in the communication plan.

Certent Inc. speaks with Barbara Baksa, a frequent speaker on equity compensation related topics, is the author of the book 'Accounting for Equity Compensation,' and has written numerous articles on stock compensation. 

 In this podcast, Barbara speaks about year-end tax reporting and the changes companies need to be aware of for 2018.

Certent Inc. interviews Barbara Baksa, who serves as Executive Director for the National Association for Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), which is the world's first, largest, and most respected association for the equity and executive compensation professional community. 

 This podcast focuses on IRS 162 M, which is the tax code that governs the tax deduction that companies are able to claim compensation for, to which they pay to their highest paid executive officers.