Partner Susan Schroeder discusses the increasingly common trend for CEOs to step into the executive chairman position after leaving their CEO position. At companies such as Abbott Laboratories, this meant that the executive chairman received compensation akin to the CEO. Schroeder notes that the average pay for executive chairmen has climbed over the last five years and advises companies to fix a termination date when they name an executive chairman.

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