2025 Guide to Navigating Total People Investment
A comprehensive guide that helps tie your largest investment area to outcomes that matter.
Our Partnership, Your Advantage
The platform helping people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow.
The workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, finance, and more to help businesses execute more efficiently.
About the Report
Thinking about TPI strategically
Whatever stage of growth your company is in, it’s never too soon (or too late) to get smarter about your people-investment strategy. Aligning how you manage your company’s largest area of spend to your strategic business goals takes a holistic approach.
Aligning you compensation, equity, and benefits strategies
It’s important to view your people data from a number of angles and flexibly control the levers that govern a holistic approach.
Comp TPI Insights
85%
of executive bonuses are based on company performance
Equity TPI Insights
62%
of employees leave before their 4-year new hire grants fully vest
Benefits TPI Insights
97%
of companies invest in emotional wellbeing benefits
“The more data you have at your fingertips to support the budget planning process, the easier it is for your leadership team to make decisions that reward your people and support your business goals.”
Kyle Holm
VP Compensation, Advisory•Sequoia
“While limiting equity burn makes for happy investors, it also puts more pressure on companies to get their pay right and to explore other equity vehicles to attract and incentivize talent of all seniority levels.”
Peter Walker
Head of Insights•Carta
“When retaining talent is a more impactful outcome than even attracting it, rewarding your top performers is a surefire way to maximize your company’s return on its people investment.”
Adil Syed
SVP, GM of Startups•Rippling
