They're not earning their pay
Most regular employees would love to spend a month shadowing the executives to see what they really do. I have always wondered what type of decisions they have to make that rate million dollar plus compensation. Do they really come to conclusions/decisions that a "normal" person wouldn't? Are they really inspiring, visionary leaders that directly impact the companies success? What would happen if they took 6 months or even a year off, would anyone really notice. Same for the board of directors. I think they should have to quantify their successes outside of the stock price increasing.