By, Stuart R. Levine Published in, Credit Union Times Effective communication, especially related to meetings, increases productivity, saves time and most importantly strengthens organizational leadership capacity. Surveys of executives show that they can spend up to 40% or 50% of their time in meetings. Furthermore many executives observe that up to 50% of the time […]

Pursuing and Recruiting Directors: How To? – Governance Minutes Beverly L. O’Toole, General Counsel, Corporate Governance, at Goldman Sachs Group and Stuart R. Levine, Founder & CEO, Stuart Levine & Associates discuss, “Pursuing and Recruiting Directors.” The video talk includes what nominating and governance committees are looking for, the importance of candidates with intellectual curiosity […]

Stuart R. Levine Partners with Forbes Insights in a Private Markets Group breakfast series focusing on how private companies are fueling the US economy. For more information click on the following link: Private Markets Group Breakfast Series: How Private Companies are Fueling the US Economy

Published in The Credit Union Times By, Stuart R. Levine Over the years, I have seen the mission and values of the credit union industry expressed in the service brought to its members. I find that looking at the roots of an institution can remind us of its mission and values and connect us to […]

Published in, Agenda By, Stuart R. Levine Stuart Levine is a director at Broadridge Financial Solutions and the founder of Stuart Levine & Associates, a management consultancy. Over the past two years, scandals in the athletic departments at both Rutgers and Penn State universities rocked the sporting and higher educational worlds. Firings included Rutgers’s basketball […]

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in Credit Union Times Zara is the flagship store of the Inditex group, the world’s largest clothing retailer. The company is an excellent example of how putting the customer in control, having collaboration infused into the culture, building seamless communication into the organization, using “Big Data” in day to day […]

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in Credit Union Times This past Sunday, we watched the news talk shows featuring various governmental leaders from both sides of the aisle explain their positions on sequestration and its implications for the U.S economy.  Despite the rhetoric and general mediocrity of the talking heads from Washington, D.C, I am […]

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in Credit Union Times You have probably been seeing the term Big Data popping up in many places. It has entered the business vernacular. Learning more about Big Data stimulated the following thoughts for me. INTRODUCTION Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine used data from Google Flu Trends (a free, publicly available database) […]

Click on the link below to view Stuart R. Levine, Director at Broadridge Financial and Blair Jones from Semler Brossy discuss the conversations compensation committees should be having to establish optimum remuneration plans. http://www.directorship.com/comp-committee-conversations/

Published in Credit Union Times By, Stuart R. Levine The full effect of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) is still to be felt in the financial sector. Dodd-Frank creates an environment of increased scrutiny and heightened sensitivity by regulators and consumers. Perhaps credit unions should not be treated […]