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March 17, 2015

Stuart Quoted in NACD Directorship Magazine

Stuart has been quoted in NACD Directorship magazine in the article, “How Healthy Board Culture is Critical to the Success of Small-Cap Companies” stating, “Small-cap companies should embrace the fundamentals of executive session at every meeting.” This allows questions to […]
March 9, 2015

Stuart Quoted in NASDAQ White Paper on Strategic Communication

Stuart R. Levine has been quoted in NASDAQ’s recently published white paper on strategic communication saying, “CEOs who commit to conversations prior to every board meeting with each director, to discuss concerns and gather input, understand that communication between the […]
July 28, 2014

The Good, Bad and Ugly of CEO-Board Communication

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in, Agenda; A Financial Times Service Communication is a simple skill. But in the corporate governance world, it’s shocking how many boards and CEOs fail to harness this seemingly intuitive trait — particularly when working […]
December 14, 2013

The Increasing Value of Triple Strength Leadership

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in, The Credit Union Times Career experience across the private, public and social or nonprofit sectors helps to develop significant leadership capacity. These “tri-sector leaders” develop sets of strengths that permit them to engage and […]
December 10, 2013

Failed Obamacare Website Offers Lessons for Boards

Published in, Agenda- A Financial Times Service By, Stuart R. Levine Abstract: The failure of HealthCare.gov reinforces the need for directors to be fully engaged with senior management on how well the company is implementing key strategies and communicating with […]
November 21, 2013

Governance Requires Quality Recruitment

By, Stuart R. Levine Published in, The Credit Union Times It was a privilege to speak at the recent national conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, a non-profit organization of corporate secretaries and business executives involved […]
May 2, 2013

Why Boards Should Take Risk Oversight Role More Seriously

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 […]
February 7, 2013

Webcast on Board Compensation Committees with NACD

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/
January 9, 2013

Regulation, Communication, Trust and Ethics All Linked

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 […]
December 12, 2012

Sandy Power Crisis Highlights Governance Failures

Published in Agenda By Stuart R. Levine Hurricane Sandy created mass disruption in the Northeast as people were displaced from their homes, suffered catastrophic flooding and lost electricity on a historic scale.  While New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received high […]
September 4, 2012

Lessons to be Learned from the Healthcare Debate

By, Stuart Levine A few weeks ago, I attended a regularly scheduled board meeting at a credit union.  The CFO was delivering his financial report that included the line item reflecting the cost for employee healthcare.  There was a discussion […]
July 27, 2012

50,000 Challenge: Creating Internship Opportunities at Credit Unions

As the presidential campaign intensifies, I am struck by the common sense opportunity for all of us in the credit union world to come together and start to turn this country around. There is a practical way that we, as […]
July 10, 2012

Credit Union Leadership Forum 2012 Launch

Strategic Insights for CEO’s & Credit Union Board Members Why do you need the Credit Union Leadership Forum? In recent years, the U.S. economy has experienced the most devastating recession in the history of the country. Credit unions and their […]
July 10, 2012

Focus on Leadership Fundamentals

The most successful leaders I know understand and live by fundamental leadership principles with both discipline and focus.  They commit to continuous learning and strive to have their behaviors serve as a reflection of their values —  setting  the standard […]
April 23, 2012

The Fundamentals of Exceptional Governance

Last month I spoke at the CUES Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. This conference was attended by some of the most dedicated and intelligent directors and senior leaders we have met in the credit union world. I’d like to share […]
March 23, 2012

Water – A Transformative Issue for Business and Society

This past month, I spent a day engaging in thought-provoking dialogue at the Deloitte Davos Experience. The issues discussed each year at the World Economic Forum provide a context for the most important challenges of our time. I’d like to […]
March 23, 2012

Board Culture Strengthened by Learning

This past year I travelled 300,000 miles globally . The experience helped me connect dots that have serious consequences for business strategy and succession planning. It also reinforced a central theme that is emerging for all of us on boards: […]
February 7, 2012

The Challenge of Succession Planning for CEOs and Boards

Maximizing and ensuring member value and performance requires an ongoing review of the depth of talent in your credit union as well as the right complement of skills to lead effectively and navigate changing strategies.  As markets become more global […]
February 6, 2012

The Challenge of Succession Planning for CEOs and Boards

Maximizing and ensuring shareholder value and performance requires an ongoing review of the depth of talent in an organization as well as the right complement of skills to lead effectively and navigate changing strategies.  As markets become more global and […]
February 5, 2012

Heads Up: Time to start connecting the dots

As we begin the new year, most CEOs and C-Suite executives are thinking about how to strengthen the leadership team and management to best execute on strategy. Some leaders may have the “gene” that inspires them to naturally keep learning […]