I recently attended a directors’ conference at Pepperdine University for 70 directors of publicly traded companies.  People around the room were expressing frustration with regulation, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc. and I found myself agreeing with them — the cost, the legal fees, the hoop jumping, all distract from the real work of adding value for shareholders.  And [...]

One of the privileges of writing a book is that on the promotional tour you get to hear from professionals across the country about the hot issues burning in their lives.  As I’m move around the country to promote my new book, Cut to the Chase, I find there is no hotter topic than work [...]

I was flying home the other day and as the plane landed on the tarmac at La Guardia, I participated in what has become a familiar shared ritual of our times.  We all got out our cell phones, Blackberrys, and Palm Pilots, and assumed what I’ll call “the prayer position.”  Huddled over our PDAs, we [...]

In a follow-up to his best-seller, “The Six Fundamentals of Success,” business-consultant-to-the-stars Stuart Levine shares 100 practical and, thankfully, crisply written tips on how to get your life in order. Here’s a taste of what you’ll get in this exclusive excerpt of Levine’s latest self-help book, “Cut to the Chase.” As soon as you understand [...]