WE HAVE WORKED WITH
Who We Are
Levinson and Co.’s focus is on seminars, consulting, and the implementation of an innovative technology product, SONARIO® software. The Levinson Institute was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1968. With its comprehensive and time-tested approach for realizing organizational and human potential, The Levinson Institute is now moving and transforming into Levinson and Co., a global partnership of consultants and educators with centers and public seminars in North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Our Mission: Developing healthy business organizations and strong leaders.
The Team
Gerald A. Kraines, M.D. (Gerry) is chairman and chief executive officer of Levinson and Co. He is also a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. More about Gerry Cynsie Kraines is chief operating officer and senior vice president, leadership development, at Levinson and Co. More about Cynsie Norman Wing Johnston is managing director, Levinson and Co., Asia-Pacific. More about Norm
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UPCOMING SEMINARS
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Strategic Organization
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- 09 - 14 Sep 2018
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- BOSTON, MA
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On Leadership
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- 30 Sep - 05 Oct 2018
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- BOSTON, MA
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On Leadership
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- 11 - 16 Nov 2018
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- BOSTON, MA
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Leadership for Physician Executives
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- 07 - 12 Apr 2019
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- BOSTON, MA
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Accountability Leadership for the Health Care Team
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- 22 - 27 Sep 2019
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- BOSTON, MA
HINDSIGHT MAY BE 20/20 VISION.
BUT IT DOESN’T PAY TO RUN A BUSINESS THAT WAY.
Your leadership journey begins when you make the decision to become a truly effective leader. If you believe you are ready to achieve results and engage people along the way, we can help you fast track the journey. As an international consulting partnership with five decades of proven success, our seminars and consulting practice continue to deliver tangible results, regardless of the economic or political climate.
Our story is straightforward. We develop strong leaders and healthy business organizations creating significant value for all stakeholders. Our focus is on the application of innovative approaches to leadership, strategic organizational design and alignment, as well as talent development and succession-planning systems.
DEVELOPING HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONS AND STRONG LEADERS SINCE 1968

WORKING GLOBALLY, THINKING LOCALLY
Since 1968, Levinson and Co. has been developing healthy organizations and strong leaders around the world. As a result, we have built a strong understanding of regional differences in the way business is done. No matter where you are located, we have the experience to guide your organization and people to success.
Contact Levinson and Co.’s office in the U.S. – Contact Contact Levinson and Co.’s office in Asia Pacific – Contact

WE CHOSE LEVINSON AND CO. TO HELP US TRANSFORM ALGOMA
FORMER CEO, ALGOMA-ESSAR STEEL
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We chose Levinson and Co. to help us transform Algoma Steel because of its strong history in the areas of leadership and organizational development. |
We recognized that the firm had been in this business for over 40 years, dealing with all manner of complex business enterprises in some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations. Understanding this background, I felt comfortable that Levinson not only understood the fundamentals of business systems, but also their cultural and sovereign constraints—having operated with these companies in the U.S, Canada, South and Central America, Europe, and Japan. During this 40-year period, Levinson and Co. has built a substantial knowledge bank around the “business enterprise” through its work with numerous multinational companies, ranging from 1,000 employees to well over 300,000 employees. More than several of the top 100 U.S.-based companies have sought Levinson and Co.’s teachings and wise counsel. I felt if it was good enough for them, it was good enough for my company! Read More
APPLYING LEVINSON-INSPIRED CONCEPTS
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Dr. Joe Privott, the founding CEO of Novus International, gave the following talk during the company’s June 2016 twenty-fifth anniversary celebration. Novus, a scientifically oriented, feed-ingredients spinoff of Monsanto, has been driven since its inception by the genuine purpose to help feed the world affordable food. Moreover, both its mission and business results are remarkably successful by almost any metric. Novus International (and Monsanto before it) has had a longstanding relationship with The Levinson Institute and its leadership development programs, dating back to the early 1980s. During those years, Dr. Privott attended two of Levinson’s weeklong seminars, On Leadership and Modern Organization (now called Strategic Organization), where he was deeply impressed with Dr. Harry Levinson’s concept of the psychological contract and Dr. Elliott Jaques’s Requisite Organization system of accountability leadership. Dr. Privott explains in his talk how he embedded many of these concepts and applications to serve as the foundation for Novus International’s past—and future—successes. Dr. Gerry Kraines, the current CEO of Levinson and Co., continues to work with Novus International to sustain and enhance the Novus Management System.
SOLVING A MYSTERY
“Why do managers of workplaces see no problem with their onsite doctors, nurses, or medics being inactive much of the day?”
Recently, Dr. Jim Allen, Levinson and Co. faculty member, and senior advisor at Chevron Corporation, attempted to solve this mystery in a provocative and wide-ranging interview. Here is a link to the press-release synopsis and interview.