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Jim Lukaszewski is an internationally recognized speaker on crisis management, employee communications, ethics, media relations, public affairs, reputation preservation and restoration, and leadership.

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- Avoiding Ethics Leads To Weak And Failed LeadershipLukaszewski Ethical Truism # 1. The First Principle of Ethical Conduct: All ethical, moral, compassionate, decent, civil and lawful behaviors are intentional. The choice is always clear and always yours. Lukaszewski Ethical Truism # 2 The Second Principle of Ethical Conduct: All questionable, inappropriate, unethical, unconscionable, immoral, predatory, improper, victim-producing and criminal behaviors are also … Continue reading “Avoiding Ethics Leads To Weak And Failed Leadership”
- How to Stay a Vital Leadership PartnerTen Relationship Competencies the Trusted Strategic Advisor Must Master to Stay a Vital Leadership Partner Over the years, through conversations, observation and coaching with trusted strategic advisors and their clients, a list of powerful competencies emerged that clearly help to build the effectiveness, reliability and trustworthiness of the trusted strategic advisor. Early in my career … Continue reading “How to Stay a Vital Leadership Partner”
- The Lukaszewski Trusted Strategic Advisor FieldbookChapter One Welcome Welcome to the first chapter of the first edition of the Trusted Strategic Advisor Fieldbook. I’ve been meaning to develop this document for many years. This Fieldbook is meant to be just that, things that work in the field. I will publish soon the table of contents for this Fieldbook and ask … Continue reading “The Lukaszewski Trusted Strategic Advisor Fieldbook”
- Finding, Learning, and Remembering Life’s Lessonsby Applying Daily Learning Audit QuestionsYour Personal Daily Incremental Learning Audit One benefit of growing older is that every month brings a handful of messages from former clients, students, colleagues, friends, relatives, even strangers. They want to share some episode from their lives where something I said, wrote, discussed, or taught powerfully affected their life’s … Continue reading “Finding, Learning, and Remembering Life’s Lessons”
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- LUKASZEWSKI’S CONTENTION SURVIVAL MANIFESTOKeeping Yourself and the Things That Matter Under Control This manifesto is a personal and often publicly declared set of principles, policies, or intentions for addressing contentious public circumstances and situations, and behaving with integrity, honesty, and even good humor. These are the disciplines (real personal rules) for winning in the irritating, aggravating, agitating environment … Continue reading “LUKASZEWSKI’S CONTENTION SURVIVAL MANIFESTO”