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- The Five Imperatives of the Trusted Strategic Advisor
Becoming a Trusted Strategic Advisor imposes five crucial imperatives: Jettison Staff-Based Assumptions One of the most profound underlying concepts of success as a Trusted Strategic Advisor is the imperative to set aside all your staff-based assumptions and orient your life, your thinking, and your recommendations to the perspectives, viewpoints, and issues of those you advise. … Continue reading “The Five Imperatives of the Trusted Strategic Advisor” - Seeking Forgiveness
Eight Steps to Rebuilding and Rehabilitating Trust Seeking Forgiveness is society’s requirement for relationship, trust, and credibility restoration. Adverse situations using this template remediate faster, cost a lot less, are controversial for much shorter periods of time, suffer less litigation, and help the victims come to closure more quickly. Obtaining forgiveness involves completing the nine … Continue reading “Seeking Forgiveness” - The More Of These Attributes You Have The Larger Your Influence.
*©2006-2025, James E. Lukaszewski, “Why Should the Boss Listen to You, The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor, page XV,” Josey Bass. Contact the copyright holder at jel@e911.com for information and reproduction permissions. Editing or excerpting forbidden. - The Three Minute Drill
How to give advice your boss will hear and use. As America’s Crisis Guru®, I am preparing to launch an A.I. twin which will dramatically improve access to my writings and thinking. Of the nearly two million words I have published in my lifetime, it is The Three Minute Drill™ published almost 40 years ago … Continue reading “The Three Minute Drill” - Avoiding Ethics Leads To Weak And Failed Leadership
Lukaszewski 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 Partner
Ten 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”
