The Passionate Organzation™


10 Keys to Retaining Passionate People– Retaining people is difficult, but the real problem is retaining the passionate people, the “winners and believers.” Compensation, benefits, and motivational schemes won’t do the job. In this program, you will discover what really works.

Building Shared VMVB™– The question, “Do we centralize or decentralize?” is a dead end. Every organization has to do both. The real question is “Will we centralize by structure or by shared vision and values?” Steps to building a meaningful VMVB™ process – vision, mission, values, and behaviors – and the mutual trust that supports it.

Human Investment– For centuries, people were viewed as costs; more recently they have been called “resources” and “assets.” But power and performance–as well as human satisfaction–are released when people are treated as investors. The concept of ROHI™ (return on human investment) and its applications are explored.

Leaving a Lasting Legacy– Steps to making an organizational difference and helping others around us to do the same. What is legacy, and why do outstanding leaders crave it? What makes up a real legacy? This session includes an overview of Mr. Lucas’ widely respected 12-part mentoring system.

Mentoring as a Way of Life– Mr. Lucas’s 2-part mentoring program is broad, deep, and transformational. If you want to access all of the knowledge, truth, and wisdom that is available to you, this approach will give you the way to do it (typically presented in a seminar / workshop format).

The 7 Keys to Effective Teams– Forget much of what you’ve heard about teams. Peter Drucker said that most teams in his experience were failures. But in this fresh approach, the seven components of teams that produce outstanding results are explored. The three types of teams, when to use each one, and what kind of people to assign to each one are key add-ons to this vibrant message.

The Passionate Organization™– How do we ignite the fire of employee commitment? How do we create an environment where passion, creativity, and high performance can flourish? These and other critical issues are explored in this presentation, which is based on the acclaimed book The Passionate Organization: Igniting the Fire of Employee Commitment.

The Tremendous Ten of Leadership™– There are ten attributes common to original, memorable, exceptionally effective leaders. These are qualities and actions that don’t appear on any of the typical leadership laundry lists.

Value-Added Conflict and Consensus– Most organizations hate conflict and embrace consensus. Here, you will discover how to drain the value out of healthy conflict and how to avoid the mediocrity of unhealthy consensus – how to encourage useful conflict and how to manage consensus so it doesn’t get out of hand.