James R. Lucas http://jamesrlucas.com Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Home http://jamesrlucas.com/home/ http://jamesrlucas.com/home/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 jrlucas Uncategorized
Previously a CEO and senior leader in a number of organizations, James R. Lucas, Ph.D., P.E., is the author of fourteen books, including four recent, acclaimed books on high-impact leadership, designing high-performance organizations, and identifying and conquering the Fatal Illusions™ that keep organizations from top-tier performance. He consistently challenges conventional wisdom about common business obstacles and has been recognized as a provider of thought-leadership on a variety of leadership topics for more than 20 years.


Mr. Lucas’ principles and leadership approaches are being practiced at senior levels within a diverse group of organizations, including the following:

  • Procter & Gamble
  • Kerr-McGee
  • Cintas
  • Ernst & Young
  • FifthThird Bank
  • Logitech
  • IBA Belgium
  • New York State
  • US Army


Mr. Lucas is an award-winning senior faculty member of the American Management Association, where he teaches its premier course, The Course for Presidents. Jim has an extensive speaking schedule, in which he addresses topics from his books and research and has been interviewed frequently on radio and television.

Additional past speaking engagements:

  • University of Dayton - Center for Leadership and Executive Development
  • Presidents Forum of Southwest Florida
  • Building Collaborative Capability for Business Results – University of North Texas
  • Strategic Keynotes™ for numerous additional Fortune 1000 Companies

New 2007 Release: High-Performance Ethics: Ten Timeless Principles for Next-Generation Leadership - “Clearly, an ethics-free focus on performance is a superb way to destroy performance . . . . But what is perhaps not as obvious is the wealth and good that can come from closely connecting these two powerful concepts - ethics and performance.

In this wonderful book, Wes Cantrell and Jim Lucas show us what this connection looks like, and how it can be put to work to build prosperous organizations and careers.

High-Performance Ethics is a rare commodity, a book with a truly unique and provocative message that can actually make a difference in the way we act and the results we get today. Its message is as important as any you will hear now or in the years to come.”

-Steve Forbes
President & CEO, Forbes, Inc.
Editor-in-chief, Forbes magazine



“In an ever-changing society and business landscape, we need something solid and real to hang onto. Something that tells us how to do right, something that tells us how to do well.

High-Performance Ethics points the way to that ’something’. . . . This book is based on principles that are thousands of years old, illustrated with examples as current and cutting-edge as today’s news.

You will do well to take the message you’ve received in High-Performance Ethics and apply it to your life and career.”

-Zig Ziglar
Author and motivational speaker
Founder, Ziglar

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