
Endorsements
“Jim Lucas isn’t an ivory tower teacher or preacher… his years of experience open a window on how to lead an ethical life that achieves great things.” – Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Speaker
Books
These groundbreaking books by James R. Lucas will introduce you to Business Ethics and the concepts necessary to build a Pure-Performance organization. All books purchased from the Luman website include FREE standard shipping!
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Do you want an organization with unmistakable identity, a vision so compelling that people invest themselves in the cause? This book shows you how to fashion a powerful charter for success.
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Leaders soon learn that it’s impossible to inject motivation into people who lack passion. So how do you find and keep the truly passionate, committed, pure-performance people who will take your organization or team to new levels of success?
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Why do smart people often collaborate to produce stupid decisions? Why do we so often seem to end up with the “lowest common denominator” ideas and solutions? Do we have structural and process barriers to innovation?
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Competing ideas are everywhere. Even the smart people on your team hold passionate differences of opinion. This book provides a breakthrough approach to merging those competing ideas to generate value and produce commitment.
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High-Performance Ethics explores the link between ethical behavior and performance in organizations by examining 10 timeless principles for next-generation leadership.
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One of Jim’s best-selling titles, The Passionate Organization shows how to design a culture where employees’ passion can flourish – which leads to high performance that trumps satisfaction and engagement!
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The business world is filled with paradoxes that tend to confound decisions. This book shows how to balance and harness the power of “both-and” instead of “either-or” thinking.
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The first step in building a Pure-Performance Organization™ is to face reality head-on. This powerful book shows you how to shred a dozen unrealities that can keep your business from success.
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Is it better to have power or relinquish control? Balance of Power introduces a new way to think about leadership using “Powersharing” instead of the outdated idea of “empowerment.”
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Articles & Essays
James R. Lucas
Previously a CEO and senior leader in a number of organizations, James R. Lucas, P.E., is the author of seventeen books, including nine 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.












