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Welcome to the Logos Institute blog! As a learning organization, Logos Institute is committed to continuous development: of our own perspectives, skills, and aptitudes, and of our clients’, friends’ and the community’s as well. We hope that this blog provokes discussion, deliberation, and some fresh ideas.

Each of the Logos Institute Fellows who post here has a particular set of interests, expertise, and passions. We hope to share them with you, and to encourage you to share your interests, expertise, and passion. Sometimes the posts will be evergreen, on important but timeless topics. Other times they will seize on breaking news to find teachable moments that help us better make sense of what’s going on around us. And sometimes we’ll just exercise whimsy.

We invite you to join us on this journey.

Yours Truly,

The Logos Team

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CommPro Launches The Trusted Advisor Initiative

On August 11, 2026, CommPro launched The Trusted Advisor Initiative. This six-month thought leadership series that will focus on the strategic role of communication. The initiative will highlight ideas and insights from Logos president Helio Fred Garcia, Logos Senior Advisor Katie Garcia, and James E. Lukaszewski on leadership, trust, influence and what it really means to become a trusted strategic advisor.

Logos Consulting Group

Aug 121 min read

Influencing Leaders: The Table is a Myth

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Lucky for you, this “table” everyone talks about getting to (and that every top operating executive actually dreads being at) is a myth. But senior executives directly and intentionally choose those they trust to to advise them on issues that matter. Rather, if you are a trusted strategic advisor YOU are the table.

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Aug 113 min read

The Seventh Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Show the Boss How to Use Your Advice

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Being constructive has a special meaning when it comes to being a Trusted Strategic Advisor. It means avoiding the use of criticism as an advisory technique. But it is actually even deeper and broader than that. A key discipline of a successful advisor is the ability to provide information with the right tone, right structure, a

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jul 284 min read

The Sixth Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Advise Constructively

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Most staff advisors tend to give advice in the context of their staff function or personal area of expertise. The problem is staff thinking and decision-making are quite different from operational thinking and decision-making. Providing useable advice to operating executives requires a change in thinking and style by the Trusted

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jul 215 min read

The Fifth Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Understand the Power of Patterns

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Patterns have two kinds of power: explanatory, helping make sense of things that happened before; and predictive, helping foresee what is likely to happen in the future. Looking back, we can discern what never works, and looking forward, we can seek to avoid what we conclude never works. Similarly, looking back we can discern wh

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jul 144 min read

The Fourth Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Think Strategically

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Every staff function seems concerned about being more strategic. Yet there appears to be little evidence that staff people truly understand what it means to be strategic or to be able to recognize what a strategy is. Developing a strategic mindset is crucial to having the relationship, influence, and access staff people crave.

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jul 74 min read

The Third Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Develop a Management Perspective

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Management advisors need to talk about the boss’s goals and objectives. You need to be able to see the business or organization through the leader’s eyes. The Trusted Strategic Advisor develops the discipline of understanding management and relying on management points of reference.

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jun 305 min read

The Second Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Be a Verbal Visionary

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. The greatest responsibility of leadership is identifying the vision or destinations toward which the organization is moving. The Trusted Strategic Advisor is a crucial partner in that visualization of an organization’s destiny. The advisor’s ability to help formulate, organize, structure, and then verbalize this vision is extrao

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jun 237 min read

The First Discipline of the Trusted Strategic Advisor: Be Trustworthy

This is an excerpt from Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Helio Fred Garcia. Trust has various definitions like reliability, confidence, and credibility. As you move up in authority, responsibility, and power, trust is the crucial factor because this ingredient in the relationship is what permits, sanctions, and protects interpersonal openness, candor, truthfulness, and face-to-face engagement.

James E. Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia

Jun 166 min read

New Book “Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor” Available for Pre-Order

Logos Consulting Group is pleased to share that Influencing Leaders: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor by James E. Lukaszewski with Logos president Helio Fred Garcia is available for pre-order now. The book will be released on August 11, 2026. Influencing Leaders provides a framework for those who seek to become a trusted strategic advisor and influencer to senior leaders.

Logos Consulting Group

Jun 23 min read

Katie Garcia Delivers Keynote and Workshop at Northwest Communicators Conference

On April 16 and 17, 2026, Logos Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff Katie Garcia delivered a workshop and a keynote at the Northwest Communicators Conference in Portland, OR. Presented by PRSA Oregon in partnership with PRSA Puget Sound Chapter, the conference brought together more than 150 professional communicators from across the Pacific Northwest to connect, collaborate, and strengthen their skills.

Logos Consulting Group

Apr 282 min read

Logos to Lead PRSA Master Class in Strategic Communication

Logos Consulting Group will lead two-day immersive Master Class in Strategic Communication for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in New York City on December 11 - 12, 2025.

Logos Consulting Group

Oct 14, 20253 min read

Logos Leads Sixth PRSA Master Class in Crisis Communication

On July 24 – 25, 2025, the Logos team led its sixth two-day, immersive Master Class in Crisis Communication for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in New York City. The Master Class was designed to equip PR professionals on how to maintain the trust and confidence of critical stakeholders when things go wrong. Logos president Helio Fred Garcia and Logos Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff Katie Garcia served as faculty for this program.

Logos Consulting Group

Jul 29, 20252 min read

Logos to Lead PRSA Master Class in Crisis Communication

Logos Consulting Group will lead two-day immersive Master Class in Crisis Communication for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in New York City on July 24 – 25, 2025. This Master Class in Crisis Communication is designed equip PR professionals on how to maintain the trust and confidence of critical stakeholders when things go wrong.

Logos Consulting Group

Jun 16, 20253 min read

How 1% Improvements Compound Into Significant Change: Building Success Through Marginal Gains

When we recognize a need for significant change within our organization, we often dismiss the value of small improvements. It is true that a small adjustment on its own is not enough when the need is great. However, multiple small changes over time can have a big impact. This approach to creating organizational change is known as Marginal Gains. It was popularized by Sir David Brailsford used this theory to revolutionize competitive professional cycling in Great Britain.

Sam Allington

Apr 17, 20255 min read