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Logos Institute Blog
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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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
4 hours ago4 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
PRESS RELEASE: Latest Edition Reputation Management Has Been Published
Today, the 5th edition of "Reputation Management" was released, providing much needed guidance for those charged with managing reputation.
Logos Consulting Group
Apr 3, 20252 min read
GUEST COLUMN: Martin Luther King's Dream Under Attack as Trump's Inauguration Marks a New Era
We made it through the first Trump term. Here’s hoping we have what it takes to make it through a second, with the dream merely deferred,
Logos Consulting Group
Jan 20, 20257 min read
GUEST COLUMN: Zero to 66,000 COVID Fatalities in the First 63 Days
The following guest column by Helio Fred Garcia was originally published on CommPro.biz on August 12, 2024.
Logos Consulting Group
Aug 12, 20246 min read
GUEST COLUMN: We Saw It Coming. Missing The Opportunity To Contain The Pandemic.
The following is an excerpt from a guest column by Helio Fred Garcia, originally published on CommPro.biz on July 20, 2024.
Logos Consulting Group
Jul 20, 20245 min read
PRESS RELEASE: LOGOS INSTITUTE PRESS PUBLISHES LATEST BOOK: ‘THE TRUMP CONTAGION’
On May 21, 2024, the Logos Institute for Crisis Management and Executive Leadership Press published the latest title, The Trump...
Logos Consulting Group
May 21, 20243 min read
Lessons for Leaders from the Worst-Handled Crisis in American History
I did not want to write another book about Donald Trump. In June 2020 my book Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to...
Helio Fred Garcia
May 21, 20245 min read
Logos Institute Press Celebrates the Launch of its Third Title ‘The Power of Genuine Leadership’
On December 10, Logos Institute Press held a virtual celebration for the launch of its third title, "The Power of Genuine Leadership."
Logos Consulting Group
Dec 14, 20202 min read
PRESS RELEASE: Logos Institute Press Publishes Its Third Title: ‘The Power of Genuine Leadership’
On November 4, the Logos Institute Press published the third title in its Best Practices Series, "The Power of Genuine Leadership."
Logos Consulting Group
Nov 16, 20202 min read
Worth Reading – Crisis Counsel: Navigating Legal and Communication Conflict, by Tony Jaques, P
I am pleased to celebrate the publication of Crisis Counsel: Navigating Legal and Communication Conflict.
Helio Fred Garcia
Aug 23, 20206 min read
PRESS RELEASE: New Edition of Reputation Management Published
Last week, the fourth edition of Reputation Management: The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication was released.
Logos Consulting Group
Jul 30, 20202 min read
PRESS RELEASE: New Book Links Acts of Violence to Trump’s Incendiary Language
Today, Helio Fred Garcia released his new book "Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It."
Logos Consulting Group
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Logos Celebrates Firm’s Newest Book Author, Kristin Johnson
Logos is proud to celebrate Kristin Johnson as the newest author in the firm, whose her first book was published this month.
Logos Consulting Group
Jan 10, 20193 min read
PRESS RELEASE: Agony of Decision Now Available as Audiobook
The Agony of Decision: Mental Readiness and Leadership in a Crisis by Helio Fred Garcia is now available as an audio book.
Logos Consulting Group
Sep 30, 20181 min read
Agony of Decision Now Available as Audio Book
Logos Institute Press is pleased to announce that "The Agony of Decision" is now available as an audiobook.
Logos Consulting Group
Sep 30, 20182 min read
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