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Lucas Group is North America’s premier executive search firm assisting mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients find transcendent talent; candidates fully realize their career ambitions; and our associates (recruiters) find professional fulfillment and financial success. We are committed to serving our clients, candidates, and associates, and we hold strong in the belief that knowledge is power.

In this section you will find informative and insightful white papers and articles. This board is designed as a great place to review best practices, uncover industry trends, and help set into motion the knowledge you need to succeed.

Manufacturing Value Streams & Supply Chains
November 16th, 2011
Click here for the PDF version. There is perhaps no manufacturing discipline that has undergone more dramatic change over the last decade than value stream and supply chain management. These closely-related concepts have revolutionized how raw materials morph into finished goods by arrival at... Read More

Recruiting and Managing Millennials
June 27th, 2011
Click here for the PDF version. Gen Y; Millennials; Echo Boomers; the Trophy Generation; Net Y Not. Google “managing” any of those terms and you’ll receive hundreds of thousands of hits. The literature positively explodes with deep insight and pop psychology on how to... Read More

Essential Employee Education
November 12th, 2010
Click here for the PDF version. When times are good, everybody loves training. In a robust economy, managers view training as an investment: smart, highly skilled employees can sharpen a company’s competitive advantage. Meanwhile, employees view on-the-job education as a perk that can help them... Read More