John Lucht is one of America’s top executive recruiters. Since 1971, he has brought senior executives into major corporations in the U.S. and overseas…as head of The John Lucht Consultancy Inc. in New York City since 1977, and for six prior years at Heidrick and Struggles, NY, where he was an officer. Earlier he was in general management or marketing with Bristol-Myers, J. Walter Thompson, and Tetley Tea. His B.S. and J.D. are from the University of Wisconsin.
Rites of Passage was critically acclaimed and immediately achieved its continuing status as the #1 bestselling book of job-changing and lifetime career advice for executives when it first appeared three decades ago. Since then it has been continually updated by John Lucht, who vows to “keep Rites the most frank, fresh and authoritative source of insider’s career information for executives.” This new 2014 edition is the latest and most comprehensive in the series.
Revised, expanded and updated with each new printing, Rites becomes more widely read and influential year after year.* With over 300,000 copies in print, it has already helped hundreds of thousands of executives find new and more rewarding and satisfying jobs or, alternatively, to move up in their current company.
Focusing further on executive upward mobility, John Lucht has also written Insights for the Journey..Navigating to Thrive, Enjoy, and Prosper in Senior Management for those who want to achieve the full advancement and rewards they deserve in their current companies.
Recently, Rites has become widely used among new segments of readers. It’s the text for career courses in many business and professional schools and undergraduate programs as well, and has become a favorite handbook to help officers retiring from the armed forces find high-level civilian jobs.
John Lucht has also written the EXECUTIVE JOB-CHANGING WORKBOOK, which further helps users implement his Rites of Passage principles. The WORKBOOK combined with Rites constitutes what John Drake, founder of D B M Inc., has called “the strongest, most comprehensive total program available in print.”
*Rites has been in scores of publications (several times in many), including: Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, New York Times, Working Woman, Self, Boston Globe, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, Chief Executive, Seattle Times, American Way, Financial World, Portland Telegram, Dallas Morning News, Omaha World-Herald, New York Daily News, Savvy, Salt Lake City Tribune, American Banker, Women’s Wear Daily, Psychology Today, Minneapolis Star & Tribune, Industry Week, Newsday, Success, Investor’s Business Daily, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Training, Publishers Weekly, San Antonio Express News, National Business Employment Weekly, Harper’s Bazaar, Chicago Sun-Times, Board Room Reports, Newark Star-Ledger, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Baltimore Sun, El Paso Times, Wichita Eagle, Across the Board (The Conference Board), Men’s Health, Personnel Executive, Training & Development Journal, Atlanta Journal / Constitution, Indianapolis Star & News, Executive Female, Manchester Union Leader, Personnel Administrator, Worcester Telegram, Akron Beacon Journal, Brandweek, Human Resource Executive, Madison State Journal & Capitol Times, Albany Times Union, Career News (Harvard Business School Alumni Career Services), Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Bricker Bulletin, Canadian Industrial Relations & Personnel Development, World Executive’s Digest (serving Asia from Singapore), China Technology Market News (mainland China), and many more.