We Owe Them More Than Honor
By Thom Little, Ph.D. On November 11, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson declared that date as Armistice Day, a day to remember the Armistice signed to end World War I [...]
Energerized!
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Recently, I joined legislative and corporate leaders from around the nation in Newport, Rhode Island for “America’s Clean Energy Future: Finding the Right Balance for [...]
What Leaders Do Matters!
By Thom Little, Ph.D. I have spent much of the last three weeks in the 1940’s. Okay, not literally, but intellectually and emotionally. Three weeks ago, I had the [...]
What is More Important than an Election?
By Thom Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I attended the 10th annual SLLF Conference of State Majority Leaders hosted in New York City by the Honorable Andrea Stewart-Cousins, [...]
Remembering Sheila Oliver
SLLF is saddened to share the news that New Jersey Lt. Governor, Sheila Oliver has passed away. Before she was the first black woman ever elected to state-wide office [...]
We Must Be Doing Something Right!
Thomas H. Little, Ph.D., SLLF Director of Curriculum and Research On Monday, July 10, we kicked off our annual Emerging Legislative Leaders Program on the beautiful campus of the [...]
Lessons in Compromise from the Debt Ceiling Debacle
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. Last fall I wrote a blog entitled “Unexpected Lessons from the US Senate” that began with the acknowledgment that it was a blog I really [...]
Legislative Civility: What it Is and What it Ain’t
By Thom Little, Ph.D. As I suspect many of you know, for over the last year, I have added the role of SLLF’s Legislative Liaison to the National Institute [...]
Give ‘Em Hell: Leadership Lessons from President Harry S. Truman
By Thom Little, Ph.D. This past weekend, I joined state legislative and corporate leaders from across the nation at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, [...]
From Rookie Legislator to Emerging Leader
By Thom Little, Ph.D. As many of you know, for more than two decades now, SLLF has sponsored the Emerging Legislative Leaders Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden [...]