Governor “Butch” Otter’s Four C’s of Decisionmaking
By Thom Little, Ph.D Coming to you from Gate B18 at the Boise Airport in Boise, Idaho, headed home after a great couple of days [...]
Finding Your Passion: Could Public Service Be Your Second Mountain?
By Thom Little, Ph.D. When my daughter Virginia was five years old, we signed her up for one-week ballet camp during the summer. We knew [...]
Responsible Leadership in The Jayhawk State: Mixing Oil and Water
By Thom Little, Ph.D. This weekend more than forty state legislative leaders from across the country will gather at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library [...]
I Found a Dinosaur!
By Thom Little, Ph.D. I found a dinosaur- or at least something that I thought had become as extinct as the dinosaur: a high profile, [...]
Our New Year’s Resolution: A More United Nation
By Thom Little, Ph.D. As we sit at the threshold of another new year with all of the possibilities and challenges it holds, I want [...]
SLLF Appoints New Board Members for 2019
Eleven new legislative leaders have been appointed to the State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) board at its annual Board of Directors meeting in Las Vegas [...]
SLLF Mourns the Passing of former Chair, Tennessee Senator Ben Atchley
“Senator Ben Atchley will always be remembered by all of us here at SLLF as a man of humility, faith, love and integrity. He made [...]
Hard Leadership: Doing the Right Things the Right Way for the Right Reasons
by Thom Little, Ph.D. My wife and I are now officially empty nesters. This year, our youngest daughter started college. She is a first year [...]
Beating the Opioid Crisis: Inspiration, Education, Excellence
By Thom Little, Ph.D. SLLF’s motto is “Inspiration, Education, Excellence.” Last weekend, I believe we fulfilled that mission and motto as we presented “Addressing the [...]
