Forging a New Route for the State Legislature
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. For more than seventy years, the descendants of James H. and Virginia Howell Colson have gathered in Norwood, North Carolina on [...]
Civility,Trust & Legislative Leadership
By: Stephen G. Lakis, President, SLLF Just last year SLLF signed up with Bridge Alliance, a new organization whose stated goal is to restore civility [...]
We Do We Do What We Do?
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I posted a blog entitled “Why Do They Do That?” trying to explain why younger legislators, staffers [...]
Why Do They Do That?
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Why do young people today seem to be addicted to their iphones or tablets? Why do junior legislators seem intent on [...]
Bridging the Gap: Lessons Learned from an Extraordinarily Ordinary Generation
By Thom Little, Ph.D. What a weekend! What a conference! A few days ago, I had the honor and privilege of spending time with an [...]
Bottom-Up Leadership: Rank-and-File Lead the Way in Kansas and Illinois
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Everybody talks about top-down leadership. Those at the top of the pyramid lead those further down. Indeed, with its focus on [...]
2018 Here We Come!
A three-day Board Meeting and Leadership Forum in sunny Palm Beach, Florida. Now that is how you wrap up a year that can only be [...]
Who Knew? What to Visit in the Northwest Territory
In sixth grade I thought it was hilarious, as eleven year-olds do, that Ohio was part of the “Northwest Territory,” so I wrote a [...]
Diary of a Majority Leader Conference
Thursday July 20, 3:45am: At this hour there’s only one proper thing to be doing, unless you’re in emergency services, morning broadcasting, or writing [...]
