Lessons From the White House: The Importance of Leadership “Abilities” Part II
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I posted an article about four “abilities” associated with effective leadership: likeability, capability, credibility and adaptability. [...]
Lessons From the White House: The Importance of Leadership “Abilities” Part I
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, at SLLF’s Leadership Forum, I was honored to be in the audience at the Ronald Reagan [...]
Plusses and Minuses: You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Great
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. I am a fan of the wonderful (I think) 1980s situation comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati.” In the series’ final episode, [...]
Looking for Political Heroes
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I was privileged to listen to the inspiring words of noted Civil War scholar James I. [...]
American Sniper
By Stephen G. Lakis President, State Legislative Leaders Foundation While in Austin, Texas, recently I had an opportunity to see the movie American Sniper. I [...]
The Decline of Deliberative Democracy: Easier to Delete than Debate
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. Several years ago, I established a Facebook account so that I could communicate with the college students I teach on [...]
From Citizen Kane to Citizen You
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I was visiting Austin, Texas to prepare for our upcoming New Speakers Orientation (January 22-24, 2015). [...]
SLLF’s Gift to You…
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. As I sit wedged in a middle seat on a plane headed to the annual meeting of the National Conference [...]
Ethics and Leadership Summit: Stop, Think and Listen
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D In 1972 the Union Pacific Railroad founded Operation Lifesaver, dedicated to increasing awareness of rail safety, and initiated the “Stop, [...]
