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    My recently published article:  “Ethical Decision-Making: Getting Better at Doing Right”
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Dec 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    My recently published article: “Ethical Decision-Making: Getting Better at Doing Right”

    Hi Everyone: I trust this blog finds you doing well and enjoying the holiday season. This past September, my article, Ethical...
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    Check out our latest book.  Lots of great leadership ideas and applications.
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Dec 21, 2021
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    Check out our latest book. Lots of great leadership ideas and applications.

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    Kind Leadership:  It’s the “Kind” of Leadership We All Want
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Kind Leadership: It’s the “Kind” of Leadership We All Want

    As a kid, my mother was fond of quoting the verse, “Be ye kind, one to another (King James Version no less),” when she saw me and my...
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    Good Leadership: The Art of Asking Questions
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    Good Leadership: The Art of Asking Questions

    I am a questioner. I ask questions. I don’t mean the type that always express skepticism–that I don’t believe what someone is...
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    Agile Leadership Part II
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Agile Leadership Part II

    In my previous blog, I spent a bit of time discussing the background and history of the term “Agile.”  Originally developed as a new...
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    Decision Making: It’s not always the “rational” approach that is the best choice.
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Decision Making: It’s not always the “rational” approach that is the best choice.

    After a bit of a “hiatus,” I’m back with a few more blogs posts about DECISION MAKING.  Today, I share another interesting angle on the...
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    Good Decision Making: It Depends on the Situation
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Good Decision Making: It Depends on the Situation

    “It depends on the situation.”  We’ve heard this a lot when it comes to leadership.  What seems to work in one situation, doesn’t in...
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    Ignore at Your Own Risk: Bounded Decision Making
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jul 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    Ignore at Your Own Risk: Bounded Decision Making

    We are imperfect decision makers.  Much has been written about this in the past ten years.  There is something about our brains that...
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    Decision Making:  Good Implementation or Bad Implementation–That is the Issue.
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jul 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Decision Making: Good Implementation or Bad Implementation–That is the Issue.

    When it comes to making “successful” decisions, that is, decisions that achieve their intended purpose, especially important, strategic...
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    Decision Making:  First Installment
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jun 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Decision Making: First Installment

    This blog entry is one of a series that I plan to share with you about Decision Making.  It is a topic that has garnered a lot of...
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    Does the Leader REALLY “Motivate?”
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • May 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    Does the Leader REALLY “Motivate?”

    It’s an interesting question.  I’ve done a lot of reading, research, teaching, and introspection of my own experiences regarding the true...
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    “Good Leadership is Ethical Leadership”
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Apr 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    “Good Leadership is Ethical Leadership”

    Professor and author of ethics and leadership studies, Joanne Ciulla, made that statement some years ago.  It’s a great statement–short...
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    Are you a “know-it-all” leader?
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Apr 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Are you a “know-it-all” leader?

    Have you worked with or known leaders who behave as though they “know it all?”  It doesn’t take long for that kind of leadership to wear...
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    Stewardship: The “S” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 24, 2017
    • 2 min

    Stewardship: The “S” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model

    We’ve now reached the final letter in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S Model: S for Stewardship.  In my previous blogs I’ve shared the meaning of L for...
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    Resilience: The “R” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 8, 2017
    • 3 min

    Resilience: The “R” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model

    The letter “R” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model stands for resilience, which literally means to “bounce back.” Effective leaders meet...
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    Decision-Making: The “D” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Dec 20, 2016
    • 2 min

    Decision-Making: The “D” in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Model

    The next letter in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Development Model is D. D stands for Decision-Making. Leaders must humble themselves and...
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