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    Podcast with Phil Gerbyshak
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Feb 18
    • 1 min

    Podcast with Phil Gerbyshak

    I had the privilege of being interviewed by Phil Gerbyshak on his podcast program. We had a great time discussing my new co-authored...
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    Check out our latest book.  Lots of great leadership ideas and applications.
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 0 min

    Check out our latest book. Lots of great leadership ideas and applications.

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    Making Learning Stick: Transformational Leadership Development for the Long Haul, Part II
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • May 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Making Learning Stick: Transformational Leadership Development for the Long Haul, Part II

    In Part I of this two part series on Transformational Leadership Development, I shared information about the problems associated with...
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    Make Learning Stick: Transformational Leadership Development For the Long Haul, Part I
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Make Learning Stick: Transformational Leadership Development For the Long Haul, Part I

    “If you don’t use it…you’ll loose it,” is a familiar quote that, in this case, speaks to what we do or don’t do with new knowledge. ...
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    Our Latest Book: The LEADERS Model
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Our Latest Book: The LEADERS Model

    I’m very pleased and excited to announce the publishing of my latest book, The LEADERS Model: Essential Practices For Today’s Leaders. ...
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    Forgiveness: The “X-Factor” For Successful Leadership
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Mar 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    Forgiveness: The “X-Factor” For Successful Leadership

    This blog was a bit challenging for me to write. Forgiveness is a tough topic. It’s another one of those take a look in the mirror...
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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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    Integrity: Integral to “Good” Leadership
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    Integrity: Integral to “Good” Leadership

    Integrity. Very little question that it is an important leadership quality. Here’s what Peter Drucker had to say about it: “Integrity...
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    Resilience: Bonus Information
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Resilience: Bonus Information

    I stated in my last blog about becoming Resilient that it’s more than just a laundry list of things to check off and “shazam” — you now...
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    Resilience: Now More Than Ever
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    Resilience: Now More Than Ever

    A lot more attention is being given to Resilience these days. The impact of Covid-19 has largely been responsible for this surge in...
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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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    Agile Leadership: What’s All the Buzz About?  Part I
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jan 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Agile Leadership: What’s All the Buzz About? Part I

    During the past several years, the phrase “Agile Leadership” has received a lot of attention.  A lot has been written about agile...
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    Leadership Rewind
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Dec 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    Leadership Rewind

    Every now and then, it’s helpful to re-visit ideas, concepts, and models associated with leadership development.  I’m not the only one to...
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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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    Servant Leadership: It’s Not Only Right; It Works!
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Servant Leadership: It’s Not Only Right; It Works!

    Many of us who embrace the overarching framework of Servant Leadership believe it is the “right” thing to do.  That is, we are committed,...
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