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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    No One Likes a “Bully” Leader.
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • Jun 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    No One Likes a “Bully” Leader.

    Often, when we hear the word “bully,” we immediately think of the terrible problem that schools face when students verbally, physically,...
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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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    Servant Leadership Requires an “Ego Check”
    3Rivers Leadership Institute
    • May 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    Servant Leadership Requires an “Ego Check”

    In this short video clip, best-selling author and friend, Ken Blanchard, shares why we have to take an introspective look at our ego in...
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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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