Battle Tested!: Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders

You may never visit the Gettysburg battlefield, but understanding historic lessons from Battle Tested! will have a profound influence on not only your leadership abilities, but also your life, organizations, and career.

In order to be a truly effective leader, it is necessary to learn as much as possible from the examples of history--the disasters as well as the triumphs. At Gettysburg, Union and Confederate commanders faced a series of critical leadership challenges under the enormous stress of combat. The fate of the nation hung in the balance. These leaders each responded in different ways, but the concepts and principles they applied during those traumatic three days contain critical lessons for today's leaders that are both useful and applicable--whether those leaders manage operations at a large corporation, supervise a public institution, lead an athletic team, or govern a state or municipality.

In the twenty-first century, leadership is the indispensable quality that separates successful organizations from failures. Successful leaders communicate vision, motivate team members, and inspire trust. One must move both people and the collective organization into the future while, at the same time, dealing with the past. A leader must learn to master the dynamic requirements of decision-making and change.

Author: Jeffrey D. McCausland
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9798888451519
ISBN10: 888845151X
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Leadership
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Political Science | Reference