LEADERSHIP NEVER MORE NEEDED: 1/4: Battle Tested! Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders, by Jeffrey D. McCausland (Author) Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
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🗓️ 13 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Tested-Gettysburg-Leadership-Lessons/dp/1642934534
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. Each of these leaders 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.
1913 Gettysburg
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| 0:45.0 | It's a great pleasure to welcome Colonel Jeff McCauslin, |
| 0:48.0 | the author, Colonel Jeff McCauslin, of the book Battle Tested Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders. |
| 0:57.6 | We step aside a moment from Jeff's analysis for CBS News of the 21st Century Contest and we wander into the events of July 1st, 2nd, |
| 1:08.3 | and 3rd, 1863, the center of the battle between the Confederacy and the Union. |
| 1:15.0 | 25 battles, Jeff informs this are the battle stars of the United States military |
| 1:21.0 | remembering the Civil War. Gettysburg is number 13 right in the middle. |
| 1:25.6 | We begin with a romantic character named John Beaufort who spurns the uniform of the U.S. cavalry, he was regular cavalry before the war, |
| 1:36.0 | and rides in on June 30th to the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:42.0 | Jeff, congratulations, your book is wonderful to experience because you're putting together |
| 1:48.0 | lessons here in the 21st century that are illustrated with decisions made in the heat of battle with unknown forces without |
| 1:57.9 | our communication system in 1863. |
| 2:01.3 | John Beaufort is a cavalry leader of 2,600 men that day. Why is he in Gettysburg? What is he looking for? Good evening to you, Jeff. |
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