Battle Tested!

Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders

By: Jeffrey D. McCausland, Tom Vossler

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

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 21st century, leadership is the indispensable quantity 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.

©2020 Jeffrey D. McCausland and Tom Vossler (P)2020 Gildan Media

A must for Leaders- Both Male and Female!

I probably would not have picked this leadership book out at first because it I am not so inclined to read war history, but this is NOT what this book is about. Sure it covers the Battle at Gettysburg but it is about the leadership lessons we can learn from what they did, what went well, what went wrong and how it could have been better and what we learn from it. This is probably one of the best leadership books I have read because the examples are clear, transparent, and yes there is a story behind if. I recommend all female leaders to get this book.

Leadership

Amazing book that puts you on the battlefield with those leaders and characters of history. A must read for current and future leaders that can and should apply lessons learned from so many that came before. These lessons resonate across many aspect of professionals.

Excellent

A unique take on Gettysburg, juxtaposing battle vignettes with dynamics of modern management decision-making. The authors put the reader squarely in the generals' saddles and challenge you to pick the best option(s) under the complex and changing circumstances. My favorite was the look at Maj. Gen. John Reynolds on Day 1. Commanding 30,000 men, did he overly micro-manage in personally directing a regiment at the front or appropriately and necessarily save the day this way, while sacrificing his life? The personalities of the various commanders come through as influencing great events for better or worse and the authors deftly overlay the question -- what would YOU have done? Fascinating survey. Narration is also outstanding.