- Learn practical, usable lessons about team building, morale and courage, dealing with ambiguity, effective communication, and the execution of strategic intent
- Designed for your executive team
- 1.5 days at the battlefield with noted storyteller, historian and author, Ed Ruggero
- Includes meals and accommodations
- Fee tailored to meet the needs of your team
In the Concord Leadership Experience, executives visit the Minute Man National Historic site near Concord, Massachusetts, flashpoint of the American Revolution, to learn timeless lessons on leadership that can invigorate businesses today.
Concord Bridge saw the clash of a loosely organized militia with the trained and experienced professional soldiers of Britain's King George III. The unlikely outcome—a clear victory for the colonials—came about because the Massachusetts men capitalized on three advantages: they were highly decentralized, they operated with a clear vision, and they took advantage of their enemies' mistakes.
In our visit to the sites of this day long battle in April 1775, participants learn practical, usable lessons about team building, morale and courage, dealing with ambiguity, effective communication, and the execution of strategic intent. These are powerful tools that can help leaders energize their organizations and get them moving toward their business goals.
As with our other on-the-ground leadership experiences, walking this historic ground creates a learning atmosphere that is almost impossible to create in a conference room because the experience, like leadership, is emotional as well as intellectual. Our experienced team of leader-facilitators provides the historical background and facilitates in-depth discussion to reach a deep understanding of "leadership in action." Executives leave excited about their opportunities to be better leaders and armed with battle-tested tools they can use immediately.
Executives gain new insights and new ideas on
- How leaders help the organization combat fear and uncertainty
- The intricacies of contingency planning and war-gaming
- How an organization's culture can be predictive of performance
- How leaders influence morale
- How leaders organize effective teams
| WHO WE ARE |
Ed Ruggero has been studying, practicing and teaching leadership for more than twenty-five years, helping organizations develop the kinds of leaders people want to follow. His client list includes the FBI, the New York City Police Department, CEO Conference Europe, the CIA, the Young Presidents Organization, Forbes, the SAS Institute, Hugo Boss USA, CitiFinancial, Bovis Lend Lease, and Time, among others. He has appeared on CNN, The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, CNBC and Fox and has spoken to audiences around the world on leadership, leader development and ethics.
Ed is the author of eleven books, including Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders, a study of leader development at the US Military Academy, and Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault Into Fortress Europe, July 1943, which became a one-hour docu-drama on The History Channel. Ed is also the co-author of The Leader's Compass, a fictional story of how one leader developed a personal leadership philosophy. His most recent book is The First Men In: US Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day.
Following graduation from West Point, Ed was commissioned in the United States Army and served as an infantry officer in a variety of leadership positions around the world, including an assignment teaching at West Point. Following his service, Ed pursued a career as an author, public speaker, and trainer. In 2007, Ed delivered a series of talks to business leaders in major cities throughout China. He also leads a Gettysburg and a Normandy Leadership Experience, where participants walk the ground of these great struggles to learn battle-tested leadership lessons that will help them meet their own challenges.
Dennis Haley is the Chief Executive Officer of Academy Leadership with more than 40 years of experience studying and practicing leadership. A 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Dennis served on the U.S.S. Long Beach as a Nuclear Engineer. Following a tour of duty in Vietnam, he returned to Pennsylvania and joined the family business, eventually transforming it from a 5-man operation to multi-million dollar HVAC company with more than 40,000 customers. When the company was sold to a public utility in 1997, he turned to his passion of developing leaders of character and competence.
Dennis founded Academy Leadership based on the methods used by the Naval Academy and West Point leadership development programs. He combined these strategies with today's successful corporate philosophies to create the Lead2Succeed™ process that builds leaders who energize people, effectively communicate organizational goals, and instill smart work strategies throughout the company to achieve tangible results. Over the last ten years, Academy Leadership has helped numerous clients implement successful leader development programs.
He is the co-author of The Leader's Compass, 2nd Edition, A Personal Leadership Philosophy Is Your Key to Success which is being used by many Fortune 500 companies and academic institutions across the country. Dennis is also the co-author of The Corporate Compass: Providing Focus & Alignment to Stay the Course, and is an adjunct professor at Villanova University in the Leadership Studies Program where he developed the Villanova on-line leadership course, Strategic Organizational Leadership.
In addition to the Concord Leadership Experience, Academy Leadership is proud to bring the Gettysburg and Normandy Leadership Experiences to our alumni and subscribers. These are unique opportunities for executive teams to participate in both leadership and team building activities. Ed Ruggero brings the leadership lessons of the battlefield to life as he tells the stories of character and courage displayed by our leaders, providing an emotional connection which will be remembered for a lifetime.
