ABSTRACT
The Gettysburg Battlefield has been called "the finest classroom in America," and not just for the study of history and military tactics, but also for contemporary leadership development. The distinctive character of The Gettysburg Leadership Experience (GLE) is based on eight pillars of learning. Though the eight pillars define the program and the case study has become its signature element in the minds of the participants, it is the careful sequencing and blending of these with other important learning initiatives that together provide the power of the learning experience in influencing participants to take the Gettysburg Experience and translate it into enhanced job performance. The key to the GLE case-study methodology is facilitation that engages, excites, and delights the participants by enabling them to feel that this experience is connected to new ideas, new information, new perspectives, and new insights about issues that are important to them.
