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Journey to Gettysburg

October 6-10, 2023, Gettysburg, PA

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*Students must have at least 30 credit hours to attend this course.

Trip Highlights

GUIDED BY PURDUE FACULTY, BUSINESS & HISTORICAL EXPERTS
Professor of Leadership Brad Alge in partnership with the Lincoln Leadership Institute.
VISIT KEY BATTLEFIELD LOCATIONS
Discover how leadership styles contributed to those fateful days as you walk the same paths soldiers
and general stook.
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Purdue supports students by offering immersion trips that allow for experiencial learning

Course Introduction

An experiential immersion course is being offered for two credits, October 6-10, 2023 (Fall Break 2023) which includes an experience component and visit to historic Gettysburg, PA.Led by Dr. Brad Alge, Director of the Larsen Leaders Academy and in partnership with the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg

Attendees will be assigned a couple of pre-readings and will be expected to complete a post-experience writing assignment as part of the requirements. Students who satisfactorily complete the experience course and requirements will receive 2 credit hours.

Attendees will have a connection to Purdue University and will likely include Weekend MBA, Online, and in-residence Masters students, Larsen Leaders Academy undergraduate students, and alumni corporate partners. We anticipate between 30-40 attendees.

penn-state-memorial.pngThe Pennsylvania State Memorial (above) commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - And that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

-Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

Overview

Embrace this transformational leadership journey that will improve your leadership acumen and be remembered for the rest of your life.

We learn about leadership by studying the great leaders of the past. Imagine studying leadership from the very place where some of the greatest historical leaders exercised their leadership? the Battlefield at Gettysburg. Visit this hallowed ground where Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. Attend classroom sessions in the very building where Lincoln stayed the night before the Gettysburg Address and actually completed his Gettysburg Address? The David Wills House. Visit Little Round Top and other key battlefield locations, where pivotal leadership by courageous leaders changed the course of this three-day battle in July of 1863. This is part of what you will experience in this course, but this course is not a history lesson nor is it a lesson on military strategy. Rather, this course focuses squarely on leadership, followership andorganizational effectiveness.

Leadership. Followership. Organizational Effectiveness.

Guided by a Purdue Professor and other business and historical experts, and in partnership with the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg, students will learn theories of leadership, apply them to case studies, and develop their skills as a leader through a combination of distance-based and experiential learning. Sessions apply to leading organizations and performing in a rapidly changing, stressful environment, with limited information and limited resources challenges that were present in 1863 and that are ubiquitous in most organizations today.

Cost

The program in Gettysburg is October 6-10, 2023 in Gettysburg, PA. Classes will be conducted in the David Wills House on the square in Gettysburg. We will be staying at a local, close by hotel. All participants will enjoy a single room.

Regular Price Weekend MBA, Online  MBA, Non-degree Larsen Leaders Academy Student
Tuition $4,000 $2,450 $0
Transportation Not included, at least $300 Included - bus Included - bus
Hotel Accomodations $150 X 4 = $600 Included Included
Museum and Cyclorama Ticket $18.75 Included Included
Battlefield Tours $38 Included Included
Meals Included: Most meals Included: Most meals Included: Most meals
  • Special notes:
    For Larsen Leaders Academy Students, costs are covered by the LLA organization, for the first 25 attendees who register.
    Scholarships or subsidies for graduate students may be available. Check with your program point of contact.

Agenda

Monday | 09/11

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Mandatory pre-departure meeting

Class will be held in person, location to be announced.

 

Monday | 10/02

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Mandatory pre-departure meeting

Class will be held in person, location to be announced.

 

Friday | 10/06 - Day of Travel

7:00 AM - 7:30 AM Arrive and gather at the Purdue Memorial Union lobby
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Depart campus on coach bus, travel east towards Pennsylvania. At around 12:00, stop for lunch in east Ohio.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Continue eastward, with a stop for travelers to buy their own dinner.
7:00 PM We arrive at the Gettysburg Hotel and check in. The rest of the evening is on your own.

 

Saturday | 10/07 - Welcome to Gettysburg

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Continental breakfast at the hotel.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM So what? Why should we care? - Professor Brad Alge
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Free time to tour Gettysburg Square
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Welcome remarks from Lincoln Leadership Institute, explore the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor's Center
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM Depart Visitor's Center for The National Cemetery
6:00 PM

Welcome Dinner

Our host offers welcoming remarks on leadership. Faculty members are introduced, and they review the historical background surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg, its major leaders and the application of historical metaphor to modern leadership challenges. We will set the stage for the exciting and vivid ways leadership lessons will be brought alive over the next two days.

 

Sunday | 10/08

Breakfast

Arrive at the David Wills House

Our session begins at the historic David Wills House, the home where Lincoln spent the night before he gave the Gettysburg Address and finished the second page of his famous speech. Now an interpretative museum, this is also the home of the Lincoln Leadership Institute.

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

The High Ground: Positioning for Strategic Advantage

In this first case study, we will examine the "high ground" of the Battle of Gettysburg. Participants will be asked to explore their own personal "high ground" as well as that of their organization. Anticipatory leadership and positioning for strategic advantage are key elements of this case study.

9:45 AM Battlefield Experience I
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Debrief & Discussion

The metaphor of the High Ground will be discussed with time for personal reflection on how to connect and apply this metaphor to your career and organization.

Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Chamberlain at Gettysburg: Transactional and Transformational Leadership

We will explore the leadership of Col. Joshua Chamberlain, Commander of the 20th Maine and his mandate to protect the "left flank" of the Union Army. The differences between leadership and management are explored, as is the identification of one's "left flank". Chamberlain serves as the personification of the "ideal" leader, possessing proficiency in the ability to build dedication in unengaged followers and turn them into valuable assets who can be relied upon to protect organizational vulnerabilities.

2:00 PM

Battlefield Experience II

Return to the David Wills House / Debrief & Discussion on Little Roundtop

We discuss the metaphor of the Left Flank and help identify organizational vulnerabilities and ways to protect them to ensure future business successes are highlighted.

Courageous Communication: Pickett's Charge

The Battlefield and beautiful countryside of Gettysburg remain the setting for our classroom as we explore the challenges faced during the historic charge led by General George Pickett and explore leader/follower relationships and ways to effectively manage disagreement.

4:30 PM Battlefield Experience III
6:00 PM Return to Hotel - Free evening to explore Gettysburg
Dinner on your own
9:00 PM History(Ghost) Tour

 

Monday | 10/09

Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Building Teams with the Military's Most Elite

Retired Rear Admiral Scott Moore had a30-year career in the Navy SEALs. From first-hand experience leading some of our nation's most strategic missions, Admiral Moore shares his thoughts on how to forge teams that will not fail.
OR
Former Navy SEAL David Cooper discusses the behaviors and actions that are key to successful leadership and how to develop the mindset that leadership is both a skill and a process.

10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Review of Concepts

Participants have the opportunity to review and apply the leadership concepts covered during their Journey to their own personal and professional lives.Working as individuals and in small groups, participants are encouraged to formulate concrete and actionable items within their own leadership practice to address upon returning home.

Lunch
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Leadership and Emotion - Finding your Why
Bayern Wilkinson and Barlow's Knowll & Gettysburg Address
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Battlefield Experience IV

Final opportunity to reflect on your personal 'why' in this dramatic landscape.

Farewell Dinner We celebrate the end of an incredible leadership journey at the historic Dobbins House Restaurant.

 

Tuesday | 10/10

Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Check out of your hotel room after breakfast and prepare for our final session and departure.

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Our final session, Humility, Vulnerability, Trust and Communicating with Impact with Professor Brad Alge

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Final wrap up, and board the bus for the return to Purdue
Estimated arrival time to PMU: 10:00PM

Action Items to Participate

  • To ensure your slot and a seat on the bus, on or before September 4, 2023: Contact the relevant point of contact below and indicate your desire to attend. We will walk you through the process of registering and attending.
  • For Graduate/ Master Students: Course will be a MGMT 59000 course
  • For Undergraduate/ LLA students Course # is MGMT 44672 - Transformational Leadership Development Immersion Experience
  • Both courses will have a course description that includes: A Transformational Journey to Gettysburg

 

Apply Today

*Students must have at least 30 credit hours to attend this course.

Larsen Leaders Academy Students

Steve Shelby
Phone: (765) 494-0351
Email: shelby@purdue.edu

Weekend MBA Students

Jerry Janecko
Phone: (765) 494-6097
Email: gjanecko@purdue.edu

Full-time Masters Students

Jen Schukraft
Phone: (765) 496-6121
Email: jmusick@purdue.edu

Online Masters Students

Jeff Nagle
Phone: (765) 494-4355
Email: jnagle@purdue.edu