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Henry Ware Lawton: Flawed Giant and Hero of Four Wars, Army History, Winter 2007
Brevet Colonel, Commander of the 30th Indiana Volunteers, and recipient of the Medal of Honor - all at the age of 23 - Henry Lawton's career spanned four decades until he fell "bringing democracy to a distant land."
BG Joseph Mansfield, Military Heritage Magazine, February 2007
When Joseph K.F. Mansfield fell at the Battle of Antietam, he was the ranking casualty on either side, the oldest general and West Point graduate to die in battle.
The Terrills: "God Alone Knows Which Was Right", America's Civil War Magazine, September 2006
William and James Terrill of Virginia chose opposing sides in the Civil War, rose to general and fell in battle. Theirs is a unique story of "brother against brother".
Paperback Edition of Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander
The only American Armored Division commander to die in battle, Maurice Rose was the son and grandson of rabbis who rose from private to general to lead the premier American armored force to victory.
The Corporate Staff Ride: A Proven Military Training Tool Comes to the Boardroom, Wharton Leadership Digest, January 2006
For more than a century, the "Staff Ride" has been used to train the nation's military leaders. Now it has been adapted by APPLIED BATTLEFIELD CONCEPTS LLC for use by corporations to train top management in the principles of leadership under pressure.
Drawings of Antietam Commanders
"Commanders at Antietam" is a collection of the author's drawings related to ongoing work on the Corporate Staff Ride
The Fighting McCooks, Military History Magazine, October 2005
Sixteen of the McCook Family served in the Union Army or Navy during the Civil War. Seven became generals. Four gave the last full measure.
Russian General Ivan D. Chernyakhovsky, WWII History Magazine, May 2004
Russia's General Ivan Chernyakhovsky achieved a combat record that is virtually unknown in the West.
Fighting Admiral of Guadalcanal, World War II Magazine, May 2004
Daniel Judson Callaghan's heroic sacrifice off Guadalcanal saved the embattled defenders of Henderson Field.
In the Front Ranks of Gallant Men, World War II Magazine, November 2003
Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle's leadership in and out of the cockpit made him one of the most admired men in the Eighth Air Force
The Frustrations of Leonard Wood, Army Magazine, September 2003
The only physician ever to rise to Army Chief of Staff, Leonard Wood's path to success produced as many enemies as admirers.
The Last Battle of Gen. William Orlando Darby, Army Magazine, January 2003
Creator of the modern American Rangers, Darby led his men to great victories and a catastrophic defeat, but was always in the thick of the action.
Martin Blumenson (1918-2005)
Martin Blumenson spent his life writing the history of an institution he respected greatly and knew intimately, the United States Army. He inspired generations of his students and successors to the highest standard of excellence.
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• Proven and Repeatable Team-Building Management Development Tool
• Experiential leadership training programs have an immediate, personal impact
• Designed by succesful businessmen, who are also award-winning military historians
• Intense interaction with a “Real World” Metaphor of Crisis Decision-Making
• Directly Relevant Perspective in Design; workshops are management oriented
• Proven Case Study Method
• Close contact with senior executives, generals, academics
The Corporate Staff Ride evolved from the training tools originally conceived by Prussian General Count Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891), genius of the 19th century German General Staff. The first Staff Rides were conducted at sites chosen for their potential in considering hypothetical operations against potential enemies. The very near success of the opening offensive of World War I - the subject of numerous staff rides in the years before 1914 - is just one sobering example of just how important the staff ride can be.
The lesson has not been lost on other professionals. Soon embraced by military education reformers, staff rides were promoted in America by Colonel Arthur L. Wagner (1853-1905, a prominent author, teacher, and one of the “fathers” of modern military intelligence. His critique of the Army’s educational system was confirmed by his observations in both Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War which revealed weaknesses in preparation among the American officer corps.
Among other suggested remedies, he believed that these deficiencies could be addressed by the systematic and practically-oriented study of military history, especially the use of the staff ride at a Civil War battlefield. During the World War II period and afterwards, the staff ride gradually lost sponsorship and virtually disappeared from the military curriculum. In the late sixties and early seventies, at the height of the Vietnam War, the Army restored the battlefield staff ride as an advanced leadership training tool. Since then, the Army War College, Command and General Staff College, United States Military Academy at West Point, and Center of Military History have all contributed to the creative utilization of this training technique at every level of command, from ROTC cadets to the top ranks of the Defense Department.
The impact of the battlefield staff ride on its participants, and its inherent flexibility, have led to significant acceptance among the officer corps. Today wherever American soldiers are stationed, on any given day they walk and ride the battlefields of the past, learning lessons of leadership.
By analyzing past examples of decision-making under crisis, concrete lessons emerge applicable to other spheres - including business and other enterprise-related activity - where such lessons can be applied for success. One result of the staff ride is the realization that the continuing study of military history - especially through the Corporate Staff Ride experience - is not merely intellectually engaging, or the pleasant pursuit of “history buffs”, but can be an on-going, professionally rewarding, career-development tool.
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"Learning From the Heat of Battle," Journal of Management Education, October, 2001
Hillenbrand Industries Corporate Staff Ride, May 2003
"Leadership Learning Forum," Society for Information Management, Computerworld, March 2004
"Executives Flock to Battlefields For Training," Washington Post, April 1998
"McClellan at Antietam: A Great Negative Example," Arizona Daily Star, July 2005
National Security Seminar Gettysburg Staff Ride, June 2003
... Diverse Organizations Have Conducted Staff Rides at Antietam ...
Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program, February 2003
New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, September 2005
US Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 1995
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