A 2.5-day immersive leadership experience on the Gettysburg battlefield, teaching decisive leadership under pressure.
Get a glimpse into the immersive experience that awaits you in this transformative leadership program.
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Hear directly from leaders who have experienced the transformation firsthand.
History is a dynamic teaching tool for modern organizational success at the Lincoln Leadership Institute (LLI), where the lessons of Gettysburg still echo powerfully today.
True executive presence isn't about charisma in good times—it's about how you lead when everything is falling apart. Lincoln's leadership during the darkest days of the Civil War provides a masterclass in maintaining composure and direction under ultimate pressure.
The pandemic forced leaders to master remote leadership overnight. Surprisingly, some of the most effective principles come from military commanders who led dispersed forces across vast battlefields.
Leadership development isn’t a one-and-done event – it’s an ongoing journey. Our Continuing Education program provides alumni and new participants alike with follow-up learning opportunities and professional development credits.
Earn professional development credits
A special program exploring 250 years of American leadership to help you craft your own legacy of service and impact.
Explore pivotal leadership moments in American history.
Our live, interactive virtual program brings battlefield lessons to you, wherever you are.
Immersive, battlefield-tested principles delivered live online.
Licensed Battlefield Guide
Retired C.R.N.A and Executive Director of Surgical Service Line, Licensed Battlefield Guide bringing medical leadership expertise.
Professor of History, Dickinson College
Distinguished Professor of History and Brian Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History at Dickinson College, acclaimed Lincoln scholar and author.
Admiral (Retired)
Air Academy Class of 1978, retired Navy Rear Admiral with 30+ years in Naval Special Warfare.
Transform your leadership capabilities on the hallowed ground where America's fate was decided. The Gettysburg Leadership Experience is not another leadership seminar—it is an immersive, two and a half day program that uses the battlefield as your classroom and your decisions as the curriculum.
Stand where leaders made impossible choices with incomplete information, failing communication, conflicting priorities, and the weight of outcomes they could not fully see. You will walk the terrain, study the moments, and practice the same core disciplines modern leaders need—clarity under uncertainty, decisive action, and calm leadership presence when everything is on the line.
Your enrollment is all inclusive—we handle all hotel arrangements (two nights included), all meals from welcome reception through closing lunch, guided field sessions, and a complete curriculum designed to translate history into practical leadership tools. You will also receive brief prework so you arrive aligned and ready to get maximum value from the experience. The only thing you need to arrange is your travel to Gettysburg.
You will learn alongside experts built for high stakes leadership—seasoned military leaders, executive coaches, business strategists, historians, battlefield guides, and scholars—published authors who bring both credibility and real world perspective.
This experience is powerful for individuals, but it becomes transformational for organizations when leaders go through it together. Research shows group norms can shift rapidly once a committed minority reaches a tipping point—around 25 percent of a group—creating momentum that spreads new standards across the wider organization. That is why bringing a team is such a strong value proposition—shared experience becomes shared language, shared standards, and shared instincts that return to work with you.
Over three pivotal days in July 1863, commanders faced the same leadership realities we see today—speed, uncertainty, imperfect information, and consequences. Gettysburg offers a rare opportunity to develop leadership judgment where it was forged—then translate it into the decisions you are making right now.