Leadership Stories
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Seventy-Four Notebooks
Seventy-four McKinsey Summer Associates walked Gettysburg with Heroes' Path. The minute made Chamberlain famous. The two years made the minute.
Honoring the Legacy of the Battle of the Bulge: A Leadership Experience in Bastogne
Today's 101st Airborne soldiers walked the ground their predecessors held at Bastogne, connecting the Bulge's lessons to modern leadership.
Why Tour Battlefields? Drawing Parallels Between Our Shared History and Challenges in Modern Leadership
John and an old friend still remember lessons from staff rides at Antietam and in the Ardennes. Here's why he takes leaders to battlefields.
The Common Shared Leadership Experience
At Concord, Gettysburg, the Delaware, and Omaha Beach, the ground itself asks the question. John on learning leadership where it happened.
Developing Character-Driven Leaders
A Bicentennial train ride at 13 and a snowy staff ride through the Ardennes years later taught John the power of standing where history happened.