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President's Message
 Are you a creative person? What value do you put on creativity? Well, according to a recent survey conducted by IBM, 1,500 corporate heads from 60 nations and 33 industries rated creativity as the most important leadership quality in business. These CEOs rated creativity (60%) above other traditional leadership traits such as integrity (52%), global thinking (35%), influence (30%) and humility (12%). Read more about this survey at www.fastcompany.com.
One of the most creative acts of leadership that I can think of is Joshua Chamberlain's order to the 20th Maine to fix bayonets on July 2 at Little Round Top. And, years later, General Jim Anderson's decision to do the same thing in Vietnam. The acts of these two men demonstrate how creativity in leadership decisions can create bold new options and help resolve what seem to be insurmountable challenges.
So how will you harness your creative energies to enhance your leadership practice? In what ways will you "fix bayonets" to create new opportunities and solve problems? Drop us a line and let us know!
Read on in this month's issue to learn about our wonderful client Swagelok's recent Gettysburg experience, meet a new faculty member and see an amazing rendition of the Gettysburg Address.
Steven B. Wiley, president & founder
The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg www.lincolnleadershipinstitute.com
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Client Spotlight: Swagelok Company |
 Swagelok Company, a leading developer and provider of fluid system solutions including products such as tubefittings and valves, assemblies, and services for a wide range of industries, has participated in leadership development with the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg for the past five years. In that time, the Ohio-based company has put more than 300 employees and independent distributors—some from as far away as China, Switzerland and the United Kingdom—through LLI's leadership development program.
We recently sat down with Jim Francis, Swagelok's vice president of human resources, during the company's latest visit in May.
Why does Swagelok return to Gettysburg and LLI year after year?
We brought our top management group the first year and the key was—we talk about this a lot—that no matter what your learning style, there was an opportunity for you to gain from the training. There's reading, there's video, there's lecture, there's being on the battlefield, and it had a tremendous impact on our organization's leadership programs. We brought back a new vocabulary and, as people began to hear that, they became interested in what we were talking about, so we decided to accelerate the program and put more people through it.
What has been the goal?
The goal is to gain an understanding of the different facets of leadership. We talk about transformational versus transactional management, and so, for our organization, we've looked at this to include engagement, visioning and developing others. We've put those types of things at the top of what we think is important with leadership development.
What have you gained from these experiences?
It's a better understanding that people are influenced by many different things, and you have to have different styles and be able to use those styles to provide the proper leadership, given the circumstances. So there are times when you have to be maybe more controlling, and other times be more collaborative and other times be more inspirational. |
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 Former U.S. Army Dept. of Physical Education Head Joins LLI Faculty
Maureen K. LeBoeuf joined the ranks of LLI's impressive faculty in May. Born and raised in Olean, New York, she graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1976 and received a direct commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army.
During her 28 year career in the Army, she held various staff and leadership positions as well as flying UH-1 helicopters in the continental United States and Europe. Most noteworthy was her assignment as the professor and head of the Department of Physical Education from 1997 until her retirement in 2004. Her position carried the unique title "Master of the Sword." She was the first woman department head at the United States Military Academy since it was founded in 1802. Upon her retirement, Maureen was advanced to the rank of Brigadier General.
As head of the Department of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy, Maureen had oversight of the four-year physical education and fitness development programs for the 4,000 members of the Corps of Cadets. Additionally, she was directly involved in the $102 million renovation of the 500,000-square-foot Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center.
Maureen was the first woman inducted into the Seneca Battalion Affinity Group, St. Bonaventure University Reserve Officer Training Corps Hall of Fame. She is a member of the board of trustees at St. Bonaventure University.
Maureen holds a Master's and Doctorate of Education, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Georgia as well as an Executive Diploma in Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, and an Executive Diploma in Management and Leadership, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
Currently she is engaged in executive leadership development. Maureen and her husband Joe have two children.
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Pinsker to speak at Civil War Institute Conference
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College hosts an annual weeklong conference on Civil War topics for more than 800 enthusiastic students of all ages. Participants range from a few devoted high school students to teachers to mid-career professionals to numerous retirees. This year, the conference takes place from June 27 to July 3, and the topic is the election of 1860.
During the conference, LLI faculty member Matt Pinsker will be leading a tour of Underground Railroad sites in south central Pennsylvania and will be participating in a panel on the "characters" of the 1860 election. "I will discuss some little known aspects of the story of Grace Bedell, the little girl who wrote Lincoln the letter that led to him growing a beard," he says.
Pinsker has been involved with LLI for approximately a year. "I have been seriously interested in the study of Abraham Lincoln since my college days, when I served as a research assistant to David Donald, a leading Lincoln biographer," he explains. For more information about the conference, visit www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar/institute/. |
 Lincoln Into Art
Artist Wendy Allen has brought the many faces of Abraham Lincoln to Gettysburg via her gallery, Lincoln Into Art, at 329 Baltimore St. She has devoted the past 27 years and more than 200 paintings to Lincoln.
Allen finds it difficult to explain why she chose Lincoln as her sole subject. "For me, his face is familiar and comforting," she explains on her website, www.lincolnintoart.com. "It symbolizes humanity, wisdom and moral courage. … My hope is that, by transforming the black-and-white and sepia images of the past, I can keep Lincoln within our grasp. I want people to see him as a modern figure, still powerful and relevant and with much to teach us."
Hear Allen explain her passion in a 2009 CNN interview found on her website and see a gallery of her paintings at www.lincolnintoart.com. |
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Copyright 2010, The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg |
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LLI faculty member and Licensed Battlefield Guide Joe Mieczkowski serves as host of "Gettysburg Idols," a video series featured on the Gettysburg Daily's website. Learn more about some of the men immortalized forever through monuments gracing the battlefield. First up in the series is Abner Doubleday. View the videos at