"Using Gettysburg as a metaphor for leadership examples is great – I leave with vivid concepts about leadership associated with the great leaders who fought this battle.”
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Newsletters

Below are excerpts from the Lincoln Leadership Institute's e-newsletter. To receive this newsletter monthly, please click here.

September 2011

"Fostering Mutuality"

I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review (September 2011) that addresses the lack of engaged or actively disengaged at work... More…

August 2011

"Leadership Revolution"

I recently came across a fascinating study that I'd like to share with you this month. It is Development Dimensions International's (DDI) Global Leadership Forecast for 2011. More…

July 2011

"Summer Reading List"

Greetings from steamy Gettysburg. Summer is in full swing here, and the days are hot!. More…

June 2011

"The Importance of Being a Good Follower"

Greetings from Gettysburg! Spring is fully upon us, and it seems Gettysburg is full of tourists and field trips these days. More…

May 2011

"The Importance of Being a Good Follower"

Greetings from Gettysburg! Spring is fully upon us, and it seems Gettysburg is full of tourists and field trips these days. More…

April 2011

"Attitude and Gratitude"

Last month, Managing Director Angela Sontheimer and I attended a seminar on ways to boost happiness in the workplace. More…

March 2011

"Opposition"

Welcome to this month’s edition of News and Notes!  This month I’d like you to think about how often you actively seek out perspectives and ideas that are different from your own. More…

February 2011

"Celebrating Organizational Values"

Relationships make us better leaders—and better followers. They help us reach our sales goals and give us something to cling to when times are tough. More…

January 2011

"Preparing for the Coming Year"

The New Year seems to be a great time to develop plans for the future, but it's also important to not lose sight of what we've learned from both our failures and successes of the past year. More…

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Press Releases

Below are press releases from the Lincoln Leadershp Institute.

LLI and CHCI form partnership

Gettysburg PA, June 22, 2011 — The partnership between The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg (LLI) and the Center for Human Capital Innovation (CHCI) is designed to create better government through its investment in its people. More…

Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg Expands Leadership Development to Normandy

Gettysburg PA, July 7, 2010 — Starting in the spring of 2011, the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg will begin offering clients a leadership development program based in Normandy, France, drawing on the historic World War II invasion. More…

Allentown Charter School Students to Receive Free Leadership Development in Gettysburg

Gettysburg PA, March 24, 2010 — On April 14 and 15, students from Allentown’s Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School will experience leadership development sought after by the nation’s top executives at the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg (LLI). More…

New Museum Honors Lincoln’s Work on Gettysburg Address

By Sean D. Hamill, New York Times

Gettysburg PA, February 11, 2009 — When President Abraham Lincoln came to this small town in south-central Pennsylvania in 1863, to help dedicate Soldiers’ National Cemetery, he needed a place to stay the night before. More…

New museum examines Lincoln at Gettysburg

You could call it the original Lincoln Bedroom, but Abraham Lincoln didn't just sleep here.

Gettysburg PA, February 10, 2009 — The second-floor room that overlooks Gettysburg's town square was also where Lincoln put the finishing touches on his Gettysburg Address. The concise yet powerful speech dedicated a national cemetery at the site of North America's bloodiest battle and envisioned "a new birth of freedom" in a nation divided over slavery and states' rights. More…

Gettysburg house where Lincoln stayed opens Thursday

By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gettysburg PA, February 9, 2009 — The latest attraction for tourists in this historic town is set to open Thursday and for the first five days tourists can check it out for free.

The David Wills house, a stately, three-story, red-brick structure on the corner of Lincoln Square will open on Thursday, which, not coincidentally, would have been the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln. More…

Holidays of the Past Come to Life at Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg

What was life really like in Gettysburg during the Christmas holidays of 1863?

Gettysburg PA, December 23, 2008 — What was life really like during the holidays of the Civil War? That question is answered in an article released today from battlefield guide and Civil War expert Joe Mieczkowski of the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg. More

Leaders of Swagelok / North Carolina take a Transformational Journey
from Gettysburg

CEO Steve Smith and his team learned valuable leadership lessons at Steven Wiley’s Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg.

Gettysburg, PA, November 18, 2008 — CEO Steve Smith and his team of executives graduated last month from the three-day Transformational Journey from Gettysburg, a leadership training program designed by nationally-renown motivational speaker Steven B. Wiley, president of the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg. More…

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At-Risk Kids Learn from the Battle of Gettysburg - ABC 27 News

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