Staff Ride & Virtual Staff Ride (VSR) Overview

Human Dimension Leadership Consulting, LLC

A staff ride is a historical study of a campaign or battle that envisions a systematic preliminary study phase, an extensive field study phase on the actual historic site, and an integration phase to capture the lessons derived from each.

Gettysburg Staff Ride

A virtual staff ride (VSR) follows the same methodology as a field staff ride, but because restrictions preclude a trip to battlefield sites, the terrain is replicated in a virtual environment in the classroom.

Wanat VSR Fallujah VSR

• Expose participants to the timeless human dimensions of leadership and warfare.

• To provide a case study in the validity of the principles of war.

• To show the effects of terrain upon plans and their implementation.

• Gain insights from history and from other participants.

• Improve the organization.

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Business is like war… If the grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful. -General Robert Wood

The price of leadership is an unceasing effort; we cannot get smug and self-satisfied, we must always keep learning, we must keep improving our methods, our organization, if we are to retain our leadership. -General Robert Wood

• Utilize the Staff Ride as a metaphor for decision making under crisis condition.

• Draw the parallels between the military campaign and their own corporate challenges:

• Strategic Planning • Stakeholder Engagement • Partnership Building • Analytical Thinking • Critical Thinking • Lessons Learned & Best Practices • Effective Communication

• To show the effects of terrain upon plans and their implementation.

• Gain insights from history and from other participants.

• Improve the organization.

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•Supply Chain Management •Resource Deployment •Moral and Ethical Leadership •Military Decision Making Process •Flexibility and Adaptability •Situational Awareness •Appreciation of Trends

• Battle of Westport & Mine Creek 1864

• Gettysburg 1863

• Texas Revolution 1836

• Pancho Villa’s Raid on Columbus, NM & the Punitive Expedition 1916-1917

• Virtual Staff Rides of several contemporary battles in Afghanistan and Iraq such as the fall of the Taliban and the Battle for Fallujah.

• Each staff ride is customized to your needs and we will address all the topics you would like to discuss.

• Human Dimension Leadership Consulting can build your organization its very own staff ride from scratch. We are a flexible, affordable, and effective resource for your organization’s leadership development.

Contact us for more information:

Florian L. Waitl, Associate Vice President

Florian@HumanDimensionLeadership.com

(775) 544-1769

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