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    MISSION STATEMENT

    “We accelerate the growth of individuals and empower teams to reach their full measure so they are prepared to face the Gettysburg test that will happen in each of our lives. We do this through education, group discussion, breakout sessions, tailored reading assignments, on battlefield experience, personal stories, team exercises, workshop activities, historical examples, and by delivering specific takeaways. This allows teams and individuals to create their “Right Now Plan” to immediately implement the positive changes needed to accomplish the mission.”

    LEADERSHIP

Jeffrey Utsch

Senior Faculty Lead Instructor at the Leadership and Freedom Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he teaches leadership lessons learned from the battle and forging trusted teams and leaders. Jeff also teaches professional development and leading with a purpose courses to law enforcement, military and other agencies around the country. Jeff believes “Freedom is Not a Spectator Sport” and the more we understand our shared history the better we will govern ourselves. He has 32 years experience as President and CEO of a small company and 30 years’ experience as a Tactical Swim Instructor to Naval Special Warfare and other U.S. military personnel. Jeff was an NCAA-All American Swimmer and Captain of the University of Arizona Swim Team where he also earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering. He currently serves on the Board of the SEAL Veterans Foundation. Learn more…

JEFF UTSCH MULTIMEDIA

PODCAST Facing America
PODCAST The Constitution
PODCAST Exceptionalism

Christopher Brownell

Exceptional organizational leader with over 32 years of experience in Special Operations, the last 15 years as a Command Master Chief in the SEAL Teams. He served as the NSW Group 2 CMC with direct leadership oversight on all aspects of personnel management, training, and logistics for all the east coast SEAL Teams and supporting commands, over 2800 personnel. Last served as the J3 Senior Enlisted Advisor to the General with direct oversight of all SOF Operations Globally. An effective and practiced communicator able to speak and write persuasively across demographic, geographic and cross-functional divides while delivering critical insightful analysis. Easily develops relationships to achieve consensus with foreign and domestic military, government officials and civilian leaders. Vice Chairman of the SEAL Legacy Foundation, a 501C(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting the families of the wounded and fallen United States Navy SEALs, which has given over $35 Million to the NSW Community over the past 13 years. Brownell holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership, a BS in Organizational Leadership, and has an Active (DoD) TS/SCI Security Clearance.

KEYNOTES & COURSES

TEAMS MATTER

Building Championship Teams through Defining, Measuring, and Improving

Workshop on Creating, Measuring and Comparing Teams. How is it done?
 Common Elements of ALL Championship Teams (V/P/S)

  • Forging Trusted Leaders-Individual Leaders Matter (Historical examples)-
    Leadership Workshop
  • Perspective Matters – Make Sure Always You are Correct Before Going Ahead
  • Measuring Leaders and Improving Leadership Skills-What does History Teach
    us?
  •  Creating your Personal “Right Now” Plan – Train Like an Athlete.
  • Creating your Personal Resiliency Pyramid – Adding the Right Supplements to
    Reach Your Full Measure
  • Faithful Subordinate to Trusted Leader and the Connection
  • Mindset: Critical to Growth so Choose Wisely
  • Creating a Personal or Team Vision and setting Goals/Tests to get there.

YOUR WHY

Finding Your Why, Just Do It, Start with the End in Mind, Find Yourself, Leap of Faith, Forge Yourself

Where do I start and what does history teach?

  • Using the Improvement Cycle T/T/T/E/A- All Great Coaches Do
  • The Role of Trust and What We Value Most
  • Priorities and Principles and Priority of Principles and the Decision-Making Process
  • How to Be Where You Need to be When You Need to be There – 3 ways
  • Growth Accelerators – TEAMs/Test/Goals/Vision – No time to waste
  • Defining and then Redefining Success: The Importance of Reevaluation over Time
  • Goal Setting and using the SMART Approach (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time)
  • The Role of Ambition: Good or Bad and What Does History Teach
  • Having Hard Conversations
  • Identifying What Holds Us Back from Our Potential and Creating a Plan to Overcome
  • Leaving the Shire and Creating Your Own Path
  • False Narratives Kill; An Historical Analysis and the Measurable Threat to Society Today

HISTORICAL LESSONS

To The Here and Now

  • Why Don’t We Learn from History
  • Lincoln’s Lessons on Leadership and Why He is Measured as One of Our Greatest Leaders
  • Lincoln’s Reasons for Preserving the Union and Why Applicable for Today
  • Your Constitutional Oath and What it Means.
  • Wearing the Uniform. Am I just on another Team?
  • The Connection Between the Constitution and Declaration – Why Important
  • Purposes of the Constitution and is the Constitution Outdated?
  • Interpreting the Constitution
  • What Kind of Government Do We Have?
  • Federalism
  • Defining Liberty
  • The Proper Role of Government
  • Structure Matters
  • The Colonial vs. American Mindset – The Real Revolution and Where are We Now?
  • Proper Perspective in History and How it effects Leadership
  • Lessons learned from the Constitutional Convention and Ratification Debates
  • Learning from the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Argument.
  • Lessons from the Founders – when do we stand on Principle and when do we Compromise.
  • Lessons from the Founders – Persuading without Offending
  • History Matters-Our shared History as our Greatest National Treasure
  • Causes of the American Civil War and Why is it Important to Today
  • Political and Military Lessons from the Civil War and the Danger or Repeating Today
  • Lessons Learned from America’s Greatest Leaders
  • The Dangers of False Narratives and the Antidote
  • E-Pluribus Unum vs Strength in Diversity- Can they Both be Legitimate? How so?
  • American Greatness or Exceptionalism – Were we? Are we? What made us so?
  • Lincoln’s Greatest Speeches and why they are still Relevant.
  • The American Creed – What is it and Why is it Important to us Now?
  • What Does it Mean to be an American?  Can it be Defined?
  • The American Founding – Good or Bad and How do We Know?
  • America and Slavery: A Candid Conversation
  • Preparing for Your Personal Gettysburg’s
  • Leadership Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg

TESTIMONIALS

“I appreciated the breadth of the content (leadership, Gettysburg, Constitution, etc.) and how it all tied into application to our lives.”

“Thank you for pouring into us what you have spent a lifetime learning. You are a true inspiration and reveal many areas of my life that require my immediate attention.”

“I learned something every day this week. I was also reminded I have a lot to learn.”

“Your passion is unparalleled, and it showed. I noticed others throughout these past four days change, and heard them discussing the battle unprompted. I’ve never seen these guys talk about a course so freely. That was because of you.”

“Overall the course was awesome. The material was captivating, and the instructor was very knowledgeable. The personal stories added in refreshed the attention span of even the most spaced out individuals. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would take it again in a heartbeat.”

CONTACT

Email Jeff
Email Chris
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