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Strategies for Success 2024
How We Learn is How We Lead
An Experiential Learning Retreat
Gettysburg, PA
October 1, 16, 18-19
Tom Van Dam
USNA, Experiential Learning Coach
Tom helps teams maximize experiences through reflection, self-awareness, and intentional experimentation. He helps coaches and leaders connect and develop success through teaching.
Tom is a leadership professional with over 18 years of experience as a Naval Aviator and leadership consultant and executive coach. He's demonstrated advanced skill set in time-sensitive planning, decision-making, and critical reaction skills as a special operations naval aviator and instructor pilot. Tom is also a leadership professor and program director for leader and leadership development, focusing on experiential learning, emotional intelligence, organizational culture and organizational grit and resilience, and motivation techniques for developing leadership skills, organizational success, and team optimization. Extensive background in curriculum development and experiential program development for leaders, athletic teams, and organizations.
Our experiential learning includes:
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Exploring the Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle and your own individual learning style.
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Experiencing the Gettysburg battlefield, and consider challenges faced by leadership on both sides during the battle.
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Reflecting on complex decisions, strategic considerations, large-scale coordination and collaboration among troops during battle.
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Thinking about the dynamics we face as leaders, the choices we make and the impact on our outcomes. What “battles” are we facing and how will our learning cycle and style affect future outcomes?
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Creating plans to Act, leveraging your learning style and experiences as you lead your teams.
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I will learn.
Benjamin Franklin, 1750