About Blue Knight History Seminars

The mission of Blue Knight History Seminars is to forge great leaders and teams. Blue Knight is a limited liability company whose core proposition centers on the power of using history as a learning tool. Blue Knight tailors its programs to meet the needs of individual leaders and teams.

Blue Knight offers three basic approaches to training:

Individual Leadership Program: Designed for a group of leaders from different organizations, or a group from the same organization who are not part of the same functional team.

Team Dynamics Program: Designed for intact teams from the same organization or teams that are required to work together cross-functionally.

Half-Day/Full-Day Workshop Program: Designed to be conducted in-house for organizations that are looking for a less expensive program to reach a broad audience.


The audience for the Blue Knight Seminars includes any organization - small, medium, or large - that recognizes the criticality, even in tough times, of investing in their leaders. The program is not limited to corporate executives. Any organization that relies on leadership to get the work done, be it the military, government, academe, or non-profits, can benefit greatly from this outstanding training.

Jeff Appelquist, founder and president of Blue Knight, personally facilitates all field and in-house workshops.

Testimonials




“Some may ask if leadership development programs make sense in today’s tough business environment. I say programs like Blue Knight Seminars, without a doubt one of the best I have ever seen, make more sense now than ever. What a great approach- looking to history as a way to tackle the strategic and tactical problems our businesses face today. The lessons my team and I discovered were immediately applicable and extremely useful”

- Randy Ross, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, American Medical Systems


“The sacredness of the Gettysburg battlefield, the relevancy of the Blue Knight program, and Jeff’s passion added up to an event that moved all of us to see leadership and teams in a whole new way. It was a tremendous professional growth experience.”

- Tom Siebold, Educator, Author and Consultant

JEFF APPELQUIST is the founder and president of Blue Knight History Seminars, LLC. Jeff is a former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, practicing attorney, and corporate executive. He has more than twenty years experience both as an entrepreneur and small business owner and as a leader in Fortune 100 companies.

Jeff has combined his expert knowledge of American history with his many years of professional experience to create a unique and powerful individual leadership and team development program. Jeff is an outstanding speaker and teacher whose expertise, energy, humor and passion bring historical stories to life for modern-day leaders.

Jeff has a bachelors degree in political science from Carleton College and a combined law degree and masters degree in public policy and administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.