1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,940 mhm . Yeah , 2 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:10,840 mm hmm . Yeah . 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,929 U . S . Army Corps of Engineers , 4 00:00:16,929 --> 00:00:18,540 Nashville District employees 5 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:20,318 participating in the leadership 6 00:00:20,318 --> 00:00:22,318 development program to our climbing 7 00:00:22,318 --> 00:00:24,429 their way to new levels of leadership 8 00:00:24,429 --> 00:00:26,318 progression as they get closer to 9 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:28,540 graduating from the year long program . 10 00:00:28,540 --> 00:00:30,540 But first they need to tackle a few 11 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:32,651 remaining obstacles . The L . D . P . 12 00:00:32,651 --> 00:00:34,762 Two class put their leadership skills 13 00:00:34,762 --> 00:00:36,540 to use at the adventure park in 14 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:38,762 Nashville Tennessee as they stepped out 15 00:00:38,762 --> 00:00:40,929 of their comfort zones and into safety 16 00:00:40,929 --> 00:00:43,010 harnesses before scaling the aerial 17 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,950 obstacle course . This is the last 18 00:00:45,950 --> 00:00:47,860 class that we have in our LDP two 19 00:00:47,860 --> 00:00:50,170 sessions so he was able to really use a 20 00:00:50,170 --> 00:00:52,226 lot of the skills that we've learned 21 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:54,226 throughout our LDP course as far as 22 00:00:54,226 --> 00:00:56,430 encouraging my teammates and working 23 00:00:56,430 --> 00:00:58,486 together as a team to find the right 24 00:00:58,486 --> 00:01:00,652 solution . The LDP to program has been 25 00:01:00,652 --> 00:01:02,763 part of the cores leadership training 26 00:01:02,763 --> 00:01:04,652 for several years now . Typically 27 00:01:04,652 --> 00:01:06,652 taught at a university . But in the 28 00:01:06,652 --> 00:01:08,874 last few years there's been a different 29 00:01:08,874 --> 00:01:11,041 approach to teaching the course . This 30 00:01:11,041 --> 00:01:13,263 is our third year with the program that 31 00:01:13,263 --> 00:01:15,374 we've ran the program and they run an 32 00:01:15,374 --> 00:01:17,600 LDP one in LDP to both a little bit 33 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,840 different . The LDP two is really skill 34 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,007 based around the individual and team . 35 00:01:22,007 --> 00:01:24,229 The LDP one is really more based around 36 00:01:24,229 --> 00:01:26,396 understanding the organization and the 37 00:01:26,396 --> 00:01:28,618 functionality of the organization . L . 38 00:01:28,618 --> 00:01:30,673 D . P . Two graduates plan on taking 39 00:01:30,673 --> 00:01:32,840 everything they've learned both in the 40 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,007 classroom and on the ropes course back 41 00:01:35,007 --> 00:01:37,118 with them to their sections and teams 42 00:01:37,118 --> 00:01:38,896 so they can help build up their 43 00:01:38,896 --> 00:01:41,007 coworkers in ways that help drive the 44 00:01:41,007 --> 00:01:42,951 cores overall mission as a project 45 00:01:42,951 --> 00:01:45,118 manager . It's one of my main goals is 46 00:01:45,118 --> 00:01:47,284 to help encourage and get teams to the 47 00:01:47,284 --> 00:01:49,507 end product . I really will use some of 48 00:01:49,507 --> 00:01:51,507 the skills that we learned and used 49 00:01:51,507 --> 00:01:53,618 today to be able to take that back to 50 00:01:53,618 --> 00:01:55,840 my job and use that in the future . You 51 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,007 know , the fact that we can accomplish 52 00:01:58,007 --> 00:02:00,173 so much . He even challenges that seem 53 00:02:00,173 --> 00:01:59,980 very daunting . Probably the biggest 54 00:01:59,980 --> 00:02:02,202 thing that I'll take back to my section 55 00:02:02,202 --> 00:02:04,202 of team . It's just the idea of the 56 00:02:04,202 --> 00:02:06,424 goal to be more of an encourager , more 57 00:02:06,424 --> 00:02:08,536 supporter trying to help them take on 58 00:02:08,536 --> 00:02:08,150 the tough engineering challenges you 59 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:10,150 face the ropes course , tested both 60 00:02:10,150 --> 00:02:12,150 physical and mental strength of the 61 00:02:12,150 --> 00:02:14,410 group as they work their way up over 62 00:02:14,410 --> 00:02:17,110 and across the rope link treetops . For 63 00:02:17,110 --> 00:02:19,610 me , it's been very beneficial . It 64 00:02:19,610 --> 00:02:22,490 gave me a lot of self esteem , a lot of 65 00:02:22,490 --> 00:02:24,610 confidence and I think it's helped me 66 00:02:24,610 --> 00:02:27,870 be a better leader in my position , so 67 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:30,380 I'm hoping I can take that back to my 68 00:02:30,380 --> 00:02:32,670 section and my teammates , the LDP to 69 00:02:32,670 --> 00:02:34,670 graduates finished up their time at 70 00:02:34,670 --> 00:02:36,670 Adventure Park with a friendly acts 71 00:02:36,670 --> 00:02:39,050 during competition . The leadership 72 00:02:39,050 --> 00:02:41,217 development program focused on lessons 73 00:02:41,217 --> 00:02:43,106 and successful leadership , which 74 00:02:43,106 --> 00:02:45,328 included handling difficult discussions 75 00:02:45,328 --> 00:02:47,550 with high ranking officials and leading 76 00:02:47,550 --> 00:02:49,606 in a way that enables all members of 77 00:02:49,606 --> 00:02:51,828 their team to participate in moving the 78 00:02:51,828 --> 00:02:53,883 organization forward and encouraging 79 00:02:53,883 --> 00:02:56,290 camaraderie amongst the team . The LDP 80 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,300 to program has been a great program 81 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:00,244 overall . I've learned a lot about 82 00:03:00,244 --> 00:03:02,078 myself as a , as a leader , as a 83 00:03:02,078 --> 00:03:04,133 manager to take back and use with my 84 00:03:04,133 --> 00:03:06,133 team . I've learned a lot on how to 85 00:03:06,133 --> 00:03:08,244 relate better with my team and how to 86 00:03:08,244 --> 00:03:10,356 connect better with my team and a lot 87 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:12,411 of different strategies and ideas to 88 00:03:12,411 --> 00:03:12,250 think about trying to further enhance 89 00:03:12,250 --> 00:03:14,417 our mission . The ropes course , an ax 90 00:03:14,417 --> 00:03:16,528 during exercise gave participants one 91 00:03:16,528 --> 00:03:18,750 last time to team , build and implement 92 00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:20,750 their newly acquired skills . Since 93 00:03:20,750 --> 00:03:22,917 it's at the end of the program and not 94 00:03:22,917 --> 00:03:24,972 at the beginning of the program , it 95 00:03:24,972 --> 00:03:27,083 really is significant because they've 96 00:03:27,083 --> 00:03:26,830 had a lot of opportunity to interact 97 00:03:26,830 --> 00:03:29,280 with each other over the year and a lot 98 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,113 of opportunity to learn from one 99 00:03:31,113 --> 00:03:33,113 another , but equally challenge one 100 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:35,169 another , reporting for the Corps of 101 00:03:35,169 --> 00:03:37,224 Engineers , Nashville District . I'm 102 00:03:37,224 --> 00:03:38,970 misty Cunningham three . 103 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:51,250 Okay .