Last week, 15 participants in PC Construction’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their annual Academy. Hailing from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, DC, North Carolina and Florida, the LDP engineers kicked things off with some team building at the U.S. National Whitewater Center. They worked together to complete a variety of challenges that required communication, problem solving and a lot of balance! This was a great way to break the ice and build team cohesion from the start.
The team spent the next day at one of our wastewater treatment construction projects where they interacted with a panel of former LDP engineers and toured the site guided by another recent LDP graduate. After lunch, we dove into DiSC profile styles and how we can use them to gain self-awareness and communicate more effectively in our roles. To wrap up the day, a panel of PC’s construction executives and vice presidents from along the East Coast joined the group to share their unique career paths and advice for the LDPs as they progress in their careers. With the day’s formal program concluded, we headed to Top Golf for some fun and networking.
The final day began with a session about PC’s core values, what they really mean and how they guide our actions across the company. To wrap up the Academy, we worked together to develop leadership statements, our “elevator pitches” about who we want to be and how we want to be seen as leaders.
The group was engaged and energized from start to finish, asking thoughtful questions and grasping every opportunity to learn and build connections with their peers. They make me excited about the future of PC!
