ROBERT BENDETTI: Leadership is critical to the success of your business. It's the single greatest limiting factor of any business. And certainly, Life Cycle Engineering. Life Cycle Engineering is a commercial consulting firm and a defense contractor.
KELLAM WHITE: One of the things that impressed me most about Life Cycle Engineering is their-- the motto shall we say-- do the right thing, the right way. Because in our business, ethics and integrity are everything. And the fact that we actually practice what we preach, is extremely important.
ROBERT BENDETTI: Before the Leadership Institute class, I had been really successful in my career as a problem solver. But not every situation at work is a problem. I would also feel-- had a very confrontational, or sort of a frontal attack, since we're a Navy defense contractor. And that's not real effective all the time.
KELLAM WHITE: One of the issues that I found that I was having before the Leadership Institute was that I am very, very focused on the task at hand. I just assume, incorrectly, that everyone is 100% ready to go. Let's make this work.
ROBERT BENDETTI: I've been so successful with the frontal attack and the problem solving for so long, but it wasn't going to help me here in a new role. And the Leadership Institute gave me new tools, so I can learn to listen more-- still working on it. And interact better with a team environment-- and still working on that too.
KELLAM WHITE: At the Institute I learned a lot about myself and how others perceive me when I'm in that mode. So I got, basically, a whole new toolkit of things that I can do to get to know my colleagues more, spend time smelling the roses, and just understand that, yes, we're going to get there. We just need to slow down a little bit.
ROBERT BENDETTI: I think it's absolutely worth it. It was a great investment-- investment in me personally that helped me both personally and professionally. But also, a great investment in other team members. It's good to have another person in my department who-- we have the same vocabulary. We have the same sort of a shared experience. And so we have, I think, a greater bond because of it too.
KELLAM WHITE: Absolutely. I wholeheartedly recommend it. It was a fabulous experience. I just-- I really want everyone to be able to experience what I did. Life changing event.
ROBERT BENDETTI: I think the Mastering Leadership Dynamics class was the best leadership training I've ever taken in my life.
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