Leadership Development Program 2

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Pittsburgh District, is seeking a professional training organization for partnership in conducting and administering the Pittsburgh District?s Leadership Development Program (LDP) Level 2.The primary objective of the LDP (Level 2) is to develop ?leaders at all levels? who accomplish the mission, meet challenges, and create a learning organization that enables us to continuously adapt and adjust the Corps strategic direction to sustain and improve our relevance to the Army and the nation. The secondary objective is to achieve enhanced self-awareness, build teams, and communicate transparently. This includes engaging a common language that describes leadership, developing a common concept of what we mean by leadership and teamwork, and communicating a common language and approach to processes to promote unity throughout the Corps. The program will provide Participants with tools, awareness, and experiences that improve their abilities to understand their strengths and weaknesses, develop strengths and manage weaknesses, build collaborative relationships, manage their personal and professional development, increase knowledge and share experiences with the private sector and local governments on leadership regarding business planning and development processes, and build teams. Participants will also gain an enterprise-wide perspective by increasing their knowledge of our own organization, including the Corps, Army, and Department of War, through exposure to and understanding of Corps operations, strategic direction, and internal leadership visions and philosophies. The Corps will provide subject matter experts to teach this portion of the program. This contracted leadership development training program is one facet of a much larger program in which the Corps seeks to develop results-oriented, agile leaders with broad perspectives who lead people and lead change successfully in complex environments. The core competencies being developed include leading change, leading people, being results driven, business acumen, building coalitions, building teams, and enterprise-wide perspectives. The Contractor will provide formal training that includes the mandatory elements of the LDP2 program and other leadership topics relevant to the Leading Self and Teams theme. Training is expected to consist of commercial products and industry-accepted teaching techniques tailored to meet the mandatory elements and objectives of the Corps LDP2 vision. A formal program will not be furnished to the Contractor to conduct; rather, the Contractor will formulate tailored curricula designed to meet the training objectives. To effectively engage the Participants and appeal to their diverse perspectives, educational levels, and experience, a variety of modern and proven teaching techniques and styles are expected to be used.If interested, please email the Contract Specialist, Isaiah Johnson, isaiah.m.johnson@usace.army.mil, and include your capability statement.

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