For the past 12 years, Trident Leadership CEO Steve McCloud has taken the concepts combat veterans learn and translated them to the corporate world and to leadership teams across Greater Chattanooga.
Prior to that, McCloud spent much of his free time working with WWII veterans and other retired military personnel, listening to and documenting their stories.
“I just realized that they had a tremendous wealth of lessons learned that would be beneficial to the business world, and they were taking them to the grave,” he said. ” They were messages that apply to any group of people who need to work together to accomplish something.”
With the help of some of the veterans who inspired him, McCloud said Trident hopes to continue to carry out the legacy of their life lessons by offering the Battle-Ready Team Program.
The program takes two groups of people who work together and has them compete against one another to solve a problem, which is created specially for the company or group based on their needs. The first team to successfully solve it is the victor. In addition to offering the chance for a shared victory, the teams learn communication and cooperation skills, among other benefits, McCloud said.