Posted on Jul 14, 2016
Leaders, when was the last time you gave your soldier a positive counseling (or as a subordinate, when was the last time you received one)?
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I'd like to hear RP's thoughts. Coming up, I would sometimes receive impact-oriented counselings for superior performance on certain tasks. I carried this with me and continue to do the same for my soldiers. Do you as leaders feel that positive counseling is necessary? And if so, how often do you find yourself doing it?
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i have given many positive counseling statements ,when i was the ncoic i would do my monthly counseling and quarterly if all counselings were above standards they would be put in for 3 or 4 day pass for a little r@r,trust me this worked very well,junior soldiers will respond if they feel like they are appreciated. just my 2 cents .
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This is actually a great idea to do a quarterly review of counselings and reward superior performance. 3/4 day passes are hard to come by in some units though, but there are other incentives that could replace them. I really like this approach.
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SPC (Join to see) Great Question and topic, as a person who believes in looking for qualities each person presents I do look to give positive feedback to all.
I have said this for a long time quick to punish slow to praise.
I have said this for a long time quick to punish slow to praise.
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I do one positive a year per soldier. Being NG I don't see them enough to give out one every 3months. The only be rated on about a week worth of training. I'm a big believer in positive feedback to my guys, it helps them know they are appreciated and there hard work is noticed. I've given plenty of negative ones too. But you can't Inspire positive with negativity. Negative counseling statements are only to correct a specific problem, if that's all your soldiers get from you then you may end up with more problems than solutions.
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