Posted on Feb 25, 2014
SGT Signal Support Systems Specialist
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I have seen an issue developing within my soldiers of de-motivation due to several other NCO's telling&nbsp;them that due to the fact that&nbsp;they&nbsp;are in S-6 that there is no use of being motivated cause of there&nbsp;MOS and that everyone in s-6 is lazy and only takes initiative when told to do so. After witnessing this being said afterwards I pulled those soldiers aside and gave them my philosophy that I live by&nbsp;as S-6&nbsp;saying:&nbsp;"Don't let people break your spirit or motivation be better than the person you work for look at there faults and don't make there mistakes and that is how you build your own individual leadership style that can make you a better leader than most". I'm the type of the leader that wants my soldiers to be motivated, take initiative in the absence of orders, wanting everybody to work as a team no matter the good or bad situations, and try to change a soldier state of mind to make the army a career and feel that everyday he put on that uniform he is making a difference within the army.<br><br>I want to know some better ways I could have handle this situation and was I wrong or right in this situation.<br><br>
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SFC Signals Intelligence Analyst
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I would not call that undermining the NCO. You did not question him in front of the subordinates, and you didn't outright address what he did wrong to the Soldiers either. What you did was set them straight. Awesome job.
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SFC Information Assurance Ncoic
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My god I wish I could have been there to hear that conversation. The NCO's in that S-6 shop would have gotten the mentorship of their life. I wouldn't have ripped them in front of the Soldiers but regardless of MOS they are still soldiers. Find me on global and give me the unit. I work in III Corps G-6 as the acting Corps Automation Management Office SGM, we need to fix this ASAP.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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You did well. Those NCO's should be fired immediately. Nobody wants a negative nanny as a leader, they want someone who is positive and gets the bull by its horns.
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