As a fairly new NCO, am I supposed to give my soldiers initial and monthly counsellings (PSG is asking for monthly)?

You should in addition of when they do great and anytime that they merit it.

The professional NCOs who answered this are the reason we would have beaten the Soviet army all over the North German plain had the Warsaw Pact crossed the IGB. They are what makes us the finest Army in the world.

Yes to both and your leadership should be giving you guidance on the matter. Dont be afraid to ask questions. I am not going to reiterate what everyone else has already said.

For good practice on counseling I have always made promotable SPC give counselings to suboordinates as professional growth. You should also be learning about this is BLC. This way when you become an NCO you are already ahead of the power curve.

As lessons learned from counselings. Ensure whatever counseling you give you follow up on and finish out a counseling. This is done by making a plan of action and seeing if the soldier has completed the plan of action within a certain amount of time (usually before the next monthy as an example). Remember that counslings can include good things as well and ensure that you are commending soldiers for their work and not just focusing on the negative.

Also make sure you develop a counseling packet for your soldier(s) and your unit should have a template to follow. This would include things like ERB, Personal data sheet, strip map, PT test, weapons qual, all counselings, and anything else that is mandated by the command.

The right answer is yes. You should always counsel your soldiers. It gives them way to see how they can improve themselves, and also what they need to work on. You are suppoaed to counsel on accomplishments and things not so great either. It also helps when wanting to gove a soldier a waiver. Uou have a paper trail of accomplishments that back him up. Its also good in the event you have a bad soldier you needs do be punished.

I always gave initial and monthly counselings. I also made sure to close each counseling at the end of each month. I’d have a sit down with each soldier, didn’t always have to be super formal. Usually they’d drop by when hey had time read through it. Ask questions, and discuss future plans and issues. I’d also remind my NCO that I needed to be counseled. I would usually give him a daily update on what was going on with me day to day so he never had an issue digging for material to use. Something that seems so small actually makes a world of difference. Most of my soldiers are thriving (many surpassed me in rank before I retired) an even my former nco has thanked me for helping him get into good habits. You also learn about your soldiers, and they begin develop that trust in you so there’s less surprises and it’s nice when they come to you letting you know when they messed up so you can walk into tops office with a corrective plan of action already emplaced.

Absolutely, 100%, counsel your soldiers monthly and be consistent with it because if you come at them with months worth of counseling they won't take you seriously. They'll think, "look another stupid thing he's making me do." Lower enlisted are counseled monthly.

Do it !

Yes, your soldiers always come first, they eat before you, they sleep before you, take care of your people and they will take care of the mission and each other.

Blue lizard I always did this even back when I was a specialist

Is that even a truthful question? If your chain hasn't been giving you monthly counselings to groom you to become an nco, they have failed you and are lazy. Nothing has changed, counseling still required.