Posted on Oct 4, 2016
If an NCO deflects a question regarding the NCOIC's process of completing tasks, is this them not trying to undermine them or is it laziness?
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I couldn't go into great detail since there is a 140 character limit, so here is the situation. A SFC (the NCOIC) who will remain nameless, is being quite lackadaisical with a little project he started. Me being a SPC, I am the lowest enlisted in the office, so the SSG who sits next to me knows what should be done with this "little project", but doesn't want to say anything to the NCOIC, is this him staying in his own lane perhaps, or him just not wanting to do the right thing? This should help to clarify a little bit of what I'm shooting for. I know NCOs in general are supposed to work in cohesion, so I am not trying to bash either one of my fellow warriors because they're both outstanding NCOs.
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Thank you SPC Allen. Let me share with you the trick that I learned a great deal from an NCO in my squad a while back. He would ask me about stuff he was involved in fairly often, so I began to think about these items just by seeing him. He was very polite, just following up. In fact I knew he had an MBA so I knew he was easily able to take care of things on his own.
What I related that to is what my wife told me was one of the lessons in the old EST personal growth seminars. She said you concentrate on your stuff, yes, then next you do what you can to make sure your boss and the work group you're in are successful. You are making your team successful by asking how such-and-such is going, is there anything you can do to help? Ask them both. What's the timeline? Do you know if there are deadlines coming up?
The opposite of a toxic work environment is a unified and enthusiastic one. We don't know if the SFC is distracted by multiple responsibilities, or what's up with the SSG, but we don't have to guess at motivations. Just ask how it's going and what needs to be done. Remember, the whole day to day motto of the Army is "here's what has to happen."
Hope that was at least interesting! Good luck.
What I related that to is what my wife told me was one of the lessons in the old EST personal growth seminars. She said you concentrate on your stuff, yes, then next you do what you can to make sure your boss and the work group you're in are successful. You are making your team successful by asking how such-and-such is going, is there anything you can do to help? Ask them both. What's the timeline? Do you know if there are deadlines coming up?
The opposite of a toxic work environment is a unified and enthusiastic one. We don't know if the SFC is distracted by multiple responsibilities, or what's up with the SSG, but we don't have to guess at motivations. Just ask how it's going and what needs to be done. Remember, the whole day to day motto of the Army is "here's what has to happen."
Hope that was at least interesting! Good luck.
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Did the NCOIC initiate this project and then assign it to the SSG for completion? Or are you and the SSG just wondering why the NCOIC hasn't finished his project yet? Still unclear what you're really asking. Maybe this project just isn't very high up on the NCOIC's to do list and it's low priority. If you could shed light on who is doing what on this project, and whether it is some internal task created by the NCOIC or a tasking from higher, you may get better feedback.
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