Posted on Jan 18, 2020
Why are NCO’s okay with sugarcoating the outcomes of certain situation regarding junior soldiers?
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If you are an NCO, and your NCO induction stated you are to be honest with your soldiers and not leave them uniformed, why are y’all getting upset when truthful answers come off as brash or not “NCO-like”?
As an NCO, we are not in the business of creating friendships but in the business of leading soldiers. If you are honest to the soldier of the potential outcome, they are far more likely to trust you down the road. If you lie to them or are not honest with them, then you are negatively effecting mission readiness and you now have a soldier that may not listen to you.
So what do you do? Are you honest with them so that they know, which may result in them getting upset at first, or do you sugar coat the outcome to not upset them at first?
As an NCO, we are not in the business of creating friendships but in the business of leading soldiers. If you are honest to the soldier of the potential outcome, they are far more likely to trust you down the road. If you lie to them or are not honest with them, then you are negatively effecting mission readiness and you now have a soldier that may not listen to you.
So what do you do? Are you honest with them so that they know, which may result in them getting upset at first, or do you sugar coat the outcome to not upset them at first?
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Posted 6 y ago
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Sometimes can be the overall inexperience, or the inexperience on how to handle the soldier’s reaction
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As a NCO, it is our responsibility to be honest/truthful with our soldiers. They look up to us as leaders to guide them in the right direction.. at the same time, when they get themselves in the wrong path, it is our duty to get them back, even if we have to use the UCMJ process. A good soldier, finds a leaders that stand by his side always, but, when that good soldiers goes bad... such leader disappears.. I called them “ spot light NCOs”, they shine when things are good and job is easy, but, when shit hits the fan.. they aren’t nowhere to be found.. if a leader, takes time to know each one of his soldiers.... he (NCO) knows how to approach each soldier individually without worrying about hurting anyone’s Feelings.. best way to keep soldiers engage is to be truthful, honest and keep them inform daily on units mission and provide them information that may affect their daily routine
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One day the sugar coating may come off and your people are in bags and hospitals.. Thank God this is your problem... bring doughnuts.
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You need to learn your people every where you go and lead. Some will react best with ball busting others will report you. Nothing has changed there, just how people take reports. Once upon a time, if you ball busted and they complained, they investigated and went with the outcome of the investigation. Today they remove first. You should be learning your people anyways as a leader.
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