CPO Private RallyPoint Member 3423 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you had to pick on tool and say it was the most useful for you in you experiences, what would it be. 2013-11-05T00:07:48-05:00 CPO Private RallyPoint Member 3423

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you had to pick on tool and say it was the most useful for you in you experiences, what would it be.

2013-11-05T00:07:48-05:00 2013-11-05T00:07:48-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3433

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Care about your Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines. That's it. If you can do that, the rest will fall into place.

2013-11-05T03:10:40-05:00 2013-11-05T03:10:40-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 3451

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My mentors. &amp;nbsp;Always have a mentor to help guide you. &amp;nbsp;And as you progress, look to your subordinates for someone you can mentor.

2013-11-05T05:29:10-05:00 2013-11-05T05:29:10-05:00 CMC Robert Young 3605

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The primary tool is mentors from the&amp;nbsp;Chiefs&#39; Mess! They will never fail you. You just have to ask for help.

2013-11-05T17:11:32-05:00 2013-11-05T17:11:32-05:00 SSG Zachery Mitchell 3626

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am strong on mentorship and guidance. I want my Soldiers and NCOs to know and understand that I care about them and their needs. No matter the issue they may have I do everything with in my power to ensure that their needs are met in a timely manner. I am also a firm believer in leading by example. I can't make an on the spot correction for uniform, or behavior or whatever issue I might witness if I'm not setting the example with my uniform and behavior. If you show your subordinates that you care about them, and you legitimately do care about them, then they will see that and take more pride in everything they do.

2013-11-05T18:33:19-05:00 2013-11-05T18:33:19-05:00 SFC James Baber 32772

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mentorship and leading by example, I would never ask my subordinate or even peers to do anything that I was not willing to do myself. And with mentorship, you have to be willing to give guidance and show concern for your subordinates so that they will know that they can and be willing to come to you with problems and concerns without fear of ridicule and scorn.

2014-01-04T21:42:41-05:00 2014-01-04T21:42:41-05:00 LtCol Dann Chesnut 59606

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Listen.  Listen to your subordinates.  Listen to your peers.  Listen to your seniors.  Listen to you mentor(s).  Then act.

2014-02-18T09:20:13-05:00 2014-02-18T09:20:13-05:00 CPT Dave Shephard 159361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As much as I hate to say it, Google.

2014-06-20T12:15:07-04:00 2014-06-20T12:15:07-04:00 1SG Steven Stankovich 159370

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There are a lot of great responses on here so far and there are so many others to choose from. I think that I will go with patience. Patience in everything that you do. Patience in listening, acting, providing counsel or advice, determining COAs, etc. You can&#39;t go wrong with utilizing patience. You can definitely go way wrong without it...

2014-06-20T12:21:06-04:00 2014-06-20T12:21:06-04:00 COL Jason Smallfield, PMP, CFM, CM 159405

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Counseling is my most useful tool for several reasons:<br />- When properly done, counseling is an investment not a cost. I end up saving more of my own time in the long run when I counsel my subordinates because they are able to operate more effectively and efficiently by knowing what I am trying to do and what their piece of this mission is.<br />- A primary job of the US Army is to grow our leaders. The best way to grow leaders is through effective counseling.<br />- I have personally gained a lot when my superiors actually took the time to counsel me over the years. Unfortunately, many officers suck at counseling in that they either do not counsel or they do it poorly.<br />- The counseling dates on the NCOER and the counseling box check on the new OER are not meant to be pencil drills. They are meant to be forcing functions to show that counselings were done in a timely manner as required by regulation.

2014-06-20T12:46:52-04:00 2014-06-20T12:46:52-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 159407

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Experience!

2014-06-20T12:47:42-04:00 2014-06-20T12:47:42-04:00 MSG Martin C. 159435

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Honesty-Loyalty and 100% concern for my Soldiers.

2014-06-20T13:12:13-04:00 2014-06-20T13:12:13-04:00 SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS 255648

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Loyal dissension. Being able to express to a leader a wrong, how to correct that wrong, and why it was wrong in a way that maximizes the positive nature of change. Using this to accomplish the mission and take care of Soldiers is the greatest of success stories as you effect a leader.

2014-09-25T17:43:20-04:00 2014-09-25T17:43:20-04:00 PO2 Ervin Potter 657726

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Common sense

2015-05-10T18:57:33-04:00 2015-05-10T18:57:33-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 729863

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Knife hand......seriously though, listen to your subordinates and trust them until proven otherwise!!!

2015-06-06T23:32:06-04:00 2015-06-06T23:32:06-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 731636

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Know your soldiers. You cannot effectively take care of them, influence them, mentor them, develop them, or lead them unless you take time to know who they are and what motivates them. I found that building trust and mutual respect through this process is monumental for successful leadership.

2015-06-07T18:51:55-04:00 2015-06-07T18:51:55-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 731651

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Try to see it from their perspective and understand it (even if you don't agree) and hold no grudges.<br /><br />OK, that's two, but frequently they go together.

2015-06-07T18:59:48-04:00 2015-06-07T18:59:48-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 731748

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2015-06-07T20:04:13-04:00 2015-06-07T20:04:13-04:00 PO1 John Miller 731752

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Knife hand! :)

2015-06-07T20:06:27-04:00 2015-06-07T20:06:27-04:00 CPO Wayne Mead 732062

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Faith in myself and others.

2015-06-07T22:54:57-04:00 2015-06-07T22:54:57-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 739365

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2015-06-10T17:51:06-04:00 2015-06-10T17:51:06-04:00 Sgt Mike Aydelotte 740035

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>sharing my mistakes. Especially struggles with personal growth. I always wanted the Marine that would replace me to be an upgrade.

2015-06-10T22:37:57-04:00 2015-06-10T22:37:57-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 749174

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2015-06-15T14:23:53-04:00 2015-06-15T14:23:53-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 767300

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's what is in the heart. It determines which way to go.

2015-06-24T14:18:11-04:00 2015-06-24T14:18:11-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 800947

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Having a 360 vision.

2015-07-08T16:37:04-04:00 2015-07-08T16:37:04-04:00 SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 801422

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The gift of Patience/Humble to do Duty Honor Country for 25 years and 3 days in the U.S. Army.

2015-07-08T20:42:45-04:00 2015-07-08T20:42:45-04:00 LTC Bink Romanick 801441

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My ability to connect, I genuinely like people and have always been able to connect.

2015-07-08T20:51:39-04:00 2015-07-08T20:51:39-04:00 SPC James White 1120169

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Listening....

2015-11-19T18:16:26-05:00 2015-11-19T18:16:26-05:00 CPO Private RallyPoint Member 1216497

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are my greatest tool, along with the thousands of Brothers and Sisters I have the privilege to share in their knowledge.<br />There is a reason we've been in the Navy all our boomin' lives.

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