Posted on Jul 28, 2017
How can leaders combat those "walking EO complaint" Soldiers?
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Ill be specific: how do you beat an African American woman at her own game of screaming "EO" every time she's faced with so much as a counseling? She is a fellow SFC and is pretty useles (doesn't show up, overweight, can't complete tastings, horrible Soldier in general). She has the COC petrified of her. How can I defeat this behavior?
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I ran into this with a subordinate, never a peer. The Soldier was late for formation so as I always did I counseled them. They ran to 1SG saying I was singling them out based on race. I had a feeling this was going to happen so when I went to see 1SG about it, I brought a counseling I gave to a Caucasian Soldier for the same exact thing a week prior. I also showed the 1SG in the initial counseling where I outlined every step I would take for discipline infractions. I made sure never to deviate from that. Needless to say it saved my butt on more than one occasion.
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I would say to take all of the already written documentation, visit the EO office and get their opinion. If they state they do not see an EO violation, then you are in the clear and move forward. If this is possible, that is.
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SGT Dave Tracy
Agreed! If there is fire beyond all the smoke, documentation is the way to combat it. Document, document, document. Without documentation, not only can a case not be built, but perhaps it could be a situation where the SM in question may not be the troublemaker after all.
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Tell her to bring it.
Have your ducks in a row regarding standards violated and failures to report on time and let her show up with EO in trail thinking she will nail you to the wall. It will go poorly.
The better question is why is your commander cowering in fear of the EO? It is a commander's program, after all. He needs to own it.
Have your ducks in a row regarding standards violated and failures to report on time and let her show up with EO in trail thinking she will nail you to the wall. It will go poorly.
The better question is why is your commander cowering in fear of the EO? It is a commander's program, after all. He needs to own it.
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