Posted on Aug 5, 2015
How much time do you spend mentoring your subordinates?
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Mentorship is essential to developing our NCO corps. We should all spend deliberate time with our subordinates.
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That is an ongoing thing. Mentoring never stops. I have been retired for 7 years and I still have some of my shipmates contacting me and asking for guidance.
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CMSgt (Join to see)
David, that's proof positive of the influence you had over your sailors. Good on you! BTW, I'm a Phillies fan too! I spent my childhood in Veteran's Stadium.
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SCPO David Lockwood
The old Vet was an awesome place. Wish the Phills could've done much better the past few years. I myself grew up around Soldiers Field. I'm a transplant. I will always root for the Philly Teams but my heart belongs to Chicago! Sorry!
The funny thing with the sailors, they all thought I was the biggest A-hole when they worked for me but when I left they realized what I was doing and wished I was back. They knew they had it good and others wanted to come work for us. Everyone I had working for me were awesome.
The funny thing with the sailors, they all thought I was the biggest A-hole when they worked for me but when I left they realized what I was doing and wished I was back. They knew they had it good and others wanted to come work for us. Everyone I had working for me were awesome.
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While I agree wtih you CMSgt (Join to see) that mentorship is required, you will find that many do not do it. Sometimes there is a lack of time, sometimes it is a lack of wanting to do it. Yet, there are those times that one can take, like sitting in the motorpool waiting for end of day formation, that a leader can take to do some mentorship.
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Ken, you're absolutely correct. I tell my SNCOs that they can be mentoring anywhere. Anytime we spend time with our folks we can teach them something.
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CMSgt (Join to see), currently because of my current duty station, most of my mentorship with peers, Junior Officers, and NCO's happens through email and phone calls. I'm currently working with nothing but DA Civilians and although I have and continue to provide valuable operational expertise and experience from the field to my current job, I've received more mentorship and knowledge from my civilian counterparts in the aspects of acquisition, provisioning, developing technology and life cycle management. It's a give and take kind of relationship and I'm currently taking more than I am giving.
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CW3 Tiaqunia (TJ) Hayes
Mentorship and coaching should be on a daily basis. There is always time to mentor a Soldier on their duties. You have to able to know your Soldiers first and know which way to approach them to get your point accross. Know, Be, Do is at the core of what we do as Soldiers and Leaders. I want to be the best at everything I do so my Soldiers can see that and learn from me. I believe that you can mentor a servicemember without yelling or loosing your baring. There is also a time where the shock factor has to be there to allow that soldier to be on his/her toes. Sometimes you have to raise the tone of your voice but always be concise with your words and always give them the respect, resources and direction needed to accomplish the mission. Dont expect but inspect.
Mentorship and coaching should be on a daily basis. There is always time to mentor a Soldier on their duties. You have to able to know your Soldiers first and know which way to approach them to get your point accross. Know, Be, Do is at the core of what we do as Soldiers and Leaders. I want to be the best at everything I do so my Soldiers can see that and learn from me. I believe that you can mentor a servicemember without yelling or loosing your baring. There is also a time where the shock factor has to be there to allow that soldier to be on his/her toes. Sometimes you have to raise the tone of your voice but always be concise with your words and always give them the respect, resources and direction needed to accomplish the mission. Dont expect but inspect.
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SSG Pete Oneill, you dont have to sell me on the importance of mentorship. I've got a lifelong respect and understanding for the NCO Corps that no one will ever fully understand and I agree on your points of how to actually display leadership and provide mentorship to your Soldiers on a daily basis. We need more hard chargers like yourself to help transiton our Soldiers and Army towards the 2025 operational concept.
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