What do you put in your NCO Leader's Book?

Here is my personal answer and opinion. For me I have nothing in my "Leaders Book". The reason is I do not have a leaders book. There are a few reasons for this. One is when I was a younger E4 team chief and such everytime I turned around a new platoon sergeant or 1SG would be putting out a new standard for counseling packets that required most of the in for I carried in a leaders book redundant. Two is the only time I ever needed it was when it was on an MOI for a board which I haven't seen in a while. Third and maybe the biggest reason is I am a Signal guy. There has not been a day in the military that has gone by where I have not had access to a computer. Everything I need is at the tip of my fingers or a key stroke away. So those important stats like APFT scores, marksmanship, and other stats I have a tracker for. As far as some of that other info people like to carry around I don't. I have never once in all my years been asked what size ACU pants my Soldier wears, POV inspections are almost always maintained by the platoon or company, and things like training schedules or PT schedules are posted.

Personal opinion a traditional leaders book was probably needed pre internet age and may still be needed for those MOS feilds that spend days on foot out in the thick of things. Just like 1SG use to keep accountability or PERSTAT on the inside of their little green book cover. Now the orderly room maintains a digital copy to be easily sent and reported to higher. Change is good.

I have always maintained that a Leader's Book has had it's value over time. Every unit will have a Senior NCO that will say something different. I keep in mine:

1) Soldier's ERBs and Personal Data Sheets
2) Profiles
3) Units mission statement
4) Platoon Monthly PT Calendar
5) 8 Step Training Model
6) FTX Recovery
7) Platoon Vehicle Assignment
8) Training Calendar (Long/Short Range)

After that, I have the basic: UCMJ breakdown, Creed of the NCO, strip maps to Soldiers residence, phone roster. The basics.

Content is fine if all you want is paperwork. It already seems like you have enough admin info on them. If I were you I would be asking myself if my mentor/professional relationship with them is strong enough? Do my guys know that they can come to me for their problems? Do they know that I support them? Am I the kind of leader that they would want to fight for down range? Or am I the kind of leader that they would have to fight for down range?

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i was kind of wondering about this too, im a e-4 about to head to the board and two things they are asking of me is my leaders book and i love me book. now for me what should be in mine? im still reading though comments on here so i may already have a answer to my question.

I agree with CPT Moss. The leader's book should allow you to answer questions about the unit and track your team's overall training. I always thought it was what a platoon sergeant or squad leader would use when having to task soldiers. If top needs a bus driver or a CLS soldier, you could look at your training records and verify who you could spare.

Even going to the field, you could mark your team's perstat, logstat, convoy OOM, etc. through the use of unit policies, rosters, and checklists in your leader's book.

The actual certifications and graduation certs can go in the soldier's i love me book. No need to have a million copies of that CLS cert floating around.

That allows the counseling packet to focus on counseling, instead of all that other mess.

The picture is a screenshot of a monthly tracker I used for my platoon. I would fill in if there were going on leave, to a school, or had duty. Known losses were grouped at the bottom and APFT, weapons qual, CLS Cert, and MACP level could be tracked down one side. This allowed my platoon sergeant and i to be able to immediately decide if we could spare soldiers for a detail, and back us up if we couldn't.

SSG Clausen,

I always track medical readiness as well. You need to know when their annual dental exam, PHA, etc are due as well as this will affect schooling and deployability. Also security clearance type and investigation date if it applies.

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