On September 15th at 2000, I had a counseling session with MIDN 2/C Jones (he asked that I not use his name) regarding his occasional absence from Morning Quarters Formation. I started the sit down session by first addressing the reason why I had asked to talk to 2/C Jones and why I thought it was important. I then asked 2/C Jones what his reasons were for sometimes not showing up to Morning Quarters Formation. 2/C Jones explained that he usually goes, but when he does not it is normally because he was up late working on homework the night before and needed rest. He brought up a supporting fact about how the Commandant keeps insisting that the Midshipmen need more sleep, which I agreed with him is true. I then asked him if he felt that formation was important or not. He began to explain why it was not that important to him, and then after he finished, I gave the reasons why it is important, especially as a significant leader to the 4/C in the Company …show more content…
that see and interact with us there. I continued to dig deeper, trying to figure out why he was up so late completing his homework. We came to a consensus that it would be more beneficial to everyone if he started his homework earlier so that he could still get enough sleep at night and make it to formation. The counseling ended on a positive note, and we agreed that we would reconvene to see how the progress was going on Sunday. On September 18th at 1500, I had the follow-up counselling session with 2/C Jones. This second conversation was not as awkward as the first time, and the flow was more natural as opposed to being scripted. I asked 2/C Jones if he had a plan to complete his homework so he would not have to stay up late studying. 2/C Jones assured me that he did not have a substantial amount of work, but he would still start right after End of Liberty Formation at 1800. We continued discussing different study tactics that we both liked to use to get work done more efficiently so that we were able to limit our wasted time while studying. We both agreed that getting homework done early comes with a great feeling, especially when waking up at 0630 for morning quarters. After completing both of my counseling sessions and reflecting on my performance, I realized that I completed some aspects of counseling very well, but there are some that I need to pay extra attention to next time so I do not make the same mistake twice. Before my first session with 2/C Jones, I made sure to plan ahead on notifying him a day in advance, as well as coming up with the questions and topics I was going to discuss with him before our meeting. I also thought that I did a good job in avoiding putting blame on 2/C Jones. I always made sure to use a calm, neutral voice that did not sound derogatory and make it clear that this was about helping him find a solution to his problem, not scolding him about missing formation. Although many aspects of the counseling went well, I noticed after reflecting that I could use some work in a few areas.
After beginning the initial discussion with 2/C Jones, I realized about half way through that I was reading the questions I had written before too much like a prompt or a checklist. This decreases the overall effectiveness of the discussion because 2/C Jones could have thought that I was insincere or that I was just trying to get it over with. During the second session, I rehearsed what I was going to say and because so, the conversation was much more fluid and wholehearted. I also realized that while giving the negative feedback about Morning Quarters Formation, I forgot to also give positive feedback to 2/C Jones on what he has been doing well. This is an important discussion point not to skip over because the follower needs to know what they are doing well so they can keep doing it just as much as they need to know where they are not meeting standards so they know where to perform
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army values soldiers that are accountable for their actions. Being accountable means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time. Morning formation is the most important formation of the day. It is made to get accountability of everyone and put out any information that there needs to be dealt with. Without having accountability there is noknowing of where everybody is or what 's going on. As a result of me showing up late and not calling in I am pending u.s.m.j action under article 15. know knowing the severity of the I have realized that is an important asset always showing up on time at the right place of duty. Not only does accountability matter in formation it is also imperative to have accountability of all your weapons and sensitive items. Incase of something happening spontaniousley and you don 't have any knowing of how much and where everything is there is alot of confusion and drama. Any time anything happens or you are preparing to go to the field or deployment of course you have to have accountability and order. Without that there would be chaos. Not only being accounted for you have to be responsible and reliable. A person who does as promised can be considered as reliable. Reliability is an admirable characteristic. People don 't like to deal with those who are unreliable. They 'd rather give their business and rewards to the person
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