CORPORALS COURSE COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Follow-on counseling sessions for active
component lance corporals and below occur at least once every 30 days. On the other
hand, follow-on counseling sessions for reserve component lance corporals and below
not on active duty orders occur once every three months and during annual training.
Follow-on counseling sessions for corporals through colonels occur approximately 90
days after the initial counseling session and subsequent sessions will occur every six
months.
All counseling sessions are conducted on an individual basis to:
•Address observed strengths and weaknesses.
•Reinforce the junior's successes and provide guidance to correct deficiencies.
•Identify and analyze performance problems that have emerged since the last
counseling session.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Event-related counseling sessions are informal,
unscheduled, can occur at any time, and can be initiated by either party. These
sessions typically occur when the senior or junior sees a need to meet before the next
scheduled follow-on session. These sessions are usually short and focus on a specific
recent event. The senior may not draw on the full array of counseling techniques, and
any planning or target setting that occurs is likely to focus on the short term.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔It is important to remember that event-related
counseling sessions are not only used to deal with problems, but are also occasions for
praise. Counseling should be a means of reinforcing a Marine's strengths and correcting
deficiencies. Leaders commonly use event related counseling when there is a time
sensitive need to deal with a problem or correct a deficiency. These sessions will
include the three D's:
•Determine or identify the nature of the problem.
,•Discuss the impact of the behavior.
•Develop a plan of action to correct the behavior or problem.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Formal one-on-one counseling sessions occur at
the initial and follow-on sessions. They are scheduled, planned out, and follow an
agreed upon agenda that includes discussing the junior's goals and targets. During
these sessions, the senior should:
•Draw on the full range of counseling practices and skills.
•Document the session.
•Schedule the next follow-on session.
These sessions usually focus on the junior's overall performance and targets over a
period of several weeks or months.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Informal counseling sessions can occur at any
time. Even if they are brief, they keep the junior aware of the senior's interest and
concern. They also give the senior and junior an opportunity to deal with problems
before they become serious. These sessions are:
•Unscheduled
•Unplanned
•Less formal in structure
•Brief and pointed to the concern
✔✔TYPES OF COUNSELING APPROACHES - ✔✔There are three types of counseling
approaches:
•Directive
•Nondirective
•Collaborative
Regardless of the approach the senior is using and whether the purpose is for praise or
for criticism, it is important to focus on performance and not on the person.
✔✔Directive Counseling - ✔✔With the directive approach, the senior analyzes the
situation, develops a solution or a plan for improvement, and tells the junior what to do
, next. This approach is senior centered. The senior is open and frank about influencing
the junior to be one kind of person rather than another.
✔✔Nondirective Counseling - ✔✔With the nondirective counseling approach, the senior
asks questions, listens, and draws the junior out. The senior helps the junior analyze the
situation and develop the solution or plan for improvement. This approach is junior
centered. The junior is encouraged to speak without pressure and have a clear mind.
The goal of the nondirective approach is to help the junior become more mature and to
develop personal resources. The junior "owns" the problem and the solution.
✔✔Collaborative Counseling - ✔✔The collaborative counseling approach uses directive
and nondirective techniques. It offers the senior greater flexibility and promotes joint
diagnosis. The junior and senior work as a team to diagnose and solve the junior's
problem. This approach can succeed if the junior accepts the senior and is eager to
solve the problem. With the collaborative counseling approach, the senior may
emphasize directive or nondirective approaches depending on the subject of the
discussion, the purpose in mind, and the sense of how well the discussion is going.
✔✔PREPARING FOR A FORMAL COUNSELING - ✔✔The most effective counseling
sessions have thorough advance preparation. The steps in preparing for a counseling
session include:
•Review and evaluate performance.
•Define objectives:
- Determine what the goal of the session is.
- Have the subordinate provide input.
•Set the agenda.
•Schedule the time and place of the session.
Take the time to prepare for your counseling sessions and you will reap the benefits of
having subordinates who respect the senior and subordinate relationship and work
effectively toward the unit's overall mission.
✔✔Review and Evaluate Performance - ✔✔The first step in preparing for a counseling
session is to review and to evaluate the junior's performance since the last session. The
review should cover everything that was planned at the last counseling session and
anything that has occurred in the meantime that either party thinks should be discussed.
The review should be as detailed and specific as possible. It should cover good and bad
performance—performance that the senior (or the junior) considers praiseworthy as well
as problems that need correction.
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Follow-on counseling sessions for active
component lance corporals and below occur at least once every 30 days. On the other
hand, follow-on counseling sessions for reserve component lance corporals and below
not on active duty orders occur once every three months and during annual training.
Follow-on counseling sessions for corporals through colonels occur approximately 90
days after the initial counseling session and subsequent sessions will occur every six
months.
All counseling sessions are conducted on an individual basis to:
•Address observed strengths and weaknesses.
•Reinforce the junior's successes and provide guidance to correct deficiencies.
•Identify and analyze performance problems that have emerged since the last
counseling session.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Event-related counseling sessions are informal,
unscheduled, can occur at any time, and can be initiated by either party. These
sessions typically occur when the senior or junior sees a need to meet before the next
scheduled follow-on session. These sessions are usually short and focus on a specific
recent event. The senior may not draw on the full array of counseling techniques, and
any planning or target setting that occurs is likely to focus on the short term.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔It is important to remember that event-related
counseling sessions are not only used to deal with problems, but are also occasions for
praise. Counseling should be a means of reinforcing a Marine's strengths and correcting
deficiencies. Leaders commonly use event related counseling when there is a time
sensitive need to deal with a problem or correct a deficiency. These sessions will
include the three D's:
•Determine or identify the nature of the problem.
,•Discuss the impact of the behavior.
•Develop a plan of action to correct the behavior or problem.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Formal one-on-one counseling sessions occur at
the initial and follow-on sessions. They are scheduled, planned out, and follow an
agreed upon agenda that includes discussing the junior's goals and targets. During
these sessions, the senior should:
•Draw on the full range of counseling practices and skills.
•Document the session.
•Schedule the next follow-on session.
These sessions usually focus on the junior's overall performance and targets over a
period of several weeks or months.
✔✔FORMAT AND FREQUENCY - ✔✔Informal counseling sessions can occur at any
time. Even if they are brief, they keep the junior aware of the senior's interest and
concern. They also give the senior and junior an opportunity to deal with problems
before they become serious. These sessions are:
•Unscheduled
•Unplanned
•Less formal in structure
•Brief and pointed to the concern
✔✔TYPES OF COUNSELING APPROACHES - ✔✔There are three types of counseling
approaches:
•Directive
•Nondirective
•Collaborative
Regardless of the approach the senior is using and whether the purpose is for praise or
for criticism, it is important to focus on performance and not on the person.
✔✔Directive Counseling - ✔✔With the directive approach, the senior analyzes the
situation, develops a solution or a plan for improvement, and tells the junior what to do
, next. This approach is senior centered. The senior is open and frank about influencing
the junior to be one kind of person rather than another.
✔✔Nondirective Counseling - ✔✔With the nondirective counseling approach, the senior
asks questions, listens, and draws the junior out. The senior helps the junior analyze the
situation and develop the solution or plan for improvement. This approach is junior
centered. The junior is encouraged to speak without pressure and have a clear mind.
The goal of the nondirective approach is to help the junior become more mature and to
develop personal resources. The junior "owns" the problem and the solution.
✔✔Collaborative Counseling - ✔✔The collaborative counseling approach uses directive
and nondirective techniques. It offers the senior greater flexibility and promotes joint
diagnosis. The junior and senior work as a team to diagnose and solve the junior's
problem. This approach can succeed if the junior accepts the senior and is eager to
solve the problem. With the collaborative counseling approach, the senior may
emphasize directive or nondirective approaches depending on the subject of the
discussion, the purpose in mind, and the sense of how well the discussion is going.
✔✔PREPARING FOR A FORMAL COUNSELING - ✔✔The most effective counseling
sessions have thorough advance preparation. The steps in preparing for a counseling
session include:
•Review and evaluate performance.
•Define objectives:
- Determine what the goal of the session is.
- Have the subordinate provide input.
•Set the agenda.
•Schedule the time and place of the session.
Take the time to prepare for your counseling sessions and you will reap the benefits of
having subordinates who respect the senior and subordinate relationship and work
effectively toward the unit's overall mission.
✔✔Review and Evaluate Performance - ✔✔The first step in preparing for a counseling
session is to review and to evaluate the junior's performance since the last session. The
review should cover everything that was planned at the last counseling session and
anything that has occurred in the meantime that either party thinks should be discussed.
The review should be as detailed and specific as possible. It should cover good and bad
performance—performance that the senior (or the junior) considers praiseworthy as well
as problems that need correction.
