Promotion Board Study Guide

Front 1

What are the three approaches to counseling?

Back 1

Directive, Non-Directive, Combined

Front 2

What are some examples of Event counseling?

Back 2

Instances of superior or substandard behavior
Reception or Integration Counseling
Crisis Counseling
Referral Counseling
Promotion Counseling
Separation Counseling

Front 3

What are the steps required to prepare for counseling?

Back 3

Select a suitable place
Schedule the time
Notify the subordinate well in advance
Organize information
Outline the counseling session components
Plan the counseling strategy
Establish the right atmosphere

Front 4

What is counseling?

Back 4

A process used by leaders to view and discuss subordinates performance and potential.

Front 5

What Field Manual covers counseling?

Back 5

FM 6-22, Appendix B

Front 6

How many human needs are there?

Back 6

4(Physical, Social, Security, and Higher)

Front 7

What are the 7 steps to problem solving?

Back 7

Identify the problem
Gather information
Develope criteria
Generate possible solutions
Analyze possible solutions
Compare possible solutions
Make and implement decisions

Front 8

To insure that they understand the message sent to them, the receiver should send what back to the transmitter?

Back 8

Feedback

Front 9

What are the stresses that influence behavior?

Back 9

Fear, Hunger, Illness, Anxiety, Fatigue

Front 10

What form is used for counseling?

Back 10

DA 4856

Front 11

What are the characteristics of effective counseling?

Back 11

Purpose
Flexibility
Respect
Communication
Support

Front 12

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Directive counseling.

Back 12

Advantages:
Quickest method
Good for people who need clear, concise direction.
Allows counselors to actively use their eperience.

Disadvantages:
Doesn't encourage subordinates to be part of the solution.
Tends to treat symptoms, not problems.
Tends to discourage subordinates from talking freely.
Solution is the counselor's, not the subordinates.

Front 13

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Non-Directive counseling.

Back 13

Advantages:
Encourages maturity.
Encourages open communication.
Develops personal responsibility.

Disadvantages:
More time-consuming
Requires greatest counselor skill

Front 14

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Combined counseling.

Back 14

Advantages:
Moderately quick
Encourages maturity
Encourages open communication
Allows counselors to actively use their experience

Disadvantages:
May take too much time for some situations

Front 15

What areas would you cover in a reception and integration counseling?

Back 15

Chain of command familiarization..
Organizational standards.
Security and safety issues.
Noncommissioned officer (NCO) support channel (who is in it and how it is used).
On- and off-duty conduct.
Personnel/personal affairs/initial and special clothing issue.
Organizational history, structure, and mission.
Soldier programs within the organization, such as Soldier of the Month/Quarter/Year, and educational and training opportunities.
Off limits and danger areas.
Functions and locations of support activities.
On- and off-post recreational, educational, cultural, and historical opportunities.
Foreign nation or host nation orientation.
Other areas the individual should be aware of as determined by the leader.

Front 16

What is tact?

Back 16

A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others and to avoid offense.

Front 17

What is the objective of counseling?

Back 17

For one person to help another.

Front 18

What is communications?

Back 18

Flow or exchange of information from one person to another.

Front 19

Leaders should seek to develop and improve what three leader counseling skills?

Back 19

Active Listening
Responding
Questioning

Front 20

In communications, your exchange of information has three important parts. What are they?

Back 20

Message
Content
Context