PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING

PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING

COUNSELING PERSONNEL

One of the most important aspects of the chief petty officer's job is providing advice and counseling to subordinates. CPOs who makes themselves accessible to subordinates will find they are in great demand to provide information and to help in finding solutions to problems. The purpose of this section of the chapter is to present an overview of the basic principles and techniques of counseling. This section is not intended to be a course in problem solving? nor is it intended to provide a catalog of answers to all questions. This section will? however? give you an overview of general counseling procedures? some guidelines to use in the counseling process? and a listing of resources available as references. A point to remember is that counseling should not be meddlesome? and the extreme? of playing psychiatrist? should be avoided. But neither should counseling be reserved only for a subordinate that is having problems; you should also counsel subordinates for their achievements and outstanding performance. Counseling of a subordinate who is doing a good job reinforces this type of job performance and ensures continued good work.

Counseling of this type also provides an opening for you to point out ways that a subordinate might improve an already good job performance. Counseling the subordinate who is doing a good job is relatively easy? but a different type of counseling is required for a subordinate whose performance does not meet set standards. This section teaches you how to counsel the subordinate whose performance does not meet established job standards.

In general? this section can be used as a guide to counseling personnel on professional? personal? and performance matters. Also? the basics presented here apply to counseling subordinates on their enlisted evaluations.

PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING

Counselors should set aside their own value system in order ...