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NAVMC 2795 USMC User's Guide to Counseling

USMCUser's Guideto CounselingNAVMC 2795 United States Marine CorpsPCN 100 013485 001. PURPOSENAVMC 2795, Marine Corps User's Guide to Counseling ,provides a means to assist Marine leaders and their Marinesto be continuously motivated toward more effective individualperformance. As in all Marine Corps leadership programs,increased unit readiness is the INFORMATIONa. The use of this Guide does not replacetime-testedtechniques of leadership or demand adherence to new, theoreticalmanagement techniques. The Guide provides a tool that focuseson creating an ingrained Counseling ethic as a part of the MarineCorps leadersnip Guide reemphasizes the teacher-scholar, father-sonrelationship envisioned by General Lejeune. By its owndefinition, this Guide establishes a more effective means ofcommunication and understanding between senior and junior; itcontinually strives to improve Marine Corps Guide will be reviewed annually and revised seniors have a responsibility to their junior Marines toprovide them with effective Counseling .

As in all Marine Corps leadership programs, increased unit readiness is the goal. 2. INFORMATION a . The use of this Guide does not replace time-tested ... B BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COUNSELING FIGURES 3-1 ...

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1 USMCUser's Guideto CounselingNAVMC 2795 United States Marine CorpsPCN 100 013485 001. PURPOSENAVMC 2795, Marine Corps User's Guide to Counseling ,provides a means to assist Marine leaders and their Marinesto be continuously motivated toward more effective individualperformance. As in all Marine Corps leadership programs,increased unit readiness is the INFORMATIONa. The use of this Guide does not replacetime-testedtechniques of leadership or demand adherence to new, theoreticalmanagement techniques. The Guide provides a tool that focuseson creating an ingrained Counseling ethic as a part of the MarineCorps leadersnip Guide reemphasizes the teacher-scholar, father-sonrelationship envisioned by General Lejeune. By its owndefinition, this Guide establishes a more effective means ofcommunication and understanding between senior and junior; itcontinually strives to improve Marine Corps Guide will be reviewed annually and revised seniors have a responsibility to their junior Marines toprovide them with effective Counseling .

2 The key to accomplishthis responsibility is the development of sound Counseling skillsby unit leaders to teach and to Guide junior Marines to becomemore productive. The principles outlined in this Guide are inconformance with this officers/officers in charge snail present thisGuide to their Marines when promoted to the grade of OF THE NAVYHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPSWASHINGTON- D C 20380-0001 FOREWORDNAVMCi5 MMCE21 Jul 86b. Submit requisitions for quantities of up to 25 copies ofthis NAVMC to the Marine Corps publications stock point at MarineCorps Logistics Base, Albany, Georgia (Code 876). For quantitiesin excess of 25 copies, submit a letter of justification to theCommandant of the Marine Corps (HASP-2). Guide is applicable to the Marine Corps and approved this : L1 LACTDU/ACTRES CPL THRU GEN7230009 (9000)4175001 (2000)7230028 (600)7000045/125 (SO)Copy to: 8145001 (1)LOCATOR SHEETSubj: User's Guide TO COUNSELINGL ocation:(Indicate location(s) of copy(ies) of this Guide .)

3 NAVMC 2795 ENCLOSURE (1) User's Guide TO COUNSELINGRECORD OP CHANGESLog completed change action as 2795 Signature of PersoniUSER'S Guide TO COUNSELINGTABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER TITLE1 INTRODUCTION2 OVERVIEW OF THE MARINE CORPS Counseling PROGRAM3 PLANNING AND CONDUCTING A Counseling SESSION4 COUNSELING5 AVOIDINGPITFALLSINCOUNSELINGAPPENDIXA Counseling WORKSHEETSB bibliography ON COUNSELINGFIGURES3-1 AN OVERVIEW OP THE Counseling PROCESS4-1 PRIMARY Counseling TECHNIQUES USED BY TYPEOF SESSIONA-1 Counseling WORKSHEET-LANCE CORPORAL AND BELOWA-2 Counseling WORKSHEET-CORPORAL AND ABOVEiiiUSER'S Guide TO COUNSELINGCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONPARAGRAPHPAGEPURPOSE OF Counseling 10011-3 BACKGROUND OF THE MARINECORPS Counseling PROGRAM 10021-3 MARINE CORPS POLICY ONCOUNSELING 10031-4 THE RELATIONSHIP OF COUNSELINGTO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 10041-5 OVERVIEW OF THE User's Guide .

4 10051-6 User's Guide TO COUNSELINGCHAPTER OP COUNSELING1. Developing people to their highest potential is a basicleadership responsibility. Counseling is one means ofaccomplishing this. Counseling involves two-way communicationbetween a Marine senior and a Marine junior to help the juniorachieve or maintain the highest possible level of Counseling is done on a regular basis by the senior officer,staff noncommissioned officer (SNCO), or noncommissioned officer(NCO) to whom the junior reports. While the senior may givedirection, the junior must also take an active part in the coun-seling process. The role of the senior is to help the junior toachieve or maintain desired levels of performance and to planahead. The junior is responsible for meeting the objectives thatdevelop during the Counseling .The Counseling process involves supporting and reinforcinggood performance as well as correcting deficiencies.

5 It is apositive, forward-looking process that focuses on helps to keep Marine leaders and their Marinesdirected toward effective individual performance and, thus,toward increased unit readiness and ; , . 0- . a; a , ; Marine Corps Counseling Program originated in therecommendations of a 1983 study of the Marine Corps PerformanceEvaluation System directed by the Deputy Chief of Staff Manpower,Headquarters Marine Corps. The study concluded that counselingis equal in importance to performance evaluation and that itshould be established as a separate, complementary program and beclearly distinguished from performance evaluation. This conclu-sion was based on the contention that performance evaluationfocuses on past performance, while Counseling focuses on futureperformance. The conclusion was reinforced by the comments ofMarine Corps general officers that deficiencies existed incounseling and that additional emphasis was needed in this vitalarea of 30 November 1983, the Commandant of the Marine Corpsdirected the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Developmentand Education Command to study Counseling and to develop acontinuing education program for application down to andincluding unit levels for the improvement of individual1-31003 User's Guide TO Counseling performance through regular Counseling .

6 The Director of theMarine Corps Command and Staff College formed a task group forthis purpose-to plan a Marine Corps-wide Counseling task group submitted the report, USMC Performance CounselingProgram, in 1984. The group recommended the design of acounseling program that would be compatible with traditionalMarine Corps mores and values. The report provided the basis forthe new Counseling Program explained in this , MARINECORPSPOLICY MCO provides the policy for the The Order establishes a number of objectives for theCounseling Program as maintain Counseling as an integral and continuous partof traditional Marine Corps develop Counseling skills through a continuingeducation program that teaches the importance of daily coachingand provides the tools to conduct effective increase individual performance and productivitythrough Counseling , and thereby increase unit readiness To enhance the leader's ability to improve the junior' Create the ethic of effective Counseling in a climate ofsolid leadership , and provide a system to enhance that ethic.

7 Byso doing, the program will ensure that the leadership goalscaptured in General Lejeune's words become reality:..the relation between officers and enlisted menshould in no sense be that of superior and inferiornor that of master and servant, but rather that ofteacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake ofthe nature of the relation between father and son Order states that Counseling is a vital and essentialleadership tool for developing juniors, improving individualperformance, and enhancing unit productivity. It provides Marine will receive Counseling ; however, the formatand will begin whenever a new senior/juniorrelationship is 'SGUIDE TO Counseling Order indicates how the Counseling process will for lance corporals and below will occur every30 Counseling for corporals through colonels will begin withan initial Counseling session approximately 30daysafter thestart of the senior/junior relationship.

8 A follow-on sessionwill occur approximately 90 days after the initial counselingsession, and subsequent sessions will occur every 6 months (at aminimum) and more frequently, if All Counseling sessions at all levels and for all gradeswill be conducted on an individual is recommended that some documentation of thecounseling sessions will be According to the Order, action responsibility is assigned Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower (CMC(M)) shallhave cognizance over policy and sponsorship of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training (CMC(T)) shallhave cognizance over the Counseling education programs conductedin the Marine Corps unite and training officers shall ensure that maximum attentionis given to Counseling training in unit training programs for allofficers, SNCO's, and NCO's. In addition, they shall ensure thatcounseling is conducted per the current edition of MCO All officers, SNCO's, and NCO's shall execute theprovisions of this Guide in Counseling their RELATIONSHIP OF Counseling TO PERFORMANCEEVALUATION1.

9 Performance evaluation is a formal process for the evaluationof an individual's past performance. It centers around thefitness report for sergeants and above and around proficiencyand conduct marks for corporals and below. It provides part ofthe basis for official actions, such as promotions, dutyassignments, evaluation and Counseling were formerly seen aspart of the same process. The task group on performanceevaluation and Counseling , comments by general officers, and anumber of independent studies all indicated that when counselingis tied to performance evaluation, the typical results areinflated evaluations and ineffective User's Guide TO performance evaluation focuses on past performance, Counseling focuses on improving and maintaining future perfor-mance. Counseling should be a regular, continuing may be conducted formally or informally. It may beplanned and scheduled, or it may occur as the need arises.

10 To beeffective, however, it must be viewed as an integral part of theday-to-day job of leadership . Counseling should be separate fromperformance evaluation-although the two should be It is important to distinguish performance Counseling frompersonal Counseling . While personal Counseling is also part ofthe leader's responsibility, it focuses on helping an individualMarine to solve personal problems. Such personal problems maybe addressed in the Counseling process. The contents of thecounseling program must focus completely on the skills andtechniques of Counseling , both personal and In short, Counseling ties back to fitness reports-but onlyas a basis for reinforcing or improving performance in thefuture. Counseling may also include personal Counseling -butonly as a means of influencing OVERVIEW OP THE User's Guide provides officers, Sink's, and NCO's with anintroduction to the Marine Corps Counseling Program.


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