For this commentary, let s focus on informal counseling, which consists of nothing more than taking someone aside for a quiet word about some problem they re having. In fact, this is probably the best use of this type of counseling. It will embarrass them unnecessarily and can destroy their self-esteem. It will also make you seem like a complete tyrant. No one wants to work for someone who, if something goes wrong, will make them feel stupid in public.
Informal counseling is really very easy.
Here are a couple of other tips to keep in mind. When you counsel, it should be about something that just happened and can be immediately corrected. Perhaps a cadet gave an instructor a hard time or was not paying attention. Talk about just that and nothing else. 2 Practice two-deep counseling.