Our NCO corps says we're all about taking care of soldiers but when it comes to actually standing up to officers who make bad decisions that hurt our people, we just complain to each other instead of pushing back up the chain. We've created this culture where we vent horizontally but never challenge vertically and I'm tired of pretending that's leadership.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group has developed comfortable patterns of lateral complaint that substitute for the harder work of constructive confrontation with authority.
“Where Are You with Military — Non-Commissioned Officers?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.