Civilians Supervising And Working With Military Personnel

Course ID: 396                         Course Length: 2 day(s)

Overview:

This high-impact seminar is designed for civilians who supervise and work with military personnel. Through greater understanding of general schedule and officer-grade equivalents and the rules and regulations governing both groups including the new civilian personnel system (NSPS), students learn the nuances of supervising and working with a combined civilian and military workforce. Students further learn how to handle conflict between the civilian and military ranks.

Objectives:
At the end of the workshop participants should be able to:

• Understand civilian and military workforce differences
• Appreciate civilian and military value differences
• Overcome status conflicts
• Work through civilian and military workplace conflict
• Recognize perceptual and real differences in the
  workplace including the new civilian "pay for performance"
  system (NSPS)
• Distinguish the different motivations of civilian and
  military workers
• Understand divergent goals in a combined workforce
• Recognize the “different” work weeks and understand
  compensation based on “over-time” vs. duty-time”
  vs. "performance"
• Increase effective communication between civilian and
  military lines of authority

Topics:

• Problem ID and perception differences
• Barriers to communication between individuals due
  to their grade systems
• Analyzing and resolving team problems
• Civilian code of ethics vs. military code of ethics
• Authority leadership vs. influence leadership
• Civilian and military leadership & management
• Civilian and military workplace differences
• Getting commitment from both groups for workplace
  improvements
• Dealing with discriminations
• Differences in the way civilians and military are supervised
• Differences between the new civilian personnel system
  (NSPS) and the military personnel system
• Disciplines between civilians and military
• Chains of command
• Counseling and coaching methods
• Causes of organizational conflict and solutions
• Positive vs. negative feedback,both real and perceived
• Foreign nationals
• Different career programs for civilians and military
• Building cooperation: how everyone can win at work

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