WEBVTT 00:12.079 --> 00:14.190 Welcome to the engaged leadership and 00:14.190 --> 00:15.968 primary prevention topic in the 00:15.968 --> 00:18.246 prevention Knowledge for leader series . 00:18.246 --> 00:20.468 This session explores the critical link 00:20.468 --> 00:22.635 between engaged leadership and primary 00:22.635 --> 00:24.690 prevention . Describing how everyday 00:24.690 --> 00:26.690 leader behaviors impact climate and 00:26.690 --> 00:28.857 prevention activities . Leaders at all 00:28.857 --> 00:30.690 levels play an essential role in 00:30.690 --> 00:32.801 primary prevention . They'd establish 00:32.801 --> 00:34.968 and maintain positive expectations and 00:34.968 --> 00:34.669 attitudes to support effective work 00:34.680 --> 00:36.569 behaviors and a professional unit 00:36.569 --> 00:38.624 climate . Additionally , leaders are 00:38.624 --> 00:40.124 responsible for supporting 00:40.124 --> 00:42.180 implementation of primary prevention 00:42.180 --> 00:43.791 activities at their level of 00:43.791 --> 00:45.791 responsibility . Primary prevention 00:45.791 --> 00:47.958 activities include programs , policies 00:47.958 --> 00:47.860 and practices that create an 00:47.869 --> 00:50.036 environment free from abuse and harm . 00:50.130 --> 00:52.297 An essential element of the prevention 00:52.297 --> 00:54.019 system that can create such an 00:54.019 --> 00:56.019 environment is engaged . Leadership 00:56.019 --> 00:57.852 leaders cultivate a professional 00:57.852 --> 00:59.908 climate by actively creating support 00:59.908 --> 01:01.908 from their subordinates . Stressing 01:01.908 --> 01:04.019 that prevention is a command priority 01:04.019 --> 01:03.340 and explaining why prevention 01:03.349 --> 01:05.460 activities are needed in their unit . 01:05.860 --> 01:07.971 The attention that leaders place upon 01:07.971 --> 01:10.082 primary prevention activities coupled 01:10.082 --> 01:12.138 with their everyday actions , shapes 01:12.138 --> 01:14.360 unit climate and fosters alignment with 01:14.360 --> 01:16.416 expectations of the service values . 01:16.416 --> 01:18.638 First line leaders play a vital role in 01:18.638 --> 01:20.471 shaping individual attitudes and 01:20.471 --> 01:22.693 behaviors through their direct frequent 01:22.693 --> 01:22.519 interaction with subordinates . They 01:22.529 --> 01:24.640 must exemplify and uphold standards , 01:24.640 --> 01:26.529 promote teamwork and professional 01:26.529 --> 01:28.529 relationships and help subordinates 01:28.529 --> 01:30.640 know how and when to intervene , when 01:30.640 --> 01:32.473 necessary to protect others from 01:32.473 --> 01:32.199 harmful behaviors . 01:37.529 --> 01:39.585 I just really believe it's important 01:39.585 --> 01:41.889 for us to find a way to make everyone 01:41.900 --> 01:44.819 feel like they are a part of our 01:44.830 --> 01:47.199 military community . You can either be 01:47.209 --> 01:50.040 an engaged leader before the crisis or 01:50.050 --> 01:52.269 after the crisis . You're gonna be 01:52.279 --> 01:54.894 forced to be an engaged leader after 01:54.904 --> 01:57.055 the crisis . So how do you become an 01:57.065 --> 01:59.285 engaged leader ? And I hear a lot of 01:59.294 --> 02:01.724 times that sometimes the , you know , 02:01.735 --> 02:03.679 lower enlisted don't even know who 02:03.679 --> 02:05.735 their , their commander is . Who the 02:05.735 --> 02:07.902 first one is . What I tried to do when 02:07.902 --> 02:10.544 I was a , a company commander and I was 02:10.554 --> 02:14.490 in Afghanistan and I was 02:14.500 --> 02:17.660 with the HHC every day . I would go 02:17.669 --> 02:21.550 around and I would visit each section 02:21.990 --> 02:24.949 and just chat , maybe it was five 02:24.960 --> 02:27.071 minutes or maybe , you know , someone 02:27.071 --> 02:29.293 has something to say and , you know , I 02:29.293 --> 02:31.820 was there a lot longer but it was just 02:31.830 --> 02:33.940 going in and just saying , hey , how 02:33.949 --> 02:36.116 are you , how are you doing at first ? 02:36.116 --> 02:38.171 It may seem awkward but if you do it 02:38.171 --> 02:41.589 every day , there's an expectation now , 02:41.600 --> 02:43.600 they're expecting you to be there , 02:44.110 --> 02:47.839 they welcome you there . Uh And it 02:47.850 --> 02:51.600 opens up an opportunity to 02:51.610 --> 02:55.429 engage and connect , but we have to 02:55.440 --> 02:58.100 remember that we can't get the mission 02:58.110 --> 03:00.221 done without the people and we got to 03:00.221 --> 03:03.139 make that extra time and put , make 03:03.149 --> 03:05.169 sure that the people feel like they 03:05.179 --> 03:07.759 come first so that we can get the 03:07.770 --> 03:08.619 mission done . 03:13.289 --> 03:15.345 We make time for the things that are 03:15.345 --> 03:17.289 important . Um If you make time to 03:17.289 --> 03:19.178 brush your teeth , that takes two 03:19.178 --> 03:21.122 minutes and we think that's pretty 03:21.122 --> 03:23.178 important to our , to our health and 03:23.178 --> 03:25.289 our hygiene . And I would say primary 03:25.289 --> 03:25.210 prevention is the most important 03:25.220 --> 03:27.869 hygiene you can have for a unit . And 03:27.880 --> 03:30.047 so just taking a little time , whether 03:30.047 --> 03:33.270 it's you or their first line supervisor , 03:33.660 --> 03:35.716 take the time , make it a priority , 03:35.716 --> 03:37.882 sit down , find out what's going on in 03:37.882 --> 03:40.216 their life . That is primary prevention . 03:40.216 --> 03:42.382 I could also say that's leadership one 03:42.382 --> 03:44.604 on one . And so I , that's what I would 03:44.604 --> 03:46.771 tell leaders . You don't have to , you 03:46.771 --> 03:48.660 know , this is not a separate and 03:48.660 --> 03:50.382 distinct thing . It is part of 03:50.382 --> 03:52.493 leadership . But if you just sit down 03:52.493 --> 03:54.271 to find out what's happening in 03:54.271 --> 03:56.438 someone's life and then you'll , you , 03:56.438 --> 03:58.550 you can see the threads when we say 03:58.559 --> 04:00.710 financial distress , relationship 04:00.720 --> 04:02.869 distress , you know , getting to it 04:02.880 --> 04:05.550 before it becomes a crisis . And that 04:05.559 --> 04:09.389 early intervention is , is prevention . 04:09.580 --> 04:13.570 And I also try to not overlook the 04:13.580 --> 04:16.380 uh the human dimension of things and 04:16.390 --> 04:18.929 not get so overwhelmed by the work that 04:18.940 --> 04:21.470 I can't see people . And so paying 04:21.480 --> 04:24.609 attention to what has become normal 04:24.619 --> 04:27.660 behavior uh is important to me . And so , 04:27.670 --> 04:29.837 I mean , I know we hear things all the 04:29.837 --> 04:32.059 time like if someone's not , you know , 04:32.059 --> 04:33.892 laughing and smiling and they're 04:33.892 --> 04:36.114 normally laughing and smiling , then we 04:36.114 --> 04:36.049 ought to look at them and ask them 04:36.059 --> 04:38.700 what's going on . Or we may want to use 04:38.709 --> 04:40.820 our sixth sense to pull someone aside 04:40.820 --> 04:42.876 and be like , something just doesn't 04:42.876 --> 04:44.987 feel right here . You know , is there 04:44.987 --> 04:47.320 anything that I can do to help you ? Um , 04:47.320 --> 04:48.987 I would also say that primary 04:48.987 --> 04:50.653 prevention is planning for me 04:50.653 --> 04:52.876 personally . You know , it's planning , 04:52.876 --> 04:55.470 um , team building exercises . Um , And 04:55.480 --> 04:57.424 it don't have to be elaborate . It 04:57.424 --> 04:59.369 doesn't have to be skiing and rock 04:59.369 --> 05:01.536 climbing and everything like that . It 05:01.536 --> 05:03.536 could be as simple as uh taking the 05:03.536 --> 05:05.480 section that you work in , out for 05:05.480 --> 05:07.480 coffee , out for lunch or everybody 05:07.480 --> 05:09.647 getting their lunch and getting out of 05:09.647 --> 05:08.809 the office and just going to go sit 05:08.820 --> 05:11.140 outside at the picnic table . Um But 05:11.149 --> 05:13.371 just changing the environment and , and 05:13.371 --> 05:15.820 reminding ourselves that um while it's 05:15.829 --> 05:18.162 about work , it's not always about work . 05:18.540 --> 05:21.160 I think sharing experiences with the , 05:21.170 --> 05:23.880 amongst , you know , the group . Um And , 05:23.890 --> 05:26.320 and what's expected , the expectations . 05:26.329 --> 05:28.440 I think that's where it hits home the 05:28.440 --> 05:30.920 most . Um rather than , you know , an 05:30.929 --> 05:33.149 auditorium full of , you know , 500 05:33.160 --> 05:35.271 marines and you have the commander up 05:35.271 --> 05:37.438 there and they have to be there . It's 05:37.438 --> 05:39.604 just kind of a one way conversation at 05:39.604 --> 05:41.493 that point . Sometimes that's not 05:41.493 --> 05:43.660 always effective . I had a previous uh 05:43.660 --> 05:46.109 executive officer of mine who had gone 05:46.119 --> 05:49.119 to command and he had a situation where 05:49.130 --> 05:52.640 his ex O had said something in a forum 05:52.649 --> 05:54.649 uh with a group of sailors that was 05:54.649 --> 05:58.119 inappropriate and he said I handled it . 05:58.309 --> 06:00.880 Um I brought the XO in , I counseled 06:00.890 --> 06:03.649 him and then I had him apologize to one 06:03.660 --> 06:05.771 of the sailors that was there who had 06:05.771 --> 06:08.579 gotten offended by his remarks . And he 06:08.589 --> 06:11.130 said , but yet eight months later , 06:11.239 --> 06:15.059 this still came out in the DS uh the 06:15.070 --> 06:17.070 Command Climate Survey . And he was 06:17.070 --> 06:19.126 like , so I handled it appropriately 06:19.126 --> 06:21.292 and I don't know why it's still coming 06:21.292 --> 06:23.514 up . I said , because no one knows what 06:23.514 --> 06:25.459 you did . I said you did it behind 06:25.459 --> 06:27.964 closed doors . That's not transparency . 06:27.975 --> 06:30.086 They need to understand that you took 06:30.086 --> 06:32.364 it seriously and what you did about it . 06:32.364 --> 06:34.253 And they don't know that the only 06:34.253 --> 06:36.475 person that knows it is that one person 06:36.475 --> 06:38.755 that the ex O apologized to . I said 06:38.765 --> 06:40.654 transparency is always best . 06:45.529 --> 06:47.585 I remember when I became an NCO , we 06:47.585 --> 06:49.696 had a book that we'd have to carry in 06:49.696 --> 06:51.918 our pocket and in that book , we'd have 06:51.918 --> 06:53.918 to have our s service member's name 06:53.918 --> 06:53.549 that was under us . We have to know , 06:53.559 --> 06:55.726 you know , their family members , what 06:55.726 --> 06:57.781 their family names were , what their 06:57.781 --> 06:59.837 ages were . And all that information 06:59.837 --> 06:59.609 helped us as leaders to be involved 06:59.619 --> 07:01.619 with that service member's life and 07:01.619 --> 07:03.619 gave us ideas of , of things to ask 07:03.619 --> 07:05.730 them , you know , something as simple 07:05.730 --> 07:07.897 as saying , hey , so and so how's your 07:07.897 --> 07:10.063 kid Johnny doing ? I understand Johnny 07:10.063 --> 07:09.440 had , had an issue at school . Is 07:09.450 --> 07:11.228 everything going ok with that ? 07:11.228 --> 07:13.283 Something as simple as that can be a 07:13.283 --> 07:15.283 primary prevention uh practice that 07:15.283 --> 07:17.283 leaders can , can do . It has to be 07:17.283 --> 07:19.450 daily . I know it's challenging . It's 07:19.450 --> 07:22.850 challenging for me . It's difficult . 07:23.320 --> 07:25.320 There's this small book out there . 07:25.329 --> 07:27.329 It's , it's written by a guy by the 07:27.329 --> 07:30.299 name of Sam Parker talks about 212 . 07:30.540 --> 07:32.707 Now 212 water begins to boil change of 07:32.707 --> 07:34.873 state turns into steam power , amazing 07:34.873 --> 07:36.818 things . But it's about making one 07:36.818 --> 07:39.859 degree difference from 211 to 212 07:39.869 --> 07:42.350 degrees , everything changes . So one 07:42.359 --> 07:44.526 degree of difference , if you make one 07:44.526 --> 07:46.692 degree of difference as senior leaders 07:46.692 --> 07:48.248 to take the time um to have 07:48.248 --> 07:52.029 conversations to take the time um to 07:52.040 --> 07:54.880 listen , um we're gonna get to the left 07:54.890 --> 07:57.450 of it . Your junior marines or service 07:57.459 --> 07:59.989 members are always watching you . Um 08:00.000 --> 08:02.111 They learn from your examples . So if 08:02.111 --> 08:04.359 you're allowing unacceptable behavior , 08:04.369 --> 08:07.190 then they're gonna allow it equipped 08:07.200 --> 08:09.033 and empowered leaders can impact 08:09.033 --> 08:11.200 primary prevention through intentional 08:11.200 --> 08:13.422 personal engagement . Commit to getting 08:13.422 --> 08:15.367 to know the people in your unit by 08:15.367 --> 08:17.533 asking one question a week about their 08:17.533 --> 08:19.533 family , their outside interests or 08:19.533 --> 08:21.811 what really matters to them personally . 08:21.811 --> 08:21.709 Get to know the human being inside the 08:21.720 --> 08:23.700 uniform to learn more about the 08:23.709 --> 08:25.709 importance of leadership in primary 08:25.709 --> 08:27.931 prevention of harmful behaviors and how 08:27.931 --> 08:29.931 you can continue to actively engage 08:29.931 --> 08:31.765 your unit or organization . Read 08:31.765 --> 08:33.709 section four equipping leaders for 08:33.709 --> 08:35.820 integrated primary prevention and dod 08:35.820 --> 08:38.369 instruction 6411 . You can find that 08:38.380 --> 08:41.130 policy on www dot sapper dot mill slash 08:41.159 --> 08:44.419 policy . The principles behind these 08:44.429 --> 08:46.429 valuable leader perspectives can be 08:46.429 --> 08:48.540 found in the leaders guidebook to get 08:48.540 --> 08:50.707 it go to the prevention menu option on 08:50.707 --> 08:52.873 the sap or mill homepage . Then select 08:52.873 --> 08:54.985 prevention tools and resources in the 08:54.985 --> 08:57.207 icon grid and the guidebook will be the 08:57.207 --> 08:59.262 first option . It's another powerful 08:59.262 --> 09:01.485 resource for you as you put your ethics 09:01.485 --> 09:03.651 into action . We also encourage you to 09:03.651 --> 09:03.210 view the other videos in the prevention 09:03.219 --> 09:04.619 knowledge for Leaders series .