Sergeant Major of the Army's Not In My Squad Initiative: Working Group Protocol for Army Research Institute Facilitators
Abstract
The Sergeant Major of the Armys (SMA) Not in My Squad (NIMS) initiative was designed to empower junior noncommissioned officers (NCO) to take ownership of critical issues facing today's Army. In support of this initiative and in order to generate ideas from the ground up, the SMAs office worked with personnel from Headquarters, Department of the Army G-1, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE), the Army Resilience Directorate (ARD), and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) to conduct NIMS workshops with select squad leaders (SL) and units across the Army. A cornerstone of NIMS workshops are SL-driven working groups facilitated by ARI researchers that make use of self-discovery and shared purpose to inspire and motivate SLs to accept the responsibility and authority to find and implement solutions to problems within the squad. The purpose of this protocol is to document the facilitation materials developed for NIMS working groups. The protocol can be used to advise NCOs wanting to conduct working groups in their units. It can also serve as a template for ARI researchers seeking to develop other social-change working groups for junior NCOs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1067221
Entities
People
- Brian T. Crabb
- Bryan D. Decoster
- Courtney Kurinec
- David L. Stewart
- Donald Jackson
- Hayley S. Foo
- Jeffrey E. Fite
- Melinda J. Key-roberts
- Miliani Jimenez-rodriguez
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences