The Leader Notes Tool
Abstract
Communication skills are essential for Army readiness and are a core component of noncommissioned officers (NCO) job duties (Department of the Army, 2020). Note taking is one method that can enhance communication skills through improving information processing, storage, and retrieval (Bohay, Blakely, Tamplin and Radvansky, 2011; Bretzing and Kulhavy, 1979; Denner, 1986; Di Vesta and Gray, 1972; Howe, 1970; Kellogg, 1996). We developed the Leader Notes tool to provide NCOs an easy-to-use, flexible, accessible, Army-specific note-taking guide. The Leader Notes tool is a set of reference pages (in the form of stickers) for Army green books that facilitate NCO note-taking and organizational skills, while providing methods to assist with the writing and organizational demands of their duty position. The key features of the Leader Notes tool include (a) symbols for shorthand notes, (b) organized logs of dates, (c) a system for marking a task or event as completed, (d) an indexing system for easy referencing, and, (e) Army-specific tips and examples. This paper describes the Leader Notes tool, its features, recommended uses, benefits, and suggested focus of future research. We provide details on its design and development in a separate technical report (Sanders, et al., In Preparation b).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1140204
Entities
People
- April D. Sanders
- Ben Nargi
- Jessica Shenberger- Trujillo
- Kara L. Orvis
- Kristy M. Kay
- Liston Bailey
Organizations
- Aptima (United States)