As the Combatant Command’s Senior Army FAO was speaking last week I could not scribble her guidance fast enough. In her words, good OSCs are those who:
- Has the ability to look two levels up – think strategically
- Does more than is expected of them
- Offers solutions, they don’t pass off problems to their boss without providing a solution
- Gets along with and influences their peers – team player – can operate well in a U.S. Embassy and the JIIM environment
- Steady and unemotional (this does not mean they are unpassionate)
- Doesn’t fight new or strange ideas
- Communicates effectively with their higher headquarters and their raters
- Imaginative and creative
- Dependable:
- Answers the mail on all missions
- Cool under pressure
- Leverages systems to accomplish the mission
- Ready now for the next position (can pin on the next rank now)
- Loyalty – promotes the group and subordinates, never singles themselves out to the detriment of the team
- General enthusiasm for what they are doing
Excellent advice and evaluation criteria.