Any prospective IOT Cadets...
Erm..be less robotic and more natural?!
I'm sure that the DS have told you this, but heres my take on it:
Be natural, enthusiastic and throw yourself into the scenario. If you are going to have any chance at success, then you are going to have to pretend that barrel full of water is a radioactive isotope or whatever. My leadership wasnt the best in the run up to flc - a mixed bag of weak leads. On my first FLC lead, I just thought go for it and I threw myself into it. By the end of the three/four hours I was enjoying it. Consequently the write up was really good and I was quite proud of my efforts that night.
This also works at that end of course exercise - probably even moreso when you are cold, tired and fed up of stand to's.
Enjoy the whole thing as much as you can - keep morale up especially when you feel knackered and are hurting. You are getting paid to be outside in the open air compared to other people sat in offices.
Anyway, I hear its easier these days. In my day, FLC was much more arduous - if you didnt have achilles tendonitis and couldnt walk unaided or without pain killers for six weeks afterwards after UC, then you hadnt tried hard enough.
I'm sure that the DS have told you this, but heres my take on it:
Be natural, enthusiastic and throw yourself into the scenario. If you are going to have any chance at success, then you are going to have to pretend that barrel full of water is a radioactive isotope or whatever. My leadership wasnt the best in the run up to flc - a mixed bag of weak leads. On my first FLC lead, I just thought go for it and I threw myself into it. By the end of the three/four hours I was enjoying it. Consequently the write up was really good and I was quite proud of my efforts that night.
This also works at that end of course exercise - probably even moreso when you are cold, tired and fed up of stand to's.
Enjoy the whole thing as much as you can - keep morale up especially when you feel knackered and are hurting. You are getting paid to be outside in the open air compared to other people sat in offices.
Anyway, I hear its easier these days. In my day, FLC was much more arduous - if you didnt have achilles tendonitis and couldnt walk unaided or without pain killers for six weeks afterwards after UC, then you hadnt tried hard enough.
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People often say I have a robotic style of leadership
You'll be fine, the staff are there to get people through, not fail 90% of them.
lol.... only 25% then! My IOT we took 120 people to FLC at catterick, recoursed 32 and broke (enough to be put on biff flight, minor injuries aside) about 20.... not bad for 9 days work.... Lost another 30 or so on peacekeeper.... all good fun.
Mind you, they can't have been trying that hard as I made it through unscathed!
Mind you, they can't have been trying that hard as I made it through unscathed!
