Meet Spc. Chen.
Inappropriate comments were made and she has become uncomfortable working among some of the Soldiers in her unit. She’s about to ask her senior officer for a transfer, and that officer happens to be you.
That’s the scenario cadets enrolled in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership PL300 course, Military Leadership, encountered using ELITE, the Emergent Leader Immersive Training Environment. The counseling trainer, developed by the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California, is being used at the U.S. Military Academy for the first time.
The scenario requires cadets to use a particular skill set—Listen, Summarize and Ask— or LiSA, to understand the situation and make the best possible decision for Spc. Chen and the unit. Read More