EO Program

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EO Program
How many times have you heard from your
commander,

• I just cant figure this EO stuff out?
• -or-
• EO really puzzles me

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EO Program

• Well, lets put the puzzle together
• All too often, puzzlers put the frame together
  and then fill in the middle
• Well start at the center
• and build the picture of the command
• from the EO focal point...

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Commanders EO Program

• Central and most
• critical to developing
• initiatives for the
• EO Program is the
• commanders
• assessment (upon
• taking command and
• the annual progress
• check thereafter)

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Commanders EO Program

• The commander
• (at any/every level)
• analyzes the results of the assessment and
  develops a plan, which contains both short- and
  long-term things to do, specific goals and
  objectives, and measurements to check progress.

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Commanders EO Program

• All too often, the EO program consists of,
  and only of, doing the mandatory HR/EO training
  -- however, any training should be based on
  whats relevant based on the findings of the
  assessment.

EO Action Plan
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Commanders EO Program

• Ethnic Observances and Special Commemorations
  add opportunities to enhance trust and cohesion,
  build teamwork and esprit de corps (when done
  professionally and with relevance to the unit and
  locale).

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Commanders EO Program
The stuff that gets done (or planned) is
then collected in the HQDA EO Database -- by
authorized users in each organization.
Commanders use this tool to track their efforts.
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Commanders EO Program
So, thats it! It may be that simple to
illustrate yet, obviously harder to put into
action in the unit. The program hinges on
the assessment and the plan