On the other hand, says Pinkley, you should be clear-eyed about what will happen if you stay at a company that is offering buyouts. Chances are good that your workload will increase as others take buyouts and the staff shrinks. You may not be working with the colleagues you have come to enjoy.
To be successful, a platoon sergeant must be organized, detail-oriented and able to maintain a positive attitude so that each subordinate will perform to her potential and benefit the entire unit.
As platoon leader, however, you will have the maximum freedom to lead, limited. only by your company commanderâs or battalion commanderâs need to synchronize your. actions with the actions of the other platoons under their command. With that freedom you will use troop leading procedures, which the previous section.