Discuss how the freeze is affecting unit health and morale.

Describe the approach you intend to take.

Utilize techniques and behaviors of the Full Range Leadership Model as well as elements of Meta Leadership in describing your planned interaction.

Provide a rationale detailing why the methods selected are appropriate given the situation at hand and the relational context of your chosen scenario and predict a potential outcome.

You are in charge of an Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) leading 153 members. You are relatively new to the unit at only 4 months, but just back from a three-month school. There has been a directive to increase mission capes due to perceived downrange operations support in the near future. For the past two months, your boss has put a freeze on all vacation time and directed 12-hour work shifts for the entire unit. Over the past month, you noticed increased stress levels, disciplinary issues and fatigue (and grumbling) of your unit members, and other AMUs.

You have spoken to the Chief and other leaders. Some of them agree with you but don’t want to do anything about it, some acknowledge it but don’t see it as an issue, and a few said they should suck it up. Throughout the unit you have heard complaints of difficulty with day care, lack of personal time, two serious work mishaps with injury and a significant increase of minor incidents.

Also, numerous members have recently missed work due to the flu, which has increased the units’ entire workload. You brought these concerns to the Operations officer. He assured you he would handle it. In your interactions with him, you have sensed that he is not always honest with you and seems to be a yes man. In the week since, you have not seen nor heard of any changes.

You asked him again and he said it was being addressed. Not satisfied with his answer, you requested a meeting with your boss to discuss how the freeze is affecting unit health and morale.

You are meeting in his office and would like him to reconsider the surge and freeze on all leave.

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