Warrior Skills Level 1 - Leader Development for Army Professionals

Performance Steps
5. Identify cultural considerations effecting communication.
Note: The characteristics of a culture can influence a great many things. When we are
dealing with other cultures, the characteristics of our culture and their culture will influence
how we and they think, our interactions, communication styles and objectives, methods of
negotiation and sources of motivation during a negotiation.
Evaluation Preparation: Setup: This task may be evaluated at the end of
the See Yourself Culturally training.
Brief Soldier: Tell Soldiers they will be evaluated about their ability to
identify personal cultural traits and the effect on their behaviors.
Performance Measures GO NO GO
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1. Stated the definition of culture.
2. Identified values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms
(VBBN).
3. Identified influences that shape culture.
4. Identified effect of bias on interpersonal interactions.
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5. Identified cultural considerations effecting
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communications.
Evaluation Guidance: Refer to chapter 1, paragraph 1-9e, (1) and (2).
References
Required: FM 3-0, FM 3-06, FM 3-07, FM 3-24, and FM 7-0
Related:
301-CAT-1002
Learn and Understand the Culture of other Societies where
you are Deployed or Assigned
Conditions: Given references to operational environment (OE) culture
and vignettes.
Standards: Identify potential areas of conflict/agreement of OE culture
with persona/American military culture. Identify effects of these
conflicts/agreements about the successful completion of mission.
Performance Steps
1. Identify values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms (VBBN) of OE.
Note: Army values are the basic building blocks of a Soldier's character. VBBN are the
building blocks of culture. It is important that Soldiers recognize not only the context of
their own culture, but also the context of the OE culture. Soldiers may pass judgment about
others by believing that their own VBBN are correct. However, one culture is not better or
worse than another; instead, they are just different.
STP 21-1-SMCT 2 May 2011 3-223