Auxiliary Leadership and Communications Survey 2010
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1. Auxiliary Leadership and Communications Survey

 
The following survey is part of an active duty Coast Guard organizational look at Auxiliary leadership and how its leaders communicate.

Leadership and communications have ranked very high over the years as key elements to Auxiliary member satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The outcomes of your input will help define better ways of doing Coast Guard business in the future.

Your responses on this survey, and those which might follow, will remain anonymous and no data you present below will be associated with you specifically or shared with your leadership where the survey provider would be identified. The survey should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. While we’ll not ask for your name we will use your AUX ID number for organizational and regional sorting purposes. You may be contacted for follow up.

Thank you!

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1. Your Auxiliary Membership Number or EMPLID is:

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2. I am:

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3. Age:

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4. My time in the Auxiliary, I have been a member for:

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5. I have held an appointed position in the Auxiliary?

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6. I have held an elected position in the Auxiliary?

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7. I have served at the Auxiliary Division level?

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8. I have served at the Auxiliary District level.

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9. I have served at the Auxiliary National level.

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10. Education: (check all that apply)

In this survey, the term "leader" is considered as: the elected or appointed Auxiliary member in your chain of leadership who is, or should be (in your opinion), the person providing you with the majority of your tasking and direction as well as the majority of your organizational communications and task feedback. Throughout the survey, your answers should reflect on only one person as "your" leader.

For most Auxiliary members this will be the Flotilla Commander. For Flotilla Commanders this would most likely be the Division Commander who in turn should consider District Captains as their leaders.

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11. Leadership & Communications

My leader articulates a clear description of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and where my (Flotilla/Division) fits in.

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12. My leader shares a vision highlighting upcoming changes in the Auxiliary program.

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13. My leader knows the way ahead for the Auxiliary.

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14. My leader uses motivational words to describe our Auxiliary work and our Auxiliary members.

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15. My leader easily gains cooperation of others to accomplish goals.

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16. My leader values my feedback in our Auxiliary decision making.

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17. My leader frequently builds Auxiliary-wide coalitions to get things done.

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18. My leader turns his/her words into actions.

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19. My leader appreciates his/her Auxiliary members.

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20. My leader is informative.

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21. My leader is effective at carrying out tasks.

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22. My leader is consistent in dealing with me.

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23. My leader has the competence to make a decision.

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24. My leader is open minded-he/she takes input from me.

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25. My leader helps me take care of my needs.

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26. My leader has developed a better Auxiliary capacity to get the mission done.

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27. My leader has created a valuable learning environment.

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28. My leader has helped me, or my group, improve its Auxiliary skills or talents.

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29. My leader has significant involvement in Auxiliary issues.

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30. My leader maintains many channels of communication.

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31. My leader understands the concerns of our Auxiliary members.

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32. My leader routinely communicates to our members.

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33. My leader communicates directly to me.

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34. My leader communicates to all levels of the Auxiliary-up and down the chain.

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35. My leader appreciates my feedback.

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36. My leader knows what is on my mind.

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37. My leader uses this tool to communicate:PHONE

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38. My leader uses this tool to communicate: EMAIL

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39. My leader uses this tool to communicate: FACE TO FACE MEETINGS

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40. My leader uses this tool to communicate: NEWSLETTER

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41. My leader uses this tool to communicate: LETTERS/NOTES

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42. My leader uses this tool to communicate: NATIONAL ONLINE FORUMS (such as Facebook, My Space or Linked In)

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43. My leader uses this tool to communicate: CUSTOM ONLINE FORUM (FLOTILLA OR DIVISION BLOG)

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44. My leader uses this tool to communicate: WIKI

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45. My leader uses this tool to communicate: WEB PAGE

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46. I am satisfied as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

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47. I have had thoughts of leaving the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

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48. I feel satisfied with my Auxiliary leader.

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49. I intend to stay in the Auxiliary.

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50. I've heard that other members are not happy with their Auxiliary leadership.

NOTE:
Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web designs that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs and mashups. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, in contrast to non-interactive Web 1.0 websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. From Wikipedia

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51. I am familiar with Web 2.0 or Web Social Media tools.

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52. I have an account in a Web 2.0 or Social media site.

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53. I have posted content in a Web 2.0 or in a Social Media forum.

Please provide comments about:

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54. Your Coast Guard Auxiliary leader’s leadership and communication?

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55. Coast Guard Auxiliary District level’s leadership and communication?

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56. Auxiliary National Staff’s leadership and communication?

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57. DIRAUX’s leadership and communication.