1. Conduct and Conclude an Exercise
M and M503.04

2. Beginning an Exercise Before cadets arrive:
Inspect the area for damage/safety concerns
Set-up the exercise area
Ensure everyone involved has a clear understanding of responsibilities
Conduct and introductory meeting
Welcome
Introduce staff
General outline of exercise
Safety concerns
Location of facilities, muster areas, and first aid

3. Elements of an Introduction
Getting the team’s attention
Explaining the goal of the activity
Explaining the activity
Assigning tasks as necessary
Setting time limits
Relaying safety concerns as necessary
Motivating the team

4. Purpose of Supervision
To ensure orders are carried out promptly and properly
Shows that the work is important
Enables the leader to change orders on the spot as required
Permits the leader to encourage and motivate their followers
Makes it possible to immediately detect and correct errors in the work

5. How to Supervise
Ask questions prior to commencing to ensure participants understand what is to be done
Observe participants’ performance and ensuring they accomplish the objectives of the task/activity as planned
Give additional orders and/or instruction in reaction to any needed changes, if required
Ensure safety guidelines are followed at all times

6. How to Supervise
Ensure participants have all required resources to complete the task
Encourage and motivate
Examine completed work
React to performance and quality of completed work
Provide updates to a superior, when required, on any problems or changes that may be required
Take notes on important events or elements to consider during future activities

7. Correcting a Mistake Stop them Explain what is wrong and why
Show them the correct way to do the task
Provide an opportunity to redo the task the correct way
Follow up to examine the complete task and provide feedback

8. Providing Feedback Frequent Accurate Specific Timely
Focus on what is observed
Focus on the behaviour
Keep it neutral
Use it to inform
Make it supportive
Keep it simple
Feedback should be:
Ground rules:

9. After an Exercise Conclusion meeting After cadets have left
Feedback from instructors
Feedback from the cadets
Recognition to individuals or group contribution
After cadets have left
Inspect the area for damage or safety concerns
Tear down exercise area
Return stores

10. Elements of a Debriefing
Reviewing the goal
Providing feedback
Re-motivating the team

11. Conducting a Debriefing
Should have an agenda which includes:
Purpose of the debriefing
Goals of the activity
Highlights (results, schedules, tracking systems, communications, practices, and effectiveness)
Discussion and recognition or special achievements
Review of reactions to the activities
Discussion of problems and issues
Discussion of how to reflect experiences from this project in future effects

12. Conducting a Debriefing...
Discuss issues:
What was accomplished and individuals contributions
Techniques and approaches that worked to ensure they will be used in the future
Techniques and approaches that did not work to ensure they are not used again or have appropriate adjustments
Invite the right people
Ensure everyone understands the purpose of the meeting is to learn not to blame

13. Creating an After Action Report
Should include:
Practices to incorporate in future projects
Steps to take to encourage these practices
Practices to avoid in future projects
Steps to be taken to avoid these practices