What is Policy Letter #10?

• A. Phase Guidance
• B. Performance Guidance Counseling
• C. Separate and Secure Guidance
• D. TRADOC Golden Rule

Answer: (B)

Policy letters provide formal guidance on how leaders handle specific leadership processes. The one that centers on performance guidance counseling lays out how to conduct structured feedback conversations: setting clear performance standards, communicating expectations, documenting the discussion, and creating a concrete improvement plan with follow-up to track progress. This focuses on guiding and developing a soldier’s performance, which is exactly what a performance guidance counseling policy letter is meant to standardize. The other topics describe different areas—training phase guidance, separate and secure procedures, or a TRADOC rule-like principle—not the formal process of counseling and performance development that this letter addresses.