My Breach Goal

In today’s Army the expectations of a senior leader are very high. They must be strong in a large amount of areas and provide specific detailed guidance to foster a team to come together and accomplish the mission at hand. The opportunity to develop these skills while at the Air War College (AWC) away from the fast paced operations tempo that the force provides is rare. In this paper I will outline that for my success in the National Guard, I will set stretch goals in the areas of academics, professional and personal and define how I will accomplish them. In the area of academics, my stretch goal will be to receive an “A” grade on a major writing assignment. Using the first writing assignment as a quantifiable tool it is obvious that I struggle in the area of professional writing. To
Throughout my career I have always been an introvert when it came to complex issues. I tend to focus on my inner self. Using the Myers-Briggs where I was assessed as an INTJ repeatedly for the last five years, it clearly shows my repeated tendency towards introversion. Upon completing the Right to Lead Assessment (RLAM) during the first week, the results only reinforced the Myers-Briggs results. There are many ways to shift to extraversion and I will try many throughout the year. I will also solicit fellow students within my seminar for honest feedback. Again at the end of the year I will retake the above mentioned assessments to see if there is any significant change. In conclusion, I have outlined that for my success in the National Guard, I will set stretch goals in the areas of academics, professional and personal and defined how I will accomplish them. I believe I can accomplish these stretch goals with appropriate discipline and honest feedback from my peers. The ability for senior leaders to identify weaknesses and deliberately change them only makes them stronger, better