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Resilience Reflection
For the past several years, I have made a concerted effort to improve my personal performance, my effectiveness and develop greater resilience. In 2013, the VA Corporate Executive Development Board competitively selected me, to attend the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) through VA’s VALU program. I applied for this program because I wanted to expand my knowledge and improve my performance. I believed participating in this program would assist me in developing specific competencies such as external awareness, resilience, strategic thinking, problem solving, and political savvy, thus, improving my personal performance in both current and future positions.
Attending CGSC helped me to build resilience as it challenged me
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