Ask each of your employees to name their New Year’s resolutions and you’ll likely hear a wide variety of responses, reflecting the breadth, depth, and interests of the talent you employ. But if you ask them where your company is headed in the next 5 years, and what the organization’s top goals are for the coming 12 months, will you also get varied responses across your workforce, or will you hear one consistent reply?

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Recently a colleague and advisor shared a story about the Chinese Bamboo. For me it was so relevant, not because I am a horticulturist, but because it tells the story of "paced growth and slowing down." There is a book I've enjoyed reading by David Kundtz called "Stopping, How do be Still When you Have to Keep Going."

Helios HR team members Jacqueline Dendievel and Colleen Shannon recently offered an interviewing skills workshop, “Interviewing for Success: How to Stand Out From the Crowd,” to participants in Northern Virginia Family Service’s Training Futures program. The workshop’s aim was to support Training Futures participants by providing interview preparation skills (such as resume and job search tips, sample interview questions, and interviewing “do’s and don’ts”) along with mock interview experience.