The quiet days between Christmas and New Year invites a familiar ritual: fitness goals (Walk every morning!), habit changes (Read more books!), personal transformation (Learn a new language!). They also provide a rare opportunity to define what we want to see of ourselves in the coming year.
But as a Talent Development professional, have you applied that same "resolution energy" to your career?
We’re not suggesting a different set of resolutions(A webinar a week! Learn how to use AI!) to add to your list. We’re inviting you to create space to ask yourself: “Where should I direct my finite energy for professional growth?”
2025 has proven to be a year of endless distractions and competing demands. Personally, I think that defines the decade. The skill that matters most is not productivity. It’s focus. Discernment.
Before you commit to another certification course, another conference, another stack of books you'll mean to read, consider conducting a pre-interview with yourself:
What are your passions and interests?
What are your skills?
What causes you the most concern?
How much time do you actually have?
We pulled these questions from an SCNG Premium article in their “Be the Change” edition. The article focused on how best to identify where you would invest your time and energy as you volunteer to improve your community.
We’re looking at them as a method for identifying where you would invest your time and energy as you seek to improve your profession. Using those questions as a foundation, you can focus on the following:
We’re moving from adding resolutions to directing our limited energy towards personal and professional growth that compounds.
This week, we’ll consider these questions, analyze the pattern that we’re in, and propose new ideas for reflection.
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