I am now out of the office until Monday 6 January 2025

I know many of you really need and deserve a good break after a busy year – myself included!

A year that for me has involved at least 6 TUPE transfers (and counting!), several restructuring projects, workforce planning, strategy writing, employee surveys, job mapping, changing contractual terms, consultations, handbooks, contracts, organisational design, benefits harmonisation, tricky exits, complex grievances, legislation changes, disciplinary hearings, holding informal HR therapy sessions (!!) and the privilege of being able to keep the chairs warm of some brilliant HR Professionals whilst they were on maternity leave. I think that just about covers some of my activities for 2024 up to about March 😂. I am really grateful to have been fortunate enough to work with some amazing clients who are doing amazing things and some brilliant HR teams of brilliant people.

Time to slow down now for a couple of days and recharge. How to do that looks different for different people. For some it is cycling 50k each day, running or some mad boxing day sea swim!! For me it looks like family time, board games, jigsaws, good food, fresh air and walks – plus some paddling in the sea on an empty beach. Happy days.

Whatever you need to do to recharge and bounce into 2025 – make sure you make time to do it. Be kind to yourself 😊.