Did I ever tell you about the time that I made myself redundant? I was working for a great organisation but I was bored, they put me to work on a project and it was clear that I wouldn’t be able to move onto something else until the project completed, which wouldn’t have been a problem but it was a 10-year project and we were only halfway through. The parameters that excited me, in the beginning, had changed and so all of the interesting stuff had been removed. I was just spinning my wheels.

Have you ever been in that kind of gilded cage? From the outside, it looks amazing but inside you are desperate to escape?

I knew that I needed to move on, even if it looked risky and decided that it was time to move my HR Consultancy from a side hustle to my main gig.

I had a chat with my boss and told him that he didn’t need me to work on the project, a less experienced HR practitioner would be fine delivering and helped him to recruit and train my replacement.

It was the best move that I ever made. Sometimes we can mistake comfort for contentment but change only comes from discomfort.

Is there something that you want to do in your business but you’ve been waiting for the children to go back to school or the pandemic to be over or for there to be a certain number in the bank?

There are four months left of what has been the longest year ever, what are you going to do to end it on a high?

On my list is:

· Publish my leadership book

· Hire an apprentice

· Launch my 6-week leadership programme

· Complete Book 2

What's on your list? Lets set some SMART goals to ensure that we end the year well.