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New Year, Same Me… with Knobs On!!

I HATE New Year’s resolutions.

They add pressure, pile onto your to-do list, and honestly, who needs another reason to feel like they’re falling short?

So how about  gentler alternatives?

🌟 Do a little retrospective journaling(or create a video) to remind you of how much you’ve managed to deliver (the beauty of this is you can do it as often as you like to remind yourself of how awesome you are all year long!!) 🥰

🌟 Pick a word (or a phrase, or a handful of words) to guide your year’s intentions. Think of them as your ‘north star’ or guiding principles which will keep you focused, without boxing you in with rigid rules.

 

Why I hate new year's resolutions

So far, for 2025, I’m choosing boundaries that help me protect my time and energy – creating space where I can do better and feel better this year.

And because I’m not fixed to one thing/phrase/measureI’m open to adding more as I need to: Happy days! 🎉

This way of setting intentions isn’t about striving for perfection – it’s about creating clarity, and flexibility, so I can focus on what truly matters to me.

🌈 Here’s to a year of growth, fun, and a bit of awesome!

 


Recovering People Pleaser’s Guide to…

I’ve been LOVING podcast appearances and this one was a BANGER! “Recovering People-Pleaser’s Guide to Fairness at Work!”

That’s a whole lotta me right there!

I chatted with the wonderful Klaudia Mitura on her Happiness Challenge pod before Christmas, talking all things people pleasing at work!

The Happiness Challenge Pod _Michelle Hartley

👂 Have a listen here

🎧 Listen to ALL my pod appearances here💫

Subscribe to Klaudia’s newsletter here


The Great Geek Together 2025

If you came to The Great Geek Together (or TGGT for short!) 2024 then you’ll KNOW already that it was:

 

💚Jam packed with industry leading speakers and awesome Geeks

💚 A PHENOMENAL, welcoming and inclusive space

💚 A HR event with FUN and personality (whaaat?!)

💚The most fun you can have with cat ears on…

 

If you didn’t make it… oh did you ever miss out! ROMO is real – so it’s time for JOJI!

JOJI_The Great Geek Togeher

Come and join us for TGGT 2025 at:

🏢 Where: The Studio, 7 Cannon st, Birmingham, B2 5EP

📅When: 12 September 2025

 

Included in your ticket

🎉 Fun and frolics

👓 Learning and development

🍾 Prosecco

 

Buy Your Tix HERE

🤓 HRGEEKs: £150

🐦 Early Bird: £165 (use #GeekMeUpScotty)

👛 Full Price: £185

 

Here’s a reminder of how brilliant 2024’s TGGT was.

This still brings me SOOOOOOO much joy!! 💖👇👇👇

TGGT video_Harrison Cantel



Put The AWESOME BACK In Your Life!

How to tell when your HR training is BORINGGGGGG…

🥱 your delegates are on social media – 43% of attendees are checking socials when you’re training (source: Krisp) 👀

🥱 your delegates are on the loo – 47% of people go to the loo while on a call..!! (source: Krisp) 🤮

🥱 your delegates don’t engage and look bored (source: welcome to the jungle)

 

Find Your Awesome HRBP Training

 

When you attend Find Your Awesome – Business Partner Programmewith me, I guarantee that you’ll find:

 

✨ Training that’s so exciting you’ll want to post about it all over socials – after the session 😂

✨ Training that’s so fun you’ll be sad when the session ends (and forget you needed a wee)😳

✨Training that is so full of engagement, chat and 💡💡 that you’ll forget it’s HR training 🥳

 

🌈Our next programme starts on 19 February and we only have EIGHT spaces left – register here to get your space!

 

Find your awesome HRBP training_Skint?

And the best part? We’ve got your back if those post-Santa pennies are making things tight this month.

 

Flexible payment plans include:

💚 Pay any amount to secure your spot.

💚 Flexible installments—whenever, however you can.

💚 Just settle up by the end of the programme.

 

Don’t let boring training (or tight budgets) hold you back from finding your awesome!

Let’s make 2025 the year you get your awesome back! 🌟


Slowing Down to go Faster

Here’s a one minute video from CALM their equation for slowing down to go faster.


The Sneak Peek_Curious Cats

Curious Cats


 

Contact me for more information on how we can either get your HR mojo back, or introduce you to the world of real HR, well delivered.

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