to talk things over without obligation, and under a confidentiality agreement. Friday Liverpool Street Station 9.11 p.m. I boarded the 9.30 train and sat down. A lot to think about from the meeting. and friendly and ready to answer any questions. The deal needed a bit of work, but basically to come in as a partner, sharing costs and dividing the profits. They’d both resigned from their respective companies and had already done legwork on building a client base. A couple of third-party agencies had already promised them some contracts, so there was every chance of cranking up quickly. Peter and Tanya were impressive, very open I felt I could work with them. They were both in their thirties (a little bit younger than me) and highly professional. No problem there. And I had some experience in consulting six years ago, when I had taken a couple of years between jobs to try it out. True, there’d be a lot
of living out of a suitcase travelling to various assignments – mainly in the UK, but that was nothing too difficult. The thing that was nagging at me was the situation at my current employer. Tanya had emphasised that they would need me not later than two months’ time, which brought us to within a few weeks of the move. I needed to weigh this up; true, Natalie was in position, and my team were more than capable of following her lead. The optics weren’t brilliant, but I was already uncertain about making the move anyway: ‘When there is doubt, there is no doubt.’ My position in the new set-up had not been really clarified, and I couldn’t see how it was an advance for me, apart from a larger number of employees. This new opportunity was an interesting one, sweetened by the promise of plenty of variety. The train heaved into
although the market was tough, they all had good achievements to show any new employer. But just as everything was underway, I had another problem to contend with. My call with Mitch a few weeks ago had been more than a friendly catch-up, more of an exploratory move. Long story short, a couple of heavy hitters in the HR world, Peter and Tanya, were setting up an independent consultancy and were looking for another partner who would specialise in the HR tech side. I knew them both more by reputation than by a fleeting acquaintance made at various events and conferences, but their reputation was exemplary in the fields of workforce planning and operational HR. My experience would mesh nicely with those things to make a good offer to medium-sized to large organisations. I’d agreed to meet them with Mitch on Friday at his offices near Holborn
action, and I let my thoughts drift. The weekend was here.
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