What will my future professional carreer be like ? Effort or energy

The more effort you put into something, the more energy you will lose. The more energy you put into something, the more effortless it becomes.”
–Dr. Topher Morrison, author,  Settle for Excellence

As my ‘vacation’ of 12 months is shortening with 2.5 months left I am looking together with my boss’es where I would like to go next. 3 options are open with an absolute preference for a new carreer in HR. Why? Together with my coach I have completed a grid (keep, wish, no longer want, want to avoid) which has highlighted in big lines my wish to shift from a task oriented to a relation oriented job. This is were my interests lie. This is were I want to put my energy in. The other options would require a lot of effort again with possible loss of energy (and that puts me back in the initial starting point of my sabbatical – only … I only have the right to take one year of sabbatical paid 🙂 )

I have no previous specific HR experience. However in my role as a line manager I have performed plenty of ‘HR’ tasks like recruting permanent and interim staff, developing my staff and I had to make one person redundant as well. I know the HR tools my company uses quite well as a user. I suppose I would maybe miss out on specific legal knowledge and HR vocabulary and specific experience about the do’s and don’t of this business (what works and what doesn’t). I strongly believe that with a strong aspiration to learn and to grow in the business I can acquire or overcome this initial shortcomings.

My coach advised me yesterday to create a possible plan with SMART goals describing how I could reach this goal. I plan to work on this this week.

I am quite happy having a clearer view on what I want now. Thank you coach(es).