Festive warning | Don't wish the year away, HR - there is still plenty to do before Christmas and New Year!

As more Christmas ads hit our screens, it could be easy to think the holidays are in sight.

But with two months - and more - of work ahead, there is plenty for HR to achieve. There's a strange shift in our mindset when we start to see all those festive adverts, singing along and thinking about presents and feasting. We start to think about the end of the year - and our focus can suddenly shift down a gear as we see the 'end in sight'.

Most Christmas adverts are now looping on our TV screens and popping up on social media as we scroll - and John Lewis' advert will 'drop' on November 9th.

Whether it's Michael Bublé for ASDA, or sledging with Amazon, the Kevin the Carrot ad for Aldi... you might well be thinking about Christmas, time off, and a bit of a relaxing time. As an HR professional you might also assume staff are doing the same, with a similar mindset of 'let's pick things up in January'.