Monday Feb 07, 2022

#81 Lucy Fitzgerald | Why should leaders care about their people?

Today I am interviewing Lucy Fitzgerald who is the CEO & Founder of Fitzgerald HR. Today's episode starts the a series on "HR challenges faced by SME's", where I will be interviewing HR experts on key topics to help SME organisations.

According to Breathe (HR software platform), 68% of business owners have said that they have seen an increase in the mental health, anxiety and depression in their employees in the last few years, based on this we need to have the people and a well-being strategy at the heart of the business. Lucy went on to share that having a focus on well-being will increase productivity, employee engagement which leads to discretionary effort and thereby increase in profits, so there are tangible reasons for caring about your people. Lucy also shared that you don't need a dedicated HR expert in the business but someone who is a champion of the people and can use key people strategies like Employee Assistance Programs, engaging your employees to gain insights of what they need. And in terms of an overall strategy, if it can encompass the Physical, Emotional, Financial and Social aspects of the people, this can be used as guide for the overall well-being of the people.

Here is the link that Lucy refereed to in the episode on developing a well-being strategy: https://www.fitzgeraldhr.co.uk/employee-wellbeing-strategy/

Watch the full interview on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-Y3tZKYGo

Connect with Lucy:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyfitzgeraldhr/

Website: http://www.fitzgeraldhr.co.uk/

Email: lucy@fitzgeraldhr.co.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FitzgeraldHR

Helping SME’s build resilient, high performing teams and businesses, quickly, so they can innovate, deliver, and thrive.

The SME’s I work with typically struggle/suffer/ with one or more of these challenges:

- no clear strategy

- dysfunctional team dynamics

- not knowing their vision or mission