Lunch and Learn: Are you an employer of choice or employer of churn?

Lisa Seagroatt is Founder and Managing Director of HR Fit for Purpose and launched her HR consultancy business in January 2017. Lisa’s particular expertise is around helping business leaders and the HR practitioners of the future understand why a healthy workplace culture approach will ‘future proof’ any business in terms of attracting and retaining good talent. During the last three years, Lisa has worked with SMEs, helping them to ensure they recruit the ‘right people into the right roles’, making sure that HR processes and people in business are always ‘fit for purpose’. She has also worked with large organisations including London Fire Brigade and National Fire and Rescue Services, where she developed a people and culture volunteering strategy designed at helping to attract and retain volunteers. When working with any client, Lisa helps them to create an approriate People Plan to ensure that business objectives can be acheved.  As an exepeienced HR Practitioner she is able to guide clients through a range of job creatiion and recruitment methods to ensure they do find the 'right person for the right role' to help them succeed in their business.  Recognising that people are any businesses most valuable asset, Lisa helps business owners to focus on the need to value, empower and invest in people management, ensuring they get the best out of their people to achieve high productivity and profitability. Lisa teaches the Level 5 CIPD Intermediate Diploma in HR Management and has lectured for Capital City College Group since 2017 during which time she has successfully supporterd over 50 HR 'managers of the future' to complete their Level 5 qualification.  She is an Enterprise Adviser volunteer for LEAN East where she supports schools with their career plans and an Ambassador for Enterprise Enfield's Female Founder Programme.  She is the only Female Founder from the programme to date to have secured a three year tender to provide HR support for women in business. Lisa is CIPD qualified, holds a management qualification in business studies and is a qualified Trainer (‘Train the Trainer’)..  She is also due to publish her book 'Bandits in the Boardroom' in the autumn of 2021 which is a comedy based on her experiences of toxic workplace bullying! and an Advisory Board Member for Conduct Change.