Meet the founder and CEO of HR Made Easy, Claire Owen…
Ask a lot of HR professionals for assistance and they’ll say, ‘No. That can’t be done.’
Not me. I’ve always been a ‘do-er’ and will approach any problem with a positive mindset. It was this can-do attitude that enabled me to grow from a recruitment advisor in Asda in 1990 to Head of HR at Starbucks, to winning an award for Best People Manager at B&Q, to later becoming UK Retail HR Director for Gap Inc.
Having achieved more than I could have imagined during those years working for household-name brands, the logical next step for me was to create a business of my own.
In 2007, I established HR Made Easy so I could take the invaluable knowledge and experience gained in-house and apply it to small-to medium- sized businesses across the UK.
A positive outlook, empathetic nature and ability to listen are shared by the entire HR Made Easy team and have enabled us to stand out in the HR market. As a result, HR Made Easy continues to grow as more and more business owners seek to simplify their HR processes in the face of ever-changing regulations.
Whether you need us two days a week or just one day per month, we quickly establish ourselves within your business.
Your team soon learn that we’re not just there to deal with disciplinaries; instead they’ll see human beings who are approachable and trustworthy and have everyone’s best interests at heart, not just the company’s.
And we don’t just say that happy, engaged employees frequently lead to successful, profitable businesses; we live and breathe it. Back when I was working at B&Q, as Internal Communication and Engagement Manager, I helped take the company’s Gallup Employee Engagement Score from 3.6 to 4.8, the best score within Gallup at the time.
And in 2017, we launched our own app called Emotie, which enables companies to stay emotionally connected by empowering staff to express their feelings in real time. Inspired by Dave Brailsford’s marginal gains theory, the app is helping companies across the country increase employee engagement. You can read more about Emotie on its dedicated website.
I’m proud of the career I had working for blue-chip firms, but I’m equally proud of the gifted HR professionals that I’ve met along the way who now form part of HR Made Easy. Whatever your HR requirements are, get in touch and we can explain how we can make HR easy for you!
