If you say your business is “customer-focused” but your teams are still firefighting, this episode belongs at the top of your leadership toolbox.

If you’re a busy leader or HR professional who wants practical language, tools and examples you can take straight into your next meeting, this podcast is for you.

Find out more at lighthousehr.co.uk or connect with Maggie on LinkedIn.

When budgets tighten, most organisations react the same way: pause hiring, ask existing teams to “hold the fort,” and quietly push strategic work into the future. HR is usually first in line - fewer people, fewer resources, but exactly the same expectations around delivery, compliance and transformation.

In this episode, we flip that logic on its head.

Maggie Sierko, Fractional HR Director and Founder of Lighthouse HR Consultancy, explains why this is exactly the moment when fractional senior HR support delivers its greatest value – and why it’s often a smarter move than hiring a full-time HRD or CPO you can’t truly afford year-round.

You’ll hear how fractional HR gives you:

• Strategic expertise on demand,

• A clearly defined scope of work and measurable outcomes,

• Immediate uplift in senior HR capability,

• Leadership precisely scaled to what your organisation needs right now.

We’ll also talk about ROI in real terms: moving faster on priorities, reducing pressure on an overstretched HR team, avoiding costly missteps, and making better decisions from day one.

If you’re a CEO, MD or HR leader wondering, “Can we really afford senior HR right now?” this episode might change the question to:

“Can we afford not to?”

Find out more at Lighthousehr.co.uk or connect with Maggie on linkedin.

Welcome to the Lighthouse HR Consultancy podcast, a space for CEOs, founders and HR leaders who are serious about making people strategy a true driver of growth, not just an admin function.

In this introductory episode, Fractional HR Director and Founder of Lighthouse HR, Maggie Sierko, shares why after over 20 years in senior HR roles with organisations like Amazon, IKEA and large multi-site businesses, she decided to step behind the microphone.

Maggie also introduces what Lighthouse HR actually does: fractional and interim HR leadership, delivery of major people projects, and bringing “Think Like Amazon” style discipline into growing organisations.

If you’re a busy leader or HR professional who wants practical language, tools and examples you can take straight into your next meeting, this podcast is for you!

Find out more at lighthousehr.co.uk or connect with Maggie on LinkedIn.