Adelaide Entrepreneur Club Episode 34 - An interview with Emily Elrod

We met Emily on Day 188 of the 366 day journey of meeting someone new every day. Her clients describe Emily Elrod as energetic, wiser beyond her years, and the person that gets things done. Her husband describes her as a blonde, good momma, and animal philanthropist.But if you ask her, she is just a lover of humanity, dark chocolate, and nouns as she will gladly nerd out with you on ways people, places, and things (aka nouns) go from stressed to strategic.She gained this love from her personal and professional experiences. Emily was once a 21 yr old single mother fighting for her and her son's life. She was a lead ergonomic engineer who loved people more than machines. Also, she was an award-winning health strategist who despised how programs were creating human workers and not human beings...even when the focus was on health and safety.These experiences showed her the impact of stress and how it can cut off innovation, growth, and longevity. With the motivation to help the stressed, she started a company called Workzbe to bring collaboration, fun, and wisdom to overwhelmed leaders in HR, Safety, and Org. Development.Obviously, no great company can be a one-woman show, so she hired people way smarter than her and together they facilitate WISE engagement strategies for companies in healthcare, power, and manufacturing (aka where the stress could have a human cost to it). Our WISE approach has helped clients see an average 22% decrease in turnover, a 28% increase in engagement, and over $1900 ROI on claims. (HINT: Your bank account does reflect how much you care for people.) When she isn't leading an awesome team and working with the best clients, she is at home playing tag with her kids and farming with her husband.