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Essential insights from trusted people experts to help business leaders overcome the barriers to accelerated growth. In the People Puzzles podcast, award-winning business leader, founder and HR expert Ally Maughan welcomes a variety of business leaders and people experts to explore the common challenges and obstacles that growing businesses need to address to achieve their ambitions. Speaking with business leaders, sector specialists and people experts, Ally explores the people problems that ...
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Neurodiversity at work: embracing differences for a thriving workplace (with People Director Vee Halliwell)
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"There's more and more research in the field of neurodiversity which supports why improvement initiatives do make sense. One particular statistic that I love is JP Morgan chase did a team study of productivity between a neurodiverse team and a neurotypical team and found that the neurodivergent team was 48% more productive." Were you aware that up …
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"We had to make some really tough decisions... I no longer felt I was the right person to lead the business." As the Managing Director of founder-led media agency december19, coming to the realisation that perhaps someone else might be better positioned to lead the business forward was not an easy one. Yet this is a decision that all founders of su…
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Navigating growth pains: how organisational design can help (with Divya Kanani-Jones, People Director)
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In business, growth is great - but it isn't always a smooth process. It's perfectly normal for a business to experience growing pains as it expands. A business with three or four people in the team has very different needs to one with 25 people, or 100, or 500+. Without creating the right foundations to support growth in terms of your people strate…
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The Future of Work: Introducing the Spotify of the C-Suite (with Sara Daw, CEO at the Liberti Group and the CFO Centre Group))
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Is the C-suite model still fulfilling business needs? What is psychological ownership? And what has Spotify got to do with running a successful business? This week's guest on the People Puzzles podcast is Sara Daw, CEO at both the Liberti Group and CFO Centre group, and a passionate advocate of the fractional model of C-suite leadership. Her book, …
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"It drives sustainable growth, helps with risk management, gives investor and customer confidence - it future-proofs the business. Having a robust ESG strategy is absolutely essential." In this week's podcast episode, we welcome People Director Vic Foster to talk about how growing businesses can embed a strong Environmental, Social and Governance s…
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The underdog that helped change the pet food industry (with Mark Scott, CEO at Bella & Duke)
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"The toughest challenge for any entrepreneur is attracting great people." This week's podcast guest is Mark Scott, co-founder of pioneering petfood brand Bella & Duke, who as well as being an investor, mentor and speaker, has been recognised as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year and listed in the LDC Top 50, and has featured in The Sunday Times’ Top 10…
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What do nuclear submarines, surfing and the Wizard of Oz have in common? It turns out, when it comes to adventures in leadership, they all have invaluable lessons to teach. In this week's podcast episode, Ally is joined by Tristram Mayhew, founder of treetop adventure company Go Ape, a business born from a love of all things outdoor and raised with…
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Inclusive leadership: the business benefits of a flexible-first organisation (with Verena Hefti MBE, founder of Leaders Plus)
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"One in four working parents have moved jobs because they didn't feel they could continue with their career with that employer with children in tow." This week we are delighted to welcome award-winning Social Enterprise CEO and fellow podcast host of Big Careers, Small Children, Verena Hefti MBE, FRSA, founder of Leaders Plus. Founded to help paren…
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"More than anything, a leader must be able to explain why what you're doing is valuable." From championing the rebels in the classroom to spotting the hidden gems in a business, this week's podcast guest John Newton shares his journey from Headmaster to CEO and explores some of the most important traits of a successful leader and the importance of …
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Inside the mind of a Squiggly Career Business Leader (featuring Sarah Ellis, co-founder of Amazing If)
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Out with career ladders and in with the Squiggly Career! The best career path isn't always a straight line. and more and more people are leaning into the idea of the Squiggly Career - a brilliant phrase (and bestselling book) coined by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, the co-founders of Amazing If, the award-winning company with a mission to make squi…
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What can cauliflowers teach us about great service and culture? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot, according to the Commercial Director of IT service provider Ramsac Dan May. And those learnings must be pretty good, as Ramsac has been featured in the Best Places to Work list on multiple occasions, ranking in the top 10 in 2023. In this week's epis…
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What have you done today that has let you feel real joy? Meet Em Stroud. Clown, best-selling author and co-founder of the new global movement "Laugh, Think, Play." An experienced performer, TED-X talker (complete with banana costume) and highly accomplished coach, Em works with high level businesses to help leaders and teams put the fun back into w…
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"As a business owner, suddenly it was all on me." This week, Ally speaks with comms expert and entrepreneur Sally Pritchett, the founder of creative communications agency Something Big, a business committed to making a meaningful difference, through both the work they produce and the way that they do it. From leaning into the life of juggling that …
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What does a leadership coach do, and when might you benefit from working with one - and how can it change your life? In this week's episode, Ally speaks with founder, strategist and leadership coach Richard Coombes about the transformational impact of coaching and how it can be used for individuals, teams and businesses to help unstick, regroup or …
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Developing skills from laboratory to leadership is never going to be straightforward, but there are learnings to be taken from every mistake. In this week's episode, Ally speaks with Steve Harvey, CEO and founder of Camena Bioscience, a Cambridge-based scale-up on a mission to rewrite DNA synthesis and create new possibilities in the treatment and …
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"You'd spend a lot on a tax advisor as a business - why not people advisors?" Knowing how to truly motivate and engage your people can be challenging, but it is critical for businesses of all sizes. But how do you find out what rewards your people really want, that still works for your business and doesn't cost the earth? In this week's podcast, Al…
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Welcome to the very first episode of People Puzzles with Ally Maughan. Have you ever walked into a room or into a factory and seen people from your team involved in things you didn't know about or can't explain? From time wasting or chatting to disasters about to happen or people just not doing the right thing, it's vital to be aware of what's real…
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"It's not about finding time - it's about making time." From dropping out of university to focus on business to founding a series of successful organisations, award-winning entrepreneur Andreas Adamides has continued to push the boundaries of what's possible in business. This week he joins Ally to talk about his experiences and learnings in foundin…
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"People are the most important part of any organisation, yet they are the least understood." In this week's episode, Ally chats with Emma Hatto, co-founder of tech start-up Thrive, a business on a mission to radically improve the understanding and measurement of behaviours in the workplace to transform performance. From her early inspiration to her…
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Recruiting the right people for the right roles is one of the most universal challenges in any business, and one of the most important factors for long term success. So how do you make sure you're getting it right? This week, Ally chats to recruitment expert and People Director Sonia Moore to look at how business leaders can make better recruitment…
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A one-minute introduction from Ally Maughan about the new People Puzzles podcast and what you would expect to hear from future episodes. Sounding good? If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, remember to subscribe and rate it to help us reach more listeners. If you would like to support the show, we would love it if you could share it with s…
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