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People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 could be holding your business back and uncovers a wealth of experience and practical advice to help your people, and your business, to thrive.
Episodes
21 episodes
Neurodiversity at work: embracing differences for a thriving workplace (with People Director Vee Halliwell)
"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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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24:48
From stuck to thriving: the December19 journey (with Dave Barnett)
"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 b...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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29:56
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Navigating growth pains: how organisational design can help (with Divya Kanani-Jones, People Director)
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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20:56
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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))
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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34:28
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Sustainable success: Getting ESG baked into mid-sized companies (with Vic Foster)
"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 D...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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19:56
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The underdog that helped change the pet food industry (with Mark Scott, CEO at Bella & Duke)
"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 re...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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30:08
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Chief Gorilla - leading from the treetops (with Tristram Mayhew, founder at Go Ape)
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 Mayhe...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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36:24
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Inclusive leadership: the business benefits of a flexible-first organisation (with Verena Hefti MBE, founder of Leaders Plus)
"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 po...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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25:32
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From Headmaster to CEO: Lessons in Leadership (with John Newton)
"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 fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:24
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Laugh, think, play... work? (Featuring Em Stroud)
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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21:21
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Inside the mind of a Squiggly Career Business Leader (featuring Sarah Ellis, co-founder of Amazing If)
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) coine...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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32:19
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Leading a "Best Company" to work for (featuring Dan May, Commercial Director of Ramsac)
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 f...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:44
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Inside the mind of an internal comms expert and entrepreneur (ft Sally Pritchett)
"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 differe...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:54
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Inside the mind of a leadership coach (Ft Richard Coombes)
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 transformati...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:50
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From scientist to CEO (ft Steve Harvey)
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:14
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The journey of starting a tech business (Ft. Emma Hatto, co-founder of Thrive)
"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 underst...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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21:39
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Inside the mind of a serial entrepreneur (ft. Andreas Adamides)
"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 boundari...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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How walking the shopfloor as a leadership style can help your business to thrive
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 o...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Demystifying employee rewards (ft. People Director Conal Scholes)
"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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:36
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How to recruit the right people (ft People Director Sonia Belfield)
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, All...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:24
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