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People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
Ally Maughan
21 episodes
2 months ago
"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 to 20% of the population is neurodiverse? That means 1 in 5 people, which makes an understanding of this issue an essential part of the future of ...
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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 to 20% of the population is neurodiverse? That means 1 in 5 people, which makes an understanding of this issue an essential part of the future of ...
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Management
Business,
Entrepreneurship
Episodes (20/21)
People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 neurotypical team and found that the neurodivergent team was 48% more productive." Were you aware that up to 20% of the population is neurodiverse? That means 1 in 5 people, which makes an understanding of this issue an essential part of the future of ...
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1 year ago
24 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 better positioned to lead the business forward was not an easy one. Yet this is a decision that all founders of successful businesses will eventually face. So how do you go about managing the process? And how do you ensure that it continues to grow within the ...
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1 year ago
29 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 people, or 100, or 500+. Without creating the right foundations to support growth in terms of your people strategy, a business will run into problems with recruitment, retention, development, management and performance (to name just a few) So how do you de...
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1 year ago
20 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 Liberti Group and CFO Centre group, and a passionate advocate of the fractional model of C-suite leadership. Her book, Strategy and Leadership as a Service: How the Access Economy Meets the C-Suite is released on 9th May and we are delighted to welcome her to explo...
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1 year ago
34 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 Director Vic Foster to talk about how growing businesses can embed a strong Environmental, Social and Governance strategy into the fabric of your business - and why it's a commercial necessity for business leaders to do so. ESG is rapidly becoming one of the ...
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1 year ago
19 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 Mayhew, founder of treetop adventure company Go Ape, a business born from a love of all things outdoor and raised with a vision to help people live their lives a little bit more adventurously - including the Go Ape team themselves. If you have ever set out to bui...
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1 year ago
36 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 recognised as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year and listed in the LDC Top 50, and has featured in The Sunday Times’ Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses. From his early days doing door-to-door sales to co-founding and building a £50m business, Mark knows a thing or...
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1 year ago
30 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 podcast host of Big Careers, Small Children, Verena Hefti MBE, FRSA, founder of Leaders Plus. Founded to help parents stop having to choose between being a good parent and having a fulfilling career, Leaders Plus is a social enterprise working with individuals...
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1 year ago
25 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 from Headmaster to CEO and explores some of the most important traits of a successful leader and the importance of curiosity, connection and building high performance culture. The latest in our series of conversations to help business leaders to accelerate gro...
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1 year ago
29 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 featured in the Best Places to Work list on multiple occasions, ranking in the top 10 in 2023. In this week's episode, Ally chats with Dan about working on a leadership team with a family member (accidentally), why great customer service always starts with h...
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1 year ago
23 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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) coined by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, the co-founders of Amazing If, the award-winning company with a mission to make squiggly careers better for everyone. The days of linear career progression for everyone are well and truly over. In this week's episode, Ally ...
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1 year ago
32 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 highly accomplished coach, Em works with high level businesses to help leaders and teams put the fun back into work to build more genuine connections, grow in confidence and creativity, and ultimately be more successful in every sense. This week's episode ...
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1 year ago
21 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 difference, through both the work they produce and the way that they do it. From leaning into the life of juggling that comes with running a business and fostering a positive, growth mindset, to prioritising people and planet alongside profit in her business as a ...
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1 year ago
30 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 transformational impact of coaching and how it can be used for individuals, teams and businesses to help unstick, regroup or accelerate development. Connect with Richard on LinkedIn, or find out more about the incredible work he and the team at Edgemiths do on the webs...
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1 year ago
29 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 Cambridge-based scale-up on a mission to rewrite DNA synthesis and create new possibilities in the treatment and prevention of critical illness. Steve talks candidly about his journey from scientist to CEO, sharing both his personal and professional motivatio...
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1 year ago
28 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 or chatting to disasters about to happen or people just not doing the right thing, it's vital to be aware of what's really going on within your business. This week Ally is joined by portfolio People Director Jim Verity to discuss how walking the shopflo...
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2 years ago
23 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 boundaries of what's possible in business. This week he joins Ally to talk about his experiences and learnings in founding and building great businesses, and the crucial ingredients for success. As the founder of CatchApp and CEO of Helm, Andreas has a wealth of ins...
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2 years ago
33 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 your people really want, that still works for your business and doesn't cost the earth? In this week's podcast, Ally speaks with People Director and reward expert Conal Scholes to demystify reward and recognition, highlighting why it is such a critical area ...
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2 years ago
26 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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 understanding and measurement of behaviours in the workplace to transform performance. From her early inspiration to her mission to democratise access to world-leading performance technology for SMEs, Emma gives fascinating insights into the world of data-driven per...
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2 years ago
21 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
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, Ally chats to recruitment expert and People Director Sonia Moore to look at how business leaders can make better recruitment decisions, and keep the best people in the business for longer. Full of insights and practical advice, this is a must-listen for anyone involve...
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2 years ago
22 minutes

People Puzzles with Ally Maughan
"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 to 20% of the population is neurodiverse? That means 1 in 5 people, which makes an understanding of this issue an essential part of the future of ...