People Puzzles

Now is the time for disruptive leadership The past year has been tough for many businesses, but as restrictions ease, now is the time to really think about the future and what the new opportunities will be post lockdown.

Achieving a high-performance culture A high-performance culture means focusing on your value-added activities and getting rid of what isn’t adding value. The most successful companies I’ve worked with have been the ones that sought out new opportunities – and been fleet of foot when markets change. I’ve seen businesses move from £5m turnover to £15m

Coming Out Of Lockdown – What Is The ‘New Normal’? As lockdown restrictions ease, what are my responsibilities to my employees? Can we just go back to normal, or do we need to create a ‘new normal’?

Is HR needed in a billion-pound company? Greg Jackson, the founder and CEO of Octopus Energy, sparked a debate last week when he said that he didn’t have an HR department in his £1.4bn company, despite having more than 1,200 employees. It may surprise some to hear that at People Puzzles, we agree to some

Turning Administrators into Facilitators Portfolio People Director Liz Allan has been mentoring both managers and HR staff in local businesses in the East of England, with impressive results.

Top 5 things business leaders are doing to hit the ground running for 2021 Over the past two months, we have run a series of live client panel interviews, asking Business Leaders what will be critical to their success in 2021.

  The year that didn’t go according to plan!   December is always a good time of the year to reflect on what we have learnt as leaders this year. Here are my top four.