People Puzzles

Apprenticeships: What’s stopping you? National Apprenticeships Week is your annual reminder that if you haven’t considered the current government scheme, you might be missing a huge opportunity to upskill your workforce at a fraction of the cost of the training.

Apprenticeships: Five myths busted Apprenticeships have changed in recent years. The image of a young school leaver learning a trade simply isn’t what modern apprentices look like these days. Apprentices can be any age and decades into their career.

Bringing your values to life The values of your company are a key way for you to engage your employees, and hiring based around your values means they are more likely to stick around in the long run.   If you would like some support refreshing your Vision or Values then give us a ring

Which comes first: The company mission or the structure? Should you structure your organisation around the company mission or vice versa? We think the company mission has to come first, every time. Read on and find out why.

People Puzzles Founder Ally Maughan returns to HR Expert webinar series Have you ever hired someone to a key role, only to have to fire them within six months? Could you have done anything differently? More importantly, how do you stop it happening again? Next week, People Puzzles Founder Ally Maughan will address these questions

‘I am spending too much money on recruitment agencies!’ Recruitment agencies costs can seem eye-watering – especially if the resulting hire doesn’t work out long term. But cutting costs without a plan could mean missing out on the best candidates. People Directors Victoria Sullivan and Alison Hilton explain why a recruitment strategy pays dividends in

New year, same old?   Seven years ago I distinctly remember standing in the kitchen at one of our clients in January, talking to the business owner, Tim. I was running People Puzzles and working with them as one of our clients, as their part-time People Director, and had been for two years. I was

Will you be on Santa’s Naughty or Nice list this year? We all know that Father Christmas only visits those who have been Nice (consistently, all year, not just for the third week of December). If your year has been anything like ours, it has probably been a bit up and down: some great client

What do you call a room full of People Puzzles Portfolio People Directors? Take one haunted Abbey in the middle of the Coventry countryside, add a large number of People Puzzlers, some lovely sponsors and a couple of (dozen) cases of wine, and what do you get?