LACE are your go-to consultancy, your partner for transforming HR, payroll and people experience.
What we do
Our team works with yours to solve your people challenges, leverage technologies, unlock insights and improve the experiences of your people. Explore our services:
Next events
We regularly run both online and offline events, webinars, networking opportunities and more. Find out more on our events page.
Roundtable: Aligning stakeholders for HR transformation success
ROUNDTABLE | 12 March 2025
Aligning stakeholders for HR transformation success
EVENT | 19th February 2025
Skills and ladders: Interactive skills strategy workshop
WORKSHOP | 26th March 2025
Insights
Find out more about our latest insights here.
The cultural transformation of moving to a skills-based organisation
In our Becoming-skills powered campaign, so far we’ve covered a lot of ground, from the foundations and key skill solutions through to building a value case and strategy for skills approaches. Today, we zoom into the impact on the individual with change experts Liz...
Is cultural alignment the secret to sustained business success?
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, company culture plays a pivotal role in driving sustainable performance. This was the central theme of a recent episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, Chris spoke with Niall Cluley, Managing Director at Dragonfish...
HRIS support model: Should HR or IT support your HRIS products?
In a recent blog that we released focusing on the merit of whether to ‘do-it-yourself’ or leverage the knowledge and capabilities of an application-managed service provider (AMS), we reviewed the merits of both approaches. We often advise HR teams on there is no...
Can payroll drive employee experience and business success?
What does the future hold for payroll? In this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast Chris and LACE payroll expert Chris Kirby speak with Nick Day, Founder of JGA Recruitment Group. Payroll has come a long way from being a purely transactional, back-office...
How can HR drive success in 2025?
In this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast Chris, predicts the year ahead for HR with guest Idris Arshad, Head of People at Asthma + Lung UK. Idris believes that in 2025 HR transformation must transcend buzzwords, advocating for clearly defined roles and...
What do we mean by skills? Unpacking the skills vs competencies terminology
Despite skills-approaches becoming increasingly popular, unpacking some of the nuances can be confusing. Part of our Becoming skills-powered campaign, this article from Gemma Ryall looks to demystify some of the language around skills to help you understand how skills...
People are our business. So we’d like to tell you about our people and help you get to know them.
While we have a ‘Big Four’ heritage, we bring a different perspective, style and flexibility to our work. You get the benefit of a wide breadth of experience, with the personal touch of a boutique consultancy.
Find out more about our people today.
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