In this week’s blog we hear from published author and LACE Client Executive Director Tim Ringo about why we should stay positive about life, work and moving forwards in the global economy. He tells us what we have to be optimistic about in a time of relentless change...
In this week’s blog we ask our founders Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo what the key objectives and responsibilities of a Chief People Officer (CPO) or Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) are. With combined decades of experience working closely to these roles...
In this latest 60 second video Debbie Mitchell talks about LACE's CPO healthcheck, which is designed to support Chief People Officers (CPO) as they join a new business. The healthcheck can help with those first 100 days and Debbie gives an overview of it in our latest...
LACE Partners and Actual Experience are joining together in partnership to support Chief People Officers (CPOs) and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) successfully deliver digital transformation within their businesses. This partnership will bring together businesses...
Late in 2022 our team interviewed 30 CPOs from a variety of industries to determine what the “One Big Thing” keeping them up at night was. A lot has happened in the last three months and at the close of our campaign we were interested in getting a tech vendor’s...
What are the top five trends we are expecting for HR in 2023? We are facing a tough year with complex economic and geopolitical challenges and continuing shifts in working life. In this week's blog we hear from the LACE team about their predictions for HR teams for...
The pandemic has shifted what good people management looks like as now managers need to consider both hybrid and in office workers. Success in people management requires certain traits, such as empathy and inspiration, which cannot be taught. Chris and Kat Bernardes...
In this week’s blog we hear from senior consultant Neil Ilott about how to get the foundations right with your data quality. In any project making sure the data is ready is a crucial – and often overlooked – stage. Read on to learn the core considerations to bear in...
Back in July, we published our HR Shared Services Trends 2022 report. Since then, senior HR Shared Services professionals have noted several consistent themes emerging within their businesses. Recently we gathered senior HRSS people and homed in on a specific part of...
For this project the client in question was embarking on the first stage of a strategic cloud transformation journey. The first phase in 2022 assessed and developed the options and costs for a global core HR technology platform across three separate businesses which...
In this week’s blog we hear from our CEO and Co-founder Aaron Alburey on the industry’s favourite non-buzzword. All signs point to many more years of HR and business transformation, but what does that really mean? Hear what Aaron has to say below. At LACE we are of...
What is a human capital process review? The client was looking to review and optimise their current processes ahead of a period of growth which will see the current 400 employee base grow to approximately 700. To enable this, the client recognised the importance of...
Earlier in October we ran our first Transformation Directors forum, which brought together a collective of HR professionals from a variety of industries to discuss some of the most pressing questions they have across the different businesses they work in. Sian...
What’s keeping CPOs up at night? What are the biggest challenges faced by HR leaders in the next 12 to 24 months? In 2022 LACE Partners asked 30 CPOs from a wide variety of industries and company sizes, to provide the answer to a simple question on “what their ‘one...
In our latest 60 second video Chris and Emma talk about some of the key takeaways from the latest LACE Partners research, launched in July 2022, looking at some of the key trends that senior HR Shared Services professionals told us were top of their agenda right now....