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Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
Learn the essential steps for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
Less stress HRIS - Part one: The road to the Cloud
Our latest whitepaper, 'Less stress HRIS - The road to the Cloud,' will help you prepare for a successful HRIS implementation.
Becoming skills-powered
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Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
HR Shared Services Trends 2024 report
Our latest HR Shared Services Trends report outlines 2024 key trends including AI, service delivery technology and function capability.
CPOs: From HR to workforce transformation - whitepaper
Delve into workforce transformation, aligning HR for business success, and addressing critical aspects from leadership roles to data relevance.
How to improve your data quality for business impact
Today businesses rely on data more than ever, ensuring that information is accurate, actionable, and properly managed can make or break a technology investment. This episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast unpacks the complex, often overlooked role of data quality...
Leading through change: The tools for steering a successful transformation
In part one of our ‘leading through change’ two-part series, we explained what we meant by leaders leading through change, and what we have seen as effective change leadership behaviours. In this second blog, we dive into our collective toolbox to focus on tools,...
Leading through change: The art of steering a successful transformation
Leading a business successfully through change is a complex endeavour that requires a delicate balance of strategic thinking, empathetic leadership, and effective communication. It involves inspiring leaders that stand strong through the transformation, even when...
How are Payroll teams shaping the future of work?
Payroll is the backbone of any organisation, ensuring employees are compensated accurately and on time. Yet, despite its critical role, payroll teams often operate behind the scenes, dealing with complex challenges that many outside the function rarely consider. In...
Outsourcing HRIS support: Pros, cons and key questions
We often advise HR teams that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for your decision on HRIS support models. Much will depend on your business requirements, but it is important to note that establishing a business-as-usual (BAU) HRIS support model is essential for...
How can leading through change strengthen business success?
Navigating change is one of the most critical challenges organisations face, and the latest HR on the Offensive podcast dives deep into this subject, offering insights into how leaders can guide their teams through transformation effectively. Chris and change experts...
International Women’s Day at LACE Partners
At LACE, we are passionate about equity in the workplace. Reflecting on this International Women's Day theme of #AcceleratingAction, we asked a few of our team to share their experiences of the workplace and their view on what can be done to improve gender parity at...
How can inspiring your people lead to a successful business transformation?
Business transformation isn’t just about strategy and execution—it’s about people. In this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, host Chris, along with Aaron Aubrey, speak with Sally Earnshaw, a specialist in driving cultural and leadership change. Their...
What is the role of a super-powered people manager in a skills-based organisation?
What makes a great people manager? And how do you build the skills for the future super-charged people manager who is no longer just supervisor; but a coach, mentor and enabler of growth? Organisations that truly harness the potential of their people managers unlock...
How to realise value with strategic people analytics
For many organisations, their investment in strategic people analytics results in a lot of activity without a corresponding level of business impact. Dashboards are implemented, data models are built, data literacy initiatives are run, but without a clear connection...
Why HR should lead business transformation — and how it benefits everyone
In today's fast-changing business world, transformation is no longer a one-time event—it’s a continuous process. In the latest episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast Chris and LACE co-founder Aaron Alburey discuss our new campaign, Driving business transformation:...
Can employees embrace the shift to a skills-based organisation? Individual impacts of moving to a SBO
Skills-based organisations provide an opportunity for businesses to supercharge their functions; but it can be a shock to the system for your employees if not handled correctly. There's both a cultural transition on an organisational level and the shift in...